Take Care of Yourself First

Take Care of Yourself First

Have you ever woken up with an instant sense of dread before work starts for your business that day? Ever been so stressed from issues in your business that you just wanted to throw in the towel? Has business ownership ever given you crippling anxiety? I can answer ...
Safety in a Toolbox

Safety in a Toolbox

Running a business is often compared to a machine. It requires many parts working in tandem to find success. But having a successful business is also like cultivating a garden, especially when developing work culture or training employees. What is work culture? Work...
4 Methods to Avoid Hiring Substance Abusers

4 Methods to Avoid Hiring Substance Abusers

PRE-EMPLOYMENT TEST & 3 OTHER METHODS HELP YOU PREDICT IF JOB APPLICANT IS SUBSTANCE ABUSER Window cleaning companies can use one kind of pre-employment personality test that gives owners and managers a quick, easy way to avoid hiring substance abusers – e.g.,...
Adaptability in the COVID-19 Era

Adaptability in the COVID-19 Era

It’s likely that we all remember our Scary COVID Moment when it hit us that COVID-19 was real, and it was going to be a big deal, for a long time. Then came the even scarier thought of what it could potentially do to our work. Maybe you even remember the moment when...
Can You Let Go?

Can You Let Go?

Delegation. It’s a concept that sounds great in theory, but not so much in practice. I mean, who likes to give up control? Not me. Especially when it comes to my business. You do remember my business, right? That precious little baby that I’ve nurtured for over 20...
Can You Let Go?

6 Jokes About Employees You Wish You Did Not Hire

How You Can Avoid Hiring Such Creeps   Every manager and owner hired some employees they wish they never hired. To make light of – and also put light on – hiring losers, I now give you a special gift: a. Jokes – about types of employees you wish you never hired...