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Generate What You Want and Need from the Business
Hope is at the center of many dealers' business strategies. Hope that if they sell the business, the sale will return the cash they need to retire and support their dream lifestyle. However, many dealers have to show up with checks to pay debt and find a job to help facilitate retirement. Or, now that they have the cash, dealers are hoping they can find a safe place to put their money despite an uncertain economy so they can live out the retirement of their dreams. And then, there is hope that if they keep it, [...]
Strategies to Attract, Retain and Motivate Employees
People are the backbone of any successful business, and business owners across all industries have difficulty finding qualified talent to fill open roles. No longer will people put up with toxic work environments or dead-end jobs; they want more for their future. In this episode, Marty Kirshner, Partner with Gray, Gray & Gray, Doug Woosnam, a Consultant with Cetane Associates, and Champ Rawls and Clayton Latiolais, succession planners with The Rawls Group, discuss strategies to recruit, retain and motivate employees. Specifically, Marty shares that it is a new world out there, with remote work and [...]
Political Pressures: How Fuel and Oil Business Owners Can Protect Their Business
Political and social pressures continue to impact propane and oil business owners. In this episode, Champ Rawls, a succession planner with The Rawls Group, Marty Kirshner, Partner with Gray, Gray & Gray, Doug Woosnam, a Consultant with Cetane Associates, and The Rawls Group's succession planner Clayton Latiolais discuss how to get your employees and community involved so your business can thrive into the future. As Marty Kirshner shares, to thrive in the future, it is essential first to ensure an industry still exists in the future. Currently, too many people rely on a small subset [...]
