Prioritizing Your Growth & Managing a Home Staging Team with Howard Prayger
About Today’s Episode with
Howard Prayger
The most successful home stagers I’ve ever met are serious about their growth. They focus on higher level, income-generating tasks in their business and think like a CEO. We all get into our home staging businesses so we can be creative artists, so once we start to build up a steady clientele, it doesn’t make sense to continue doing day-to-day tasks like scheduling, balancing our books, or making graphics in Canva.
Today’s guest Howard Prager is a man of many talents, from author, to speaker, tuba player, to executive coach and leadership consultant who helps strengthen people