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20 Questions with Michael Meier

Michael Meier, vice president and COO of Meier Supply Co., Inc., discusses growing up in the family business, training the industry to be better and the advancement of industry technology.

14 Techniques to Improve CSR Performance

The first point of human contact between your company and your prospects and customers is your customer service representative (CSR). The CSR sets the tone for everything that happens. Good CSRs close more calls while bad CSRs drive away business.

Introduce GPS Tracking to Employees

It’s important to introduce GPS tracking technology to employees through education to gain acceptance right from the start and avoid employee pushback. Through communication and education, you can build a positive perception of GPS tracking and gain employee acceptance.

Discover How to Energize Your Workforce and Improve Engagement

To create a sustainable, innovative and high-performing organizational culture, businesses need to focus on both engagement and energy — essentially, moving beyond engagement.

Put your clients first to propser!

Putting your customers’ interests ahead of your own will seem counterintuitive, risky and sometimes even frightening, especially at first. Eventually, though, keeping your commitment to “Clients First” will start to feel natural.

The New Nexus of Refrigerant Strategy

Both market and regulatory actions will play roles in the movement to alternative refrigerants, especially natural refrigerants. Such a transition, however, will require an increasingly collaborative industry focus on training, safety standards, data models and scaled up equipment supply.

Entering the Second Stage of No Man’s Land

At the end of this stage the owner is likely to have a sales manager, an office manager, a service manager and several field supervisors each with a responsibility for properly managing a segment of the business.

20 Questions with Bob McEwan

Bob McEwan, retired general manager of GE Aviation’s global supply chain, discusses how to motivate a team, what it means to be fair and why Millennials have potential to become great leaders.

Advances in Boiler Construction and Design

The boiler industry has responded by making significant advances in both construction and design, with new systems offering greater efficiencies, cutting-edge technologies, advanced controls and the ability to integrate with renewable energy.

Discover Seven Steps to Make Your Own Hit here!

There is a formula for making a hit record. A song doesn’t simply get recorded in the studio and then automatically become popular. This basic formula is one that can also help create a successful marketing campaign to your customers.

Earn the Trust of Your Customers

There is a direct correlation between how companies operate internally and the trust they earn from their customers. The business processes of companies directly impact a customer’s trust in those companies.

Put Your Phone Down!

People have become unaware of their surroundings and they have become too attached to their smartphones. It’s time to put down the devices and pay attention to the people in front of you.

20 Questions with Ruth King

Ruth King, whose popular monthly finance column continues to help contractors improve business operations, discusses contractor training, changing the way the industry thinks and having the courage to be profitable.

Have a Plan Before You Hire

As with everything else you do in business, going in with a solid plan is the best way to ensure success. Navigating around all the pitfalls associated with hiring staff can be complicated — but it doesn’t have to be.

Customer Service in the Digital Age

No matter your industry, customers need a way to reach you on a continual basis. Now, more than ever, companies are beginning to create an extension of their support teams through branded mobile apps.

Where You Should Put Labor Burden

True profit is determined by net profit per hour, calculations which take both direct and overhead costs into consideration. Labor burden is included, whether you put it in direct or overhead cost.

20 Questions with Seth Godin

Seth Godin, New York Times best-selling author and entrepreneur, discusses building something that matters, leadership and Permission Marketing.

Wireless Energy Management Brings 30% Energy Savings

HVACR contractors can offer hotel owners significant energy savings at reduced risks and predictable costs through wireless energy management.

Three Cheers for Customer Service

Good customer service, while once the basis of competitive advantage, has become increasingly a necessary condition for doing business — particularly within mature industries such as HVACR.

Learn how to Break Through the Menacing Middle Miles

Like running a marathon, those requisite, unavoidable middle miles can be a desolate wasteland or they can be the most productive miles — it’s how you deal with them that determines if and when you cross the finish line.

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