The Fire is Already There

Your people already have the fire inside them.

Most business owners don't believe this.

They look at their team and see:

• People who clock in and clock out

• People who do the minimum

• People who don't care like they do

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 "𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦."

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 35 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬:

Your people aren't unmotivated.

They have an ember of potential, purpose, pride inside them.

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘵.

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬:

• To contribute to something meaningful

• To feel ownership over their work

• To be seen and valued

• To solve problems, not just follow orders

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞:

• By micromanaging (tells people you don't trust them)

• By focusing only on mistakes (kills initiative)

• By keeping all decisions to themselves (creates dependence)

Then they wonder why nobody else cares.

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞:

• People stop checking out and start showing up

• They care about quality because they take pride in their work

• They solve problems without being told

• They stay, because they WANT to, not because they have to

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘺.

I've seen manufacturing companies drop turnover from 40% to under 10%.

I've seen tech startups go from constant drama to high-performing teams.

I've seen family businesses prepare the next generation to lead differently and better than the founder.

𝘐𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦:

• Bigger budgets

• Fancy perks

• Complete overhauls

𝐈𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭.

Leadership that finds that ember in each person and fans it into a flame.

If you're a business owner dealing with turnover, disengagement, or feeling like you're the only one who cares, I'd love to talk.

I'm help business owners in tech, manufacturing, construction, and family businesses build teams that actually care.

𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐃𝐌 𝐦𝐞. 𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞.