Recruiting Employees: How to Navigate This Need as Your Firm Grows
Pro serve founders know labor is our biggest expense – meaning recruiting isn’t optional, it’s mission-critical.
Employees
Episode 91 – How the Founder of an Architecture Visualization Firm Built a Culture That Produces Zero Employee Turnover – Member Case with Jing Johnson
Culture can be described as how things get done in your firm. Intentionally focusing on culture is critical to the success of a boutique professional services firm. On this episode, we invited Jing Johnson, Founder & CEO of PRISM Renderings, to share how she built a highly effective culture and the positive impacts it has had on retention and the success of her firm.
Episode 71 – How a Learning and Development Firm Retains Key Employees – Member Case with Renee Safrata
There is a direct correlation between employee loyalty and the valuation of a professional services firm. On this episode, we interview Renée Safrata, CEO & Founder of Vivo Team to discuss employee loyalty and the invisible balance sheet.
Episode 69 – How a Challenger Brand Advertising Agency Won the War On Talent
As professional services firms scale, the culture erodes. Bureaucracy creeps in and employees shift from serving the client to serving the boss which stalls scaling. On this episode, we discuss scaling culture with Mike Sullivan, CEO of Loomis.
Episode 61 – Yield: The Ultimate Measure of Productivity – Member Case with Aaron Levenstadt
Yield is the ultimate measure of productivity for professional services firms. On this episode, we interview Aaron Levenstadt, Founder and CEO of Pedestal Search and discuss how he uses yield to manage his firm.
Episode 39: The Boutique: 4 Different Recruiting Needs for Professional Services Firms to Scale
As your boutique professional service firm scales, talent acquisition shows up on the list of top priorities. Collective54 founder Greg Alexander discusses why the ability to recruit at scale separates the winners from the losers.
Episode 10: The Boutique: Do You have a Bankable Team?
Acquirers buy teams first, and firms second. The quality of the management team is of major importance to the buyer. It can take years to develop a bankable team. Think like an investor. Would you bet the farm on your team?
Episode 9: The Boutique: A Little Known Secret: How Employee Loyalty Drives Up Valuation
You compete in two markets. The market for clients. And the market for employees. As much effort needs to be put into employees as into clients. Owners of boutiques work for the employees, not the other way around. Would you want to work for you?