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How to Hire and Retain the Right Staff for Your Cleaning Business (7 Tips) with Sharon Cowan, CEO of The Cleaning Business Consulting Group
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How to Hire and Retain the Right Staff for Your Cleaning Business (7 Tips) with Sharon Cowan, CEO of The Cleaning Business Consulting Group

Episode 5 of The Growth Lab Podcast

In today's episode, I chat with Sharon Cowan CEO of The Cleaning Business Consulting Group.

Sharon has been involved in the cleaning industry for over 30 years. After a successful career as a teacher, she bought a small residential cleaning business with 6 employees. Sharon grew the company to a 140 person, multiple seven figure commercial cleaning business over 15 years.

After selling her business, she pursued coaching and mentoring opportunities, which lead o her launching The Cleaning Business Consulting Group. Sharon’s now consults seven and eight figure commercial cleaning businesses on corporate leadership, business development, strategic planning and systems & operations.

We talk about:

  • The secret to building a successful cleaning team

  • Why training is the number one thing you can do to help your employees

  • Staff retention and keeping your team motivated

  • Why you should hire part time staff

  • Developing a training system and continuous professional development for your cleaning team

  • Why your employees are more important than your clients

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The Growth Lab podcast is for entrepreneurs & business owners in the cleaning industry.
Hosted by Matt Harris, growth partner at The Growth Lab, it's packed full of actionable strategies, tools & tactics to help you find more clients, win more cleaning contracts and grow your business.
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