Jeremy and Gwenn dig into time management and their different ways of organizing their days at work, Calendar management, setting aside time for deep thinking, managing interruptions, meeting management, and more are covered in this episode of Bootstrappers.
Jerry Reimer tells us his story of coming from humble beginnings and becoming one of the premier commercial and housing developers in the midwest. What design elements are essential to make your new development a success? How can you create that old neighborhood feel in a new development in the middle of a cornfield? Jerry breaks it down for us.
Brian Gubbels is known for his relationships based sales process that gets results. In this episode he explains how he passes on his approach to sales teams so warmth isn’t lost as the team grows. Brian breaks down his work culture of caring personally about people while still maintaining high standards.
In this episode of Bootstrappers, Dave Paladino talks about the illness of being a serial entrepreneur, his unique perspective on when to get into a business partnership, and how to use your org chart to manage people and hold them accountable. Dave also talks about how ‘The Super’ changed his life and how creative marketing like a reality TV show impacted his business. It is all on this 1-hour episode of Bootstrappers!
In this episode of Bootstrappers, we cover stress management, getting out of a business partnership that no longer works, and when it is time to take a W-9 contractor and transition them to an employee. Also, hear about Jeremy's creative employee benefit he used to keep great workers when we were just getting started and couldn't afford health insurance. It's all on this 1-hour episode of Bootstrappers!
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Recently Anequim rolled out a robust technology tool that helps remote assistant clients approve time off, manage teammates hours, and improve efficiency. This roll-out is an example of how Anequim strives for continuous improvement and is committed to increasing value for our clients. Anequim President, Gwenn Aspen is featured in the Wall Street Journal regarding best practices of managing a remote team with the most cutting edge software.
Many of us have closed our offices and are managing our entire staff from our homes for the first time. One thing that has helped our remote teams stay focused on the day’s tasks is having a daily huddle. Huddles are 5-minute meetings every day at the same time. In the bullet points below I put a few of the topics, and examples we discuss on our daily huddles at our property management company. These kinds of short meetings can help keep everyone on the same page when we are not working at the same office.
Years ago our property management company left a lot to be desired when it came to our ability to prioritize projects. We didn’t have an agenda for our strategic planning meetings. Embarrassingly sometimes our executive team would write our priorities down, and then lose the paper we wrote them on. We would talk about to-dos and not follow up. This lack of structure kept us amateur, and we struggled to move our business forward.
