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Charitable Culture & Community  BR1 VP of Talent Acquisition, Heather Woodruff talks with Mike about how charitable giving is not only good for the community, but also for your company's culture.  Connect with Business Resources One.  Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram.   

What Can Business Leaders Learn From Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover?  Elon Musk just completed his $44-billion purchase of Twitter. Half of the employees have been fired and Elon is charging $8 for verified blue check marks. What are the takeaways and lessons for business leaders?   The Results Matter Podcast is a production of Business Resource One.  Contact Mike.  Business Resources One is a talent acquisition, training, coaching, and consulting company that helps business leaders gain an unfair advantage. Learn more about BR1 or schedule a free discovery call. 

Actively Recruiting Passive Candidates Mike speaks with Business Resources One VP of Talent Acquisition, Heather Woodruff, about recruiting passive candidates.  The Results Matter Podcast is a production of Business Resources One.  Contact us to learn more about BR1's Talent Acquisition Services.  Results Matter Podcast on Facebook.  Business Resources One on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.  #ResultsMatter 

Creating a System For Selling - A top-performing sales professional who is invaluable to their organization can consistently forecast their sales. Strategy + Action = Your System for Selling. Operating randomly is a sin in sales. Creating a system for selling will allow you to become more efficient, more effective, and to produce greater results.  The Results Matter Podcast is a production of Business Resources One. BR1 is a talent acquisition, training, coaching, and business solutions firm that helps business leaders gain an unfair advantage.  Follow the ResultsMatter Podcast on Facebook.  Follow BR1 on Facebook and LinkedIn.  Follow Mike Voories on LinkedIn.     

Job seekers claim to want it, employers promise to offer it. What if work-life balance is just an illusion?  Let's rethink work-life balance. I challenge you to consider thinking about work-life balance with respect to the whole person, whether it’s you or your employees. Balance should be the goal, absolutely. But, I suggest attempting balance through the different aspects of one’s life working in unison, not being compartmentalized and held separate from one anther. The various areas of our lives are interdependent; there’s causation, there’s correlation. We don’t have a choice, that’s how it works. We can use this interdependence to our benefit to drive desirable results, or we can try to fight it and lose. The #ResultsMatter Podcast is available in video on YouTube.  Stay in touch on social media: Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.  If you're ready to take your business to the next level, check out VooriesBusiness.com for products, services, and solutions designed to give you and your business an unfair advantage.   Tell us your opinion on this topic.  The #ResultsMatter Podcast is a production of Voories Business Solutions. 

There is little dispute that recruiting & retaining talent is the greatest challenge facing business leaders today. And here’s the truth: No organization can grow faster than its ability to recruit and retain enough of the right people. Businesses are suffering right now, not because of a lack of customers, but due to a lack of labor and talent to serve those customers.  Here's the April 2021 Jobs Report.  We'd love to hear your thoughts, perspective, and comments on this topic. You can send us a message here, or if you're watching on YouTube, drop your thoughts down in the comments section.  Check out Mike's book - Complain or Compete: Creating an Unfair Advantage in a Tough Labor Market The #ResultsMatter Podcast is a production of Voories Business Solutions. If you’re ready to take your business to the next level, check out VooriesBusiness.com for products, services, and solutions designed to help you and your business become measurably more successful. What could professional consulting, an outside perspective, or 1-on-1 coaching do for your business success?!  Thank you so much for listening today to the #ResultsMatter Podcast!  Copyright © 2021 Voories Business Solutions, LLC. 

On Episode 15 of the #ResultsMatter Podcast, Mike is recording outside. Excuse the noise from the RecTeq 700 pellet smoker in the background. Look for a discussion on RecTeq's customer experience in a future episode. Today, we're talking about Crocs. You know... The ugly but super comfortable shoes. Let's explore!  On this episode, Mike references Amazon when talking about customer experience and Crocs as a reminder to think differently, don't believe everything that you know, and embrace being wrong.  The #ResultsMatter Podcast is a production of Voories Business Solutions. If you're ready to create an unfair advantage for your business, visit: VooriesBusiness.com The #ResultsMatter Podcast is available in audio wherever you like to listen, and in video format on YouTube.   

