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    Management issues

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    Sorry for slow reply... It's been a crazy few weeks, 3 straight weeks of travel and then a week of catching up. While traveling, I read a book that was helpful clarifying our issues from a financial perspective, and I put together a presentation to go through things with my partner. We just...
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    Management issues

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    Yep.... I think this is very accurate. I'll read that book. Thx!
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    Management issues

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    More of a go in the field at 10, work (sales calls) until 1, and take fridays off type of thing. Claims "follow up calls" make up the difference. Otherwise... yeah, I agree with this too... I need to lay down the law and let it be clear that we either do things the right way or people will be...
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    Management issues

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    I agree on both points you're making here... Honestly, the "being present" is huge...and a big part of that is a spiteful stubbornness to not do all the work and let my partner work from home every day. For years we had conflict because I wanted him to work harder than he is willing to work...
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    Management issues

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    Thanks Kevin, Poor employee performance... salaried employees who do their job then go home, absolute refusal to find other ways to be helpful. Sometimes that means 10hrs/wk, sometimes 35...never 50. But... the one who has this issue is really good at the one thing that is his primary...
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    Management issues

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    Absolutely, I agree with you, that is where our problem is.... I fully recognize that. It's a mangement (failure of) issue all the way. All of the problems I listed point right back to the failure of management that I'm discussing. I'm definitely not a finger pointer... The problem starts...
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    New here and optimistic to learn and gain insight/advice, and maybe even be some help to newer business owners.

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    I am a 50% owner of a 15(ish) year old S-Corp. We started at zero and for a brief time surpassed $5MM in sales. We've fallen off down to the $4MM range, but are looking to fix us. I believe we could easily grow to the 10-15MM revenue point with effort, better leadership and some good...
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    Management issues

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    I own a 15 year old small business with approximately 4MM in revenue (formerly $5MM just two years ago). We are in the home services and construction subcontracting business. We have approx 25 employees including the two owner partners. We have been in hopes of selling the business in the...
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