2020 is finally over and the New Year has gotten underway. This has a lot of business leaders thinking about how they can ensure success for their organizations in 2021. Many security dealers have been operating the same way for years or even decades. Following a year that has been nothing short of turbulent, it is perhaps the ideal time to examine your processes, tools, and overall approach. (more…)
Bold Group is pleased to kick off 2021 with a highly-anticipated, new product designed to bring more flexibility to SedonaOffice users, their technicians, and field service management. Sedona-X™ Mobile for SedonaOffice is the future of mobile app accounting and business management software and provides SedonaOffice users access to robust customer, financial, and billing management capabilities in the field! (more…)
For many organizations, processes can be both a boon to productivity and the bane of efficiency. They are the key to success for any team of even moderate size and complexity. However, bad procedures can sap efficiency, cause frustration, and increase risk. For a security service provider, this can create an unacceptable situation. (more…)
What does it mean to be an educator? It means we help people learn what is not yet known to them. To do that we must have a willing learner on the other side. Educators and Managers cannot do the work, or the learning, for another. What they offer are the skills, expertise, and experience. Learners themselves come to learning with their experiences and their curiosity.
I have had the pleasure of educating people since age 15 at my first job with McDonald’s and over the next 35 years, I have created training programs and trained people on process and software in many industries and around the world. I earned my Master’s degree in Adult Education and Training in 2012. Most recently, I worked as the Director of Training with Bold Group. (more…)
As a business owner, you appreciate your customers and want to offer them the best service possible. You also have limited staff resources who often are swamped with calls all day from customers needing copies of invoices, checking when their service appointment is taking place, wanting to make a payment or other account needs. If you could remove some of those extra calls and still provide your customers with exemplary service, would it be worth it to give your staff more time to attend to other priorities? (more…)
Security industry professionals and businesses found themselves in various states of preparedness when COVID-19 struck. The pandemic has affected companies differently, forcing leadership teams across the industry to develop plans and address issues in their own way. Here, we examine the effects of the pandemic on the security industry and offer guidance moving forward. (more…)