The Fab Lab

Ep 38 - What's the Plan?

Setting a goal is easy. Reaching a goal is another matter.
In this episode, we continue the discussion of how to achieve the change you want and need as the owner of a stone shop.

The plan must include the steps and yes, accountability so you continue to make progress.

So get ready to make some stuff happen!

Enjoy

Fab Lab Podcast Episode 37

What About You?
How is your business treating you? Are you doing the work you want and like to do? Are you getting what you want out of the business? Those are questions we have to ask ourselves, but more importantly...
They are questions we have to answer. This episode begins that process.

Enjoy!

Retail Profit Potential

There are profits for fabricators who understand the reality of the retail opportunity.
Check out this episode and learn 5 steps to higher profits through retail counter work.
Enjoy!

 

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Tariffs on Quartz - What's the Impact?

In reality, we don't really know how this will affect the industry or our individual business.
What we do know is that there are certain principles we must maintain no matter what is happening.
This episode explains the tariffs and then touches on some fundamentals that we may not have thought about recently.
Enjoy!

Episode 34 - The Power That Leaders Possess.

Fellow Fabricator, you possess enormous power and influence as a leader in your company.
The power to speak life and if your not careful, death into the lives of the folks you lead.

The Power of Imposing Order

Chaos is always pressing in on your operation and its effects are negative.

But you can and should push back!

By doing so, you will:

1. Improve your profits
2. Keep more promises
3. Create a powerfully positive work environment for your team.

Enjoy and happy fabricating!

Episode 32
The Power of Peer Learning and the Value of Trade Associations

In this episode, I explain the value of peer to peer learning and share why I have avoided it for so long.

Enjoy!

Episode 31 - Loose Ends and Why you Must Tie them Down!

In business and in life, situations exist where we have the choice to deal with them or ignore them.

When we face them and deal with them in a timely fashion, they are much less likely to blow up in our face or blow away.

In this episode we discuss:

1. Confronting Behavior Issues in Employees
2. Maintaining Business Systems and Equipment
3. Restoring Relationships outside of work

Enjoy and Happy Fabricating!

In running a stone shop there are endless challenges, so it's easy to fall into the trap of believing that a single decision, activity or purchase will magically make everything better.

 

That's the Silver Bullet Syndrome and its something we should all avoid and that's what we discuss in this episode of the Fab Lab Podcast.

 

1. Why this type of thinking is counterproductive

2. What it sounds like...how to recognize the trap

3. Where to redirect your thoughts so that those 

 

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Episode 29 - The Cause of Company Conflict

If there's tension or even open warfare between the departments in your company, it might be natural and normal.
In this episode, we discuss why that conflict exists and how understanding it helps to make it better!
Enjoy

Special Thanks to this weeks sponsor, the "International Surface Fabricators Association".  For more information about ISFA visit them here ISFA