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Keep Up at Work as You Age

Often as we age, we feel tired more often at work. The need for sufficient sleep, good nutrition and exercise becomes more important every year once the aging process starts. Consider these 10 tips for feeling younger and healthier at work.

Continue Your Education

There is no manual on how to manage effectively; true improvement comes from being in the job, doing the work, assessing the results and reflecting on the outcome. Being a willing learner will help you sustain excellence throughout your career.

20 Questions with Tim Sanders

Tim Sanders, the maverick CEO of Los Angeles tech start-up Net Minds and founder of research firm Deeper Media Incorporated, discusses creative thinking, leadership and always challenging yourself and learning.

Grow Your Business with Ultraviolet Energy

Virtually all commercial HVACR systems are potential candidates for UV-C equipment because of the key benefits it offers.

Ruth King's Residential HVAC Operations Manual

The Residential HVAC Operations Manual: Best Practices for Running a Profitable Service and Replacement Company has more than 500 pages that give contractors the procedures needed to become one of the most profitable contractors in the United States and Canada.

20 Questions with Anne Beiler

Anne Beiler, founder of Auntie Anne’s Hand Rolled Soft Pretzels — the world’s largest hand rolled soft pretzel franchise with more than 1,000 locations worldwide — discusses the challenges of growing a business with no formal education, working with family and trusting in people.

Keep Your Money Safe

Keeping your hard earned money safe is your responsibility. Put the procedures in place to keep the honest people honest and protect yourself from employee embezzlement.

Samsung Galaxy S5: Top 7 Tips and Tricks

The Samsung Galaxy S5 is increasingly popular among HVACR business owners. Here are some of my favorite tips and tricks.

Use Personality Tests to Build a Better Team

If you want to create a team that isn’t all the same, it’s important to know who you have on your team and help the team members understand one another effectively.

Find the Right People

It doesn’t matter what size your company is, where you’re located or what the predominant service is you’re providing, hiring will always be of highest importance in moving your business forward.

4 Reasons Your Company Needs to Go Paperless

Field service management software allows companies to go paperless. It saves time and puts resources back into your business.

7 Sure-Fire Success Principles for your HVACR Business.

No matter where you are in your career — from job seeking to having held the same position for an extended period — there are principles you can apply to ensure your success.

Protect Yourself Against Employee Embezzlement

If you don’t have systems in place, it’s easy for a stressed out bookkeeper or stressed employee to get tempted. They make stupid choices they never would when thinking rationally.

Marketing Shouldn’t Be An Either/Or Approach

The key to maximizing your return on marketing investment is to integrate your campaigns. Use strategies from both the digital and print worlds. Together, these options complement each other and create an even more effective marketing whole.

Better Solutions Using Mobile Devices

Apps are already providing the latest and greatest technologies your technicians have ever known, and app development is slowing down no time soon. Choosing wisely begins by an understanding of the different types of apps that can be used in HVACR field service.

20 Questions with John Kahl

John Kahl, chief executive officer of ShurTech Brands, makers of the original Duck brand duct tape and other home improvement and office products, discusses engaging with customers, letting his team manage and always staying until the end.

A New Way To Do Performance Evaluations

Helping people work together to improve the overall performance of the company can be a rewarding and exciting conversation. Many employees don’t really understand what is expected of them, and aren’t sure what to do to get the results their manager expects.

Create An Exceptional Experience

Want to increase sales of replacement residential heating equipment? Stop trying to convince customers to replace or upgrade their equipment, and instead simply provide good information so they can make a good decision.

Sell What's Valuable to Your Customers

Peter Drucker, the inventor of modern management, once said, "The customer rarely buys what the business thinks it sells him."

Do You Have Too Much Inventory?

The Inventory Days ratio lets you know how quickly inventory is increasing or decreasing in your business. Since inventory is a bet, it’s important to know how much of your hard earned cash is being spent on inventory.