What ever happened to the Yellow Pages? AT&T might call their printed Yellow Pages "The Original Search Engine" but they never actually installed the engine. Why didn't AT&T's Yellow Pages become Google? Why didn't Sears become Amazon? And, how can you carry this message over to your business? Are you living in the world that was, the world that is, or the world that's going to be?    Complain or Compete: Creating an Unfair Advantage in a Tough Labor Market If you have employees, chances are you're struggling with the greatest challenge facing business leaders today: How to recruit and retain enough of the right people. Grab a copy of Mike's new book today on Amazon. For bulk and/or personalized copies, send us an inquiry here.  The #ResultsMatter Podcast is a production of Voories Business Solutions. For more information on products, services, and solutions designed to give you and your business an unfair advantage, visit VooriesBusiness.com The #ResultsMatter Podcast is available in video format on YouTube, or in audio wherever you like to listen to podcasts.    

Episode 13 challenges sales professionals to examine the real reason they're losing business, and it's not because of price!  If you’re ready to stop bidding and start selling, you can connect with us through VooriesBusiness.com. Contact us through the website and we’ll respond quickly. We'd love to help you with sales training, coaching, consulting, or whatever you need to get from where you are, to where you want to go.  And, if you’re sick and tired of getting your butt kicked by the tough labor market, grab yourself a copy of my new book: Complain or Compete: Creating an Unfair Advantage in a Tough Labor Market.  The Results Matter Podcast is a production of Voories Business Solutions. For more information on products, services, and solutions designed to give your business an unfair advantage, visit VooriesBusiness.com. Thank you so much for listening today to the Results Matter Podcast!

Episode: 12 - We’re going to try and figure out why there’s no one to deliver my pizza, and what can be done about this immeasurably catastrophic tragedy. Let’s explore!  If you’re ready to take your business to the next level, you can connect with us through VooriesBusiness.com. And, if you’re sick and tired of getting your butt kicked by the tough labor market, grab yourself a copy of my new book: Complain or Compete: Creating an Unfair Advantage in a Tough Labor Market.  Voories Business Solutions helps business leaders, entrepreneurs, and sales professionals become measurably more successful!  The Results Matter Podcast is a production of Voories Business Solutions. For more information on products, services, and solutions designed to give your business an unfair advantage, visit VooriesBusiness.com. Thank you so much for listening today to the Results Matter Podcast!

Episode 11: Daylight Saving Time.  Yes, I know it's 'Daylight Saving Time' (not savings). So why did I say 'savings' over and over again during this episode? I have no idea  :-)   -MV Imagine if we placed this same importance on every other hour in our day, week, month, and year. I mean, that’s what Daylight Saving Time’s real impact is - an hour. One hour. So, some perspective: If a single hour is so darn important, maybe we should act like it all the time. Time is our most valuable and only non-renewable resource.  Mike's new book "Complain or Compete: Creating an Unfair Advantage in a Tough Labor Market" will be available on March 28th, 2021. Sign up for updates and to receive FREE business coaching delivered right to your inbox.  Pre-order the Kindle eBook on Amazon NOW! Paperback & hardcover will be available on March 28th.  The Results Matter Podcast is a production of Voories Business Solutions. If you're ready to take your business to the next level, visit: VooriesBusiness.com    

On this episode, we're talking about one of the hottest business models out there. Mike tells a quick story about a recent experience he had with a company that really gets customer experience wrong. We want to make sure that friends of the Results Matter Podcast aren’t inadvertently making some of these same crippling customer experience mistakes. Door Dash is a tech company masquerading as a service company, and they get the customer experience all wrong!  If you'd like to read the chat transcript between Mike & Door Dash, please request a copy through our contact us page.  We'd love to hear your thoughts on Mike's story. What else could Door Dash have done differently? How can you use this lesson to improve customer experience in your business? Tell us what you think!  Thank you so much for listening today to the Results Matter Podcast. If you enjoy or find this content useful, please subscribe and share the podcast with others. It’ll really help us get this content to more people who could really benefit from it.      The Results Matter Podcast is a production of Voories Business Solutions. If you’d like to learn more about additional services, products, and solutions designed to give your business an unfair advantage, go to: VooriesBusiness.com. Be sure to sign up for FREE business coaching, delivered right to your inbox. Thank you so much for listening today, to the Results Matter Podcast.

Mike Voories helps business leaders, entrepreneurs, and sales professionals become measurably more successful. Episode 09 Mike compares a couple historic American leaders to three still-relevant leadership principles we can use today to become measurably more successful.  Please subscribe and share the podcast with others. It will really help us get this content to more people who could really benefit from it. The Results Matter Podcast is available in video on YouTube, and of course, on all the different audio podcast listening platforms. If you’re ready to get serious about becoming the best leader you can possibly be, Voories Business Solutions is here to help.     Thank you so much for listening today to the Results Matter Podcast. If you enjoy or find this content useful, please subscribe and share the podcast with others. It’ll really help us get this content to more people who could really benefit from it.      The Results Matter Podcast is a production of Voories Business Solutions. If you’d like to learn more about additional services, products, and solutions designed to give your business an unfair advantage, head over to: VooriesBusiness.com. Be sure to sign up for FREE business coaching, delivered right to your inbox.  #ResultsMatter       

On Episode 08, Mike talks about career path development and succession planning. Specifically, helping your employees get from where they are today to where they want to go, and the importance of the managers and leaders in your organization being able to replace themselves. The principles discussed, and Mike's advice remains the same, regardless if you're part of a small team or a huge organization. A leader’s number one job in their organization is to replace themselves. Period. If you’re ready to get serious about career path development and succession planning, Voories Business Solutions is here to help. We can work with you, or you and your team to develop career path and succession plans that will take you and your team to the next level. You can contact us through VooriesBusiness.com to get started.   Thank you so much for listening today to the Results Matter Podcast. If you enjoy or find this content useful, please subscribe and share the podcast with others. It’ll really help us get this content to more people who could really benefit from it.      The Results Matter Podcast is a production of Voories Business Solutions. If you’d like to learn more about additional services, products, and solutions designed to give your business an unfair advantage, visit: VooriesBusiness.com. Be sure to sign up for FREE business coaching, delivered right to your inbox. Thank you so much for listening today, to the Results Matter Podcast.

Today, Mike is challenging business leaders, entrepreneurs, and sales professionals to stop trying to be your own teacher. Stop trying to learn from yourself. Stop trying to use lessons learned from your own experience to get you to the next level. Your own experience is a very slow and extremely limited teacher. You already know everything that you know. And, to take it a step further, you really shouldn’t believe everything that you know anyway!  Thank you so much for listening today to the Results Matter Podcast. If you enjoy or find this content useful, please subscribe and share the podcast with others. It’ll really help us get this content to more people who could really benefit from it.    The Results Matter Podcast is a production of Voories Business Solutions. If you’d like to learn more about additional services, products, and solutions designed to give your business an unfair advantage, head over to: VooriesBusiness.com. Be sure to sign up for FREE business coaching, delivered right to your inbox. Thank you so much for listening today, to the Results Matter Podcast. The Results Matter Podcast is also available in video format on YouTube. Stay in touch during the week on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.       

The $15 per hour minimum wage debate has been brewing for the last decade. The federal minimum wage sits at $7.25 and hasn’t moved since 2009. Those who support more than doubling the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, argue that the move would pull low-wage earners out of poverty. Some supporters of the $15 per hour minimum wage argue that increasing the national minimum wage will help reduce inequality. In Episode 06, Mike shares his take on this hot topic.  We'd love to hear your thoughts on this topic. If you're watching on YouTube, let us know what you think in the comments section. If you're listening to the podcast in audio only format, you can reach us here.  Sign up for FREE business coaching delivered right to your inbox.  Stay in touch during the week on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.  The Results Matter Podcast is a production of Voories Business Solutions. If you’d like to learn more about additional services, products, and solutions designed to give your business an unfair advantage, head over to VooriesBusiness.com   

Censoring, Silencing, & Canceling in America. This is a business podcast, and yes, this episode is very politically charged!  In this digital high-tech age, a lot of businesses nowadays rely on the big-tech infrastructure and platforms. It is difficult, if not impossible for most businesses to operate without an online presence. I’m okay with different points of view. We need different points of view. Conservatives and Liberals are supposed to keep each other from going off the deep-end. But we’re not supposed to hate each other. And we’re damn sure not supposed to censor, silence, and cancel each other! -MV The Results Matter Podcast is a production of Voories Business Solutions. If you’d like to learn more about additional services, products, and solutions designed to give your business an unfair advantage, head over to: VooriesBusiness.com. Be sure to sign up for FREE business coaching, delivered right to your inbox. Thank you so much for listening today, to the Results Matter Podcast.

Episode #4 of the #ResultsMatter Podcast is the third and final part of our three-part series on customer experience. In this episode, Mike ties the three-part series together, giving you six simple and basic ideas to start your customer experience foundation.   Return calls and emails quickly Have a human being answer the phone Be happy to help your customers  Do what you say your going to do, when you said you were going to do it Be easy to do business with Own it and don't make excuses  The #ResultsMatter Podcast is a production of Voories Business Solutions. If you’d like to learn more about additional services, products, and solutions designed to give your business an unfair advantage, then head over to VooriesBusiness.com  Be sure to sign up for FREE business coaching, delivered right to your inbox. Thank you so much for listening today, to the Results Matter Podcast!  

Customer Experience (Part 2 of 3) - Don't ask customers to do your work.  A lot of businesses, especially those in the service industries, could start charging more if they’d just start taking better care of their customers. A lot of businesses are at price wars with their competition. They’re convinced to earn the business, they need to be cheaper, or at-least the same price as their competition. And, most of the time they’re completely wrong! When it comes to good customer service, there’s a lot of areas businesses get it wrong. But if I had to put my finger on the biggest thing, the most common thing, the most wide-spread trend in awful customer service today…it’s businesses expecting their customers to do their work for them. If I was to draw a customer experience pyramid, at the bottom, the base, the biggest and strongest part…would be being easy to do business with. And when businesses ask their customers to work harder than is absolutely necessary, they’re getting this customer experience foundational principal all-wrong! In customer service, everything you do should be aimed at making the customer’s life easier, not more difficult. The last thing customers want, is to have to work hard to spend their money with someone. The Results Matter Podcast is a production of Voories Business Solutions. If you’d like to learn more about additional services, products, and solutions designed to give your business an unfair advantage, visit vooriesbusiness.com Sign up for FREE business coaching delivered right to your inbox: subscribe  We're on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.     

Let’s not let 2020’s awfulness become an excuse in 2021. If we’re going to move forward and make 2021 a year of excellence, we’ll have to let 2020 go. Hanging on to 2020 as an excuse will kill 2021 for you. 2020 & 2021 can not coexist! So draw your line in the sand, Turn the damn page. And don't look back!  If you need help setting and achieving goals worth celebrating in 2021, if you’re ready to take your business to the next level, if you’re serious about having your best year yet, then Voories Business Solutions & The Results Matter Podcast wants to help! Subscribe to the podcast wherever you like to listen, for weekly talk about topics that interest business leaders, entrepreneurs, & sales professionals. For more information about professional coaching, consulting, and other results focused business solutions, visit vooriesbusiness.com or email us at help@vooriesbusiness.com.  To stay in touch throughout the week, like & follow us on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram. You can also find the podcast on YouTube.  The Results Matter Podcast is a production of Voories Business Solutions. From our family to yours…Happy New Year!