When you are filling your fleet of service vans and trucks with fuel, you no doubt cringe at what it costs to do so. And you want to assign blame. But have you ever thought about blaming the Internet and/or those 24-hour cable news stations? Those could well be a couple of the culprits, according to Richard Costello.
Patricia Schafer believes the reasons why businesses fail include poor management, wrong location, overexpansion, lack of planning, and lack of a Website. Huh? Did you say lack of a Website? A certain NEWS’ business editor has been harping about that for years. It looks like his harping has been validated, at least by Ms. Schafer.
It used to be that when we got together with neighbors for pizza and beer, we’d discuss all sorts of topics. Where are you going on vacation? Are you happy with your kid’s teacher this year? What’s going on with your job? Now we commiserate over who’s paying what, and more importantly, what we are doing to lower the bill.
A recent posting on an Internet Website sparked a flurry of replies from HVACR contractors, opening up a can of worms for many business owners who believe in turning a blind eye to a customer’s “potential” problem versus the business owners who believe in full disclosure. Let me explain.
When it comes to leading a football team, the head coach needs to be on the sidelines. The same can be said of an owner of a contracting business. He - or she - needs to lead the company. Not from afar, either. He needs to be on the front line, if need be, supplying the encouragement, needed guidance, and/or answering all questions from employees.
For contractors who work on supermarket refrigeration equipment, the issue of highest importance is food safety. Meats, fish, dairy products, and a whole host of other consumable items are subject to the slightest fluctuations in enclosure temperatures.
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