Here’s Everything You Need to Know About Paying Your Employees
Working on the front line of water damage restoration isn’t easy. It’s an emergency business, for starters, meaning that the employees in our crews often have to respond to after hours calls. Of course, the very nature of our work is downright messy and this only makes the job harder. When water floods a home, […]
Looking Past Experience: Hiring In Line With Your Vision
When you make a new hire, what matters most to your company? Do you make a decision the second you take a look at a resume? Or do you wait until you meet someone, until you get a chance to see if they have passion for what they do? It’s important to remember that a […]
5 Human Resources Mistakes to Avoid in Water Damage Restoration
It doesn’t matter the size of your business, or how new you are to business ownership, the team you build will determine your success. The people we hire matter. How we train our crew, and whether or not we manage them well, will ultimately play a role in our ability to grow our business. Unfortunately, […]
How Strong Leaders Can Encourage Productivity
Every business needs a leader, but not every leader is guiding their team well. Leaders can take their role seriously, empowering their employees to take an active role in increasing profits. Leaders can also lead with weakness, allowing productivity to suffer and employees to lose track of the vision that the company was founded on. […]
Using a Vision Statement to Shape Your Company’s Culture
What are the core values you have for your company? Chances are, you had a good picture of what values and principles you valued most when you first started your water damage restoration business. Unfortunately, in the hustle of running a business, it’s easy to lose sight of those values. In the day in and […]
5 Things You Can Learn by Networking Outside Your Industry
At More Floods, we believe that networking is a best practice of a business owner who is doing business well. This is why our business isn’t just about providing business owners with proven operational resources and marketing strategies, it’s about connecting with you with entrepreneurs who are just like you. We’re not just a business, […]
How to Create a Respectful Work Environment
Workplaces that allow rudeness between employees will see their overall performance suffer, according to Harvard Business Review. When disagreements, incivility, and unprofessionalism are a part of the workplace culture, employees are less likely to give their all to their job and customers suffer the most. The relationships your employees have with each other matter. Unfortunately, […]
5 Mistake You Can’t Afford to Make in an Interview
You’ve spent weeks, maybe even months, looking for the perfect new candidate for your water damage restoration business. You’ve reviewed countless applications and set up interviews. After talking with a few different candidates, you think you’ve found the right person for the job, make an offer and then everything starts to go wrong. They turn […]
How to Hire Employees with Emotional Intelligence and Why it Matters
What do you look for in a new employee for your water damage restoration company? Many business owners hope to find hard workers they can trust to support their vision for their company, while some will settle for someone who just shows up each day. For most business owners, however, the emotional intelligence of their […]
Leaders Set the Tone for Employee Satisfaction
Have you ever walked into the office on a Wednesday morning and immediately felt the tension in the air? The office administrator is sighing, your restoration staff are frowning and one team member failed to even show up for work. Every organization experiences bad days and poor attitudes often seem to be contagious, but there […]
Why Your Annual Employee Reviews are Ineffective
It doesn’t really matter if you’re working in water damage restoration, managing a hotel or running a consulting firm, annual employees reviews have long been considered standard in the human resources world. However, formal, yearly reviews are losing their popularity, according to Harvard Business Review, all because they are generally ineffective. Not only do most […]
Boosting Employee Morale is a Full-time Job
As a small business owner working in water damage restoration, you have no room in your budget for wasted money. Of course, you can tighten your purse strings by watching what you spend on supplies, utilities and equipment, but if your employees aren’t giving their all to their work, you should know you’re wasting money […]