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Prevent Employee Embezzlement, Part 4

Most contractors don’t think about how much time is stolen by employees doing personal activities on company time.

Don't Post Without a Plan

In using such a scattershot approach to social media, you’re missing out on major opportunities to engage with potential and current customers, manage your reputation — and you may be alienating social media users in the process.

Treat Your Employees Like They Matter

When employees feel they don’t matter, they simply cannot function at their highest level of performance. Here are six things you do (or don’t do) that make them feel unloved.

Local and Global Implications of the F-gas Regulation

The European Union’s adoption of a reduction in fluorinated greenhouse gas emissions has an impact on the rest of the world that will increase the complexity for contractors.

2015 Construction Technology Outlook

Though the construction economy slowed down, construction technology development did not. Learn how to stay ahead of the recovering economy.

Time for a Difficult, but Necessary Conversation

An important aspect of both business and personal planning is to explore your values concerning money, and the values of your spouse and/or business partners.

The Best of 20 Questions (2011-2014)

Since we last ran a Best of 20 Questions four years ago, Publisher Terry Tanker has continued to interview many of the top HVACR contractors, distributors, suppliers and consultants, as well as several prominent people in business and leadership. Here are 20 of our favorite questions — and answers — …

7 Reasons to Add VRF Zoning Systems

One way to create a strong, competitive position for your company when expanding into the commercial market is to offer Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) zoning systems.

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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.

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.

Breathe Life Into Your Strategic Plan

A strategic plan should be a living document — with a solid foundation in the form of a clear vision for the future and short list of the core values that drive decision-making in the company.

Prevent Employee Embezzlement, Part 3

If you ignore locking your warehouse and limiting access to it, don’t use material sheets and don’t make your technicians responsible for the inventory on their trucks, you’re inviting theft.

Five Silent Business Killers

In business, there are silent business killers that, if combined, can lead to the death of a business. Here are the warning signs the health of your business may be at risk.

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.

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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.

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