It happened again. A few months ago you had your annual meeting with your CPA and he or she told...
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Tom Grandy is the founder of Grandy & Associates. An industrial engineer by training, Grandy has worked as general manager of a service company and was the director of company development for Dial One franchise. Grandy founded Grandy & Associates in 1987 to teach contractors to run profitable businesses.
Many years ago, a good friend in the industry told me something I will never forget: “Never abandon what got...
Most of us have heard the saying, “Do you have 30 years’ experience, or one year of experience repeated 30...
If you have listened to Dave Ramsey, you know his initial step toward personal financial freedom is the creation of...
For the past 29-plus years of working within the trades, I have noticed some pretty profound changes within companies in...
Remember Vince Lombardi, former head coach of the Green Bay Packers, for whom the Super Bowl trophy is named? He...
If you had been married 25 years and were having relationship problems, would you schedule an appointment with a 21-year-old...
I was the general manager of a trades company for many years. Salespeople would come by the office on a...
It’s an old topic but it needs to be revisited — again. Has your service department adopted flat-rate pricing yet?...
We are all familiar with the definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different...
You’re driving your family on a road trip, back before GPS or Google Maps. It seems like you should have...
A well-run service department should be making money, producing a 15 to 20 percent net profit. In fact, your service...