To grow your business, you need to buy yourself time. That means replacing yourself in front-line delivery roles—at least for a while. Make sure that person is as good as—or better than—you.
The CEO job is one that you probably weren’t prepared to take when you opened a gym. You’ve had to learn an entirely new skill set. No matter what new roles your staff members fill, they’ll have to learn how to do them, too.
Chris Cooper speaks with Stronger U Nutrition founder Mike Doehla about the behavioral approach to nutrition coaching.
You have to remove emotion from tough conversations before you can work on solutions. Here’s how to do it and prevent members from leaving angry. Practice this technique, and those members might return one day.
The key to improving your staff is constant evaluation. And the key to good evaluation is frequency. Every three months, gym owners in our Growth Stage hold a Career Growth ToolKit meeting with each staff member. Here’s how to run these meetings and improve your staff.
Jason Khalipa shares how he turned a 1,500-square-foot gym into a worldwide fitness empire.
Data shows the best gyms meet with each client and review progress quarterly. The prescriptive model is becoming our actual job. The delivery of nutrition and exercise programs is just how we implement our prescriptions.
Without a cause, your culture doesn’t produce anything. You just sit there holding hands, uninspired. Eventually, people will leave a great culture in pursuit of noble purpose. But if you have a noble purpose or just cause, people will follow you.
Some mediocre people at your table are probably sitting in the seats of great people. And until they’re gone, the amazing people won’t sit down because there are no vacant seats.
