Clay Hamlin

Kaizen Time podcast cover art for the Blood, Sweat & Business series episode 'Work Matching Your Time,' showing two warehouse workers at a production line with work and time countdown displays overhead.

How to Measure Employee Efficiency Without Punishing Good Work

Give someone twenty minutes to do a job, and they'll take twenty minutes. It doesn't matter if the job could realistically be finished in fifteen...

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How Much Is Your Auto Repair Shop Worth?

Valuation sounds like it should be a fixed number. Run the calculation, get the answer, move on. It doesn't work that way. Value is subjective. It...

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Kaizen Time podcast cover for 'Why You Need a Coach,' showing a mechanic in a repair shop listening as a man in a Kaizen Time polo points to a whiteboard growth chart with a plateau marked, auto shop bay and car lift in the background.

Why Your Auto Repair Shop Needs a Business Coach to Grow

I played hockey growing up, and every team I was on had a coach. That coach never played in games. He wasn't scoring goals or making the big save....

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Why Business Growth Isn’t Linear (and What Actually Happens Instead)

Most business owners picture growth as a straight line. Work hard, get results, keep climbing. But that's not really how it plays out in practice. ...

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Why Good Pitches Beat Good Ideas in Business

Given a choice between a great idea and a great pitch, most of us would say we want the great idea. That is the right instinct. But in practice, it...

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