The Business Mechanic Show

The Business Mechanic Show

Hosted by: Vaughn Sigmon

Productivity, Winning Strategies, and Aligning Employer, Employee Goals. If this sounds like something your business could use more of, then you've come to the right place—the Business Mechanic Show with your host...

Episodes

Introduction to Performance Management

Season #4 Episode #1

Let’s be honest: performance reviews are a pain in the you-know-what. Team members don’t like them, and most managers aren’t fans either — 45 percent of managers didn’t think reviews were suitable gauges of a team...
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Why Your Strategic Plans Fail

Season #3 Episode #74

Learn why your Strategic Plans do not get accomplished.  This podcast discusses the real-world steps that we have developed over several decades that we know work. We've shared them with many company execs in our...
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The 7 Step Process to Fire an Employee with No Blowback!

Season #3 Episode #73

Firing an employee is stressful and often delayed because many managers and executives don't know how to perform this onerous task. In this podcast, three former front-line business executives will give you the 7 step...
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The Sales Technique that the Top 2% Use

Season #3 Episode #72

A Guide to Active Listening How to Earn People's Trust Using Your Ears   In today's information world, customers don’t need presentations To establish credibility, you must establish trust What should a salesperson...
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How to Deal With Difficult Employees

Season #3 Episode #71

Discover the Best Approach to Dealing with Annoying Employees As a manager, there will often be times when you’ll have to deal with different types of difficult people. When they are employees, you must deal with...
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How to Deal with Difficult Bosses

Season #3 Episode #70

Want to reduce stress and pain at work because your boss is difficult? There will often be times when you’ll have to deal with different types of difficult people. These people may be within your organization, such as...
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The Ultimate Guide to Effective Meetings

Season #3 Episode #69

    Want to stop wasting time in meetings that accomplish nothing? Have you ever sat through a meeting and said to yourself, “what a waste of time; I could be getting my work done.” What may be worse is if people are...
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17 Secret Tips for Successful Prospecting Calls

Season #3 Episode #68

Having your salespeople make prospecting calls to client/customer prospects is a great low-cost way to schedule appointments to meet with prospects. The goal of these prospecting calls is typically to schedule...
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What Everyone Must Know About Sales Management

Season #3 Episode #67

In this podcast, I will share what I've learned over the decades about how to and not to manage a sales team.  I have had the opportunity to develop some of these methods. I have also been fortunate to learn from some...
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How I Drove Sales to Record Numbers

Season #3 Episode #66

In this Podcast, I will share how I got this wrong for many years until I made a vital discovery. Managing a sales team by the numbers like I would an accounting team did not work. I kept blaming the sales team for...
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Simple Strategies for Rescuing a Struggling Sales Team

Season #3 Episode #75

Get the simple-to-follow real-world system to improve the sales results of your underperforming sales team members. Getting increased sales from your sales department will often require improving or upgrading your...
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Improve Your Sales Productivity by 65%

Season #3 Episode #74

In this Podcast, I will share how I got this wrong for many years until I made a vital discovery. Managing a sales team by the numbers like I would an accounting team did not work. I kept blaming the sales team for...
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