How to Lose an Employee in 10 Days: Lessons on Building A Killer Team // Jeff Sherman

Better Sign Shop Podcast

Are you struggling with finding and keeping good employees? Learn what it really takes to onboard a new employee and how to keep valuable team members motivated and engaged.

An old friend with an epic beard – Jeff Sherman – joins us for a conversation on employees and building a solid team. Jeff has 20+ years of sign industry experience and 10+ years of running operations at a fairly large shop.

We cover a lot of topics related to building a killer team. You won't be disappointed.

In this episode...

• Jeff's new nicknames for Mike (01:25)
• Origin of the sign shop Yoda (06:14)
• Jeff's sign industry backstory (08:45)
• The biggest struggle for shops nationwide (15:20)
• Building up your people (16:32)
• Developing employees takes time (23:40)
• To grow as a business and an owner... (32:00)
• Onboarding time (33:33)
• The standard for industry training (40:35)
• Don't just learn from mistakes... (51:40)
• How to keep employees long term (53:23)
• Give employees enough space to fail (59:18)
• What caused Jeff to leave his position (1:05:09)

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