This week on the podcast, Chris Elmore talks to Vicki Suiter, founder of Suiter Business Systems and author of The Profit Bleed: How Managing Margin Can Save Your Contracting Business. Vicki has been helping businesses stop the bleeding for over 30 years. They discuss how you can create a culture that attracts and retains great people. In today’s ever-shrinking labor pool for the trades its more important than ever to build a culture that attracts the stars and helps you retain them.
When we think about work culture, some people think of mission statements and vision. Other people think it means touchy-feely stuff. Still others think it’s about rounds of beers. But I believe it’s about the environment you create that sets up a structure for consistent, excellent results, and creating an environment people where feel like they are successful, can make a contribution and have a sense of purpose and pride in who they work for and what they do.
They want what we all want – to have a sense of belonging, mattering and contribution. They (like all of us) want to feel like what they do has purpose and meaning. It doesn’t matter if they’re the janitor or a senior manager. The way to foster that is by doing the things I’ve outlined above. Doing so creates an environment where people can bring more creativity and autonomy to what they do, and thus feel a greater sense of ownership.
Here’s the link to Vicki’s book, The Profit Bleed , that she’s offering for free (just pay $7.95 shipping and handling) to our listeners.
And people can go to Vicki’s website to check out her upcoming webinar in March “Build a Team That Takes Ownership”
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