
What twelve units taught me about hiring managers who stay
After a decade of turnover, I stopped hiring for the resume and started hiring for the second year. Here is what changed.
A single fast location is a nice story. A network where every location is fast is a moat.

Any one location can get fast at responding to leads if a motivated manager makes it a priority. The hard part, and the real advantage, is making every location fast at once, and keeping them there when the motivated manager moves on.
When fast response is built into the system rather than the willpower of one person, it survives turnover, holidays, and the Friday afternoon rush. That is when speed to lead becomes a network property.

After a decade of turnover, I stopped hiring for the resume and started hiring for the second year. Here is what changed.

Most automation projects die in the gap between headquarters and the field. Operators who close that gap share a few habits.

I used to buy software the way some people buy gym memberships. Then I counted what we actually opened on a Tuesday.