The bigger the company gets, the more the game becomes making sure every small piece runs at full strength. That’s what this board does. Daily pace against monthly budget, work in versus work sold, all 12 locations at a glance. We know where the day’s focus is before the coffee’s done.
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This board here runs a $500,000 a day home services company. What do I look at when I first come in each morning? The things I'm looking at are how we're pacing for the month. We have a monthly budget. We need to pace and do so much work every single day. So I'm looking at how much work did we put in, how much work did we sell for the next day, and the following days. I'm also looking at how each location is pacing. We get our revenue from 12 locations across the Midwest. We need to make sure that every location is performing. The key in this, as it gets bigger and bigger, is to make sure all of the little elements of how this business works are operating at full strength. We know when we first walk in, where we need to be focused for that day to improve the metrics so that by the end of the month, we can hit our goals.
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