Moneyball News - Winter 2025
Motivational Moment
““I’ve always been interested in how we survive and how resourceful we are as Americans.””
Partner Spotlight
Kudos to Hair Saloon for Men in creating a vision that serves both their customers and their team. They understand when you take care of your employees, they will take care of the customer.
Their end of year gala captures this vision as they honor their team showcasing the talent and dedication that makes them shine.
Family: The excitement and smiles shows the meaningful relationships developed.
Dreams: 23, 23, 20, 20…...years of tenure by the front line teams. It’s not a job, it’s a career.
Progress: Loyal Guest Awards and performance bonuses to celebrate taking care of the customer.
Congratulations Hair Saloon on Restoring Honor!
Story Time
Resourceful
How often do you hear “that’s only a slice of the pie” or “there’s more to the story.” Creative business leaders leverage all their slices and the whole story. Here’s a few suggestions with your KPI’s to tell a story.
Recruiting: Where do your top employees come from? It’s not all about placing Ads. Job seekers, answer ads. Here’s potential sources to find top employees:
Referrals: Employees are a great source
Targets: Actively pursuing industry professionals
Partners: Like schools and associations
Former: Past employees with good performance
Marketing: Advertising spend is obvious. Do you have business processes in place to keep relational marketing channels moving forward?
Previous Customers: Already know you
Customer Referrals: Validation from friends
Targets: Actively pursuing key people
Partnerships: Referrals from the community
Organic Digital
Product Categories: View your products in categories to understand opportunity in target areas of the business. The key is Yield Per Inventory unit as it takes into account inventory turn.
Using sources and categories provides analytical insights into the real story that identify opportunities for business growth.
Closing Song
Working On A Highway
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Working on the highway, laying down the blacktop
Working on the highway, all day long I don't stop
Working on the highway, blasting through the bedrock
Working on the highway, working on the highway
Working On A Highway
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band