The 7-Power Contractor Radio: Recent Episodes
Al Levi
Welcome to The 7-Power Contractor Radio, the podcast that lets you run your contracting business with less stress and more success. Hosted by Al Levi, author of The 7-Power Contractor, you’ll learn tips on how to best run your contracting business.
The threat of Bad PR (aka Public Relations) used to keep me up at night when I was a contractor. It doesn’t take much Bad PR to make it tough for your company to grow or, if it’s bad enough, to go out of business.
And as you grow your company and more and more people are at work each day, there are more and more people who can slip up or even give the appearance that they’ve slipped up.
What can you do to mitigate – or better yet – avoid Bad PR?
Learn how to play both offense and defense.
I’m going to share my take on some examples of the high stakes game we, as contractors, must play.
Find the blog at https://www.7powercontractor.com/mitigating-bad-pr-public-relations/
Question: Are your employees going to stop checking their social media feeds anytime soon?
Answer: No!
Question: What can you do about it?
Answer: A few things.
Question: Is this a new problem?
Answer: Yes and no.
Employees being distracted at work has been going on since they put in a water cooler in the breakroom. And since going on cigarette breaks were routine. And even when the first access to the internet allowed them to go “surfing” from the comfort of their office chair.
Social Media Distraction isn’t a new problem but rather an old problem expressed in a new way. That problem is time spent not working while at work.
The Social Media Distraction issue continues to grow to an even higher and higher level of disruption of productivity in the workplace.
Follow these tips to help limit distractions and get employees back on track.
Find the blog at https://www.7powercontractor.com/employees-social-media/