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Confirmation Bias: Why Owners Only Ask People Who Agree

Confirmation Bias: Why Owners Only Ask People Who Agree

Confirmation bias in business sends owners who already decided to pivot looking for agreement, not information. Here's who they skip.

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What Phase Is Your Firm In? Age and Revenue Lie

What Phase Is Your Firm In? Age and Revenue Lie

What phase is my firm in? Read the eight elements, not the clock. Four questions separate a plateau from a crisis before you make the wrong move.

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Nobody Taught You This, Which Is Not the Same as Not Being Able to Learn It

Nobody Taught You This, Which Is Not the Same as Not Being Able to Learn It

What public adjusters are never taught about running a firm: five business skills, why "not a business person" is a gap and not a trait, and where to start.

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A Practice and a Business Are Not the Same Thing

A Practice and a Business Are Not the Same Thing

Is your firm a practice or a business? Headcount won't tell you. Trace last quarter's revenue back to whose hands it passed through, and you'll know.

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Delegate the Task, Keep the Decision, and Nothing Changes

Delegate the Task, Keep the Decision, and Nothing Changes

Delegating decisions in a claims firm fails when the owner hands off the task and keeps the call. How to hand over the decision, with limits attached.

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Why Hiring More Staff Didn't Fix Your Bottleneck

Why Hiring More Staff Didn't Fix Your Bottleneck

Why hiring more staff didn't fix your bottleneck: your firm was short on answers, not hands, and every new hire added to the line outside your door.

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The Three Jobs Costing You the Most to Keep

The Three Jobs Costing You the Most to Keep

What should a firm owner stop doing? Start with the three jobs you're overpaying yourself to do, and hand each to the person for whom it's $100 work.

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