Your business is only as good as the quality of your staff. Your earnings and your good name as a tradie are pinned to the services that your employees provide –not your marketing, and not your winning personality as an owner. It makes sense, then, to keep...

In an interview segment of Robert X. Cringely’s Triumph of the Nerds, Steve Jobs tells an insightful story. He recalls how, as a child, he worked for an old widowed man who lived on his street. The neighbour would drag Jobs along to fetch rocks from his...

Keeping a team functional is not easy. Smoothing out their kinks, polishing their work, and maintaining efficiency and organisation is even harder. Likewise, the road to self-management is rough and difficult. At times, you’ll see a team with a lot of...

Being a tradie is demanding work. It’s physical, it’s tiring, and the hours can be a real killer. Running a tradie business is even harder –your schedule is packed, your tasks are endless, and you’re responsible not only for your own family, but for the...

Your workers are an investment. After all, your business can only run as well as the effort that each individual puts into it. This makes the performance of each employee a key factor in the success (or failure) of your business, which begs the question: how do you...

Employee retention can be a tradie’s biggest nightmare. Tradies are in short supply, the job market is changing, and people are always on the lookout for better opportunities. Most of them won’t hesitate to move on from their present companies for an upgrade. As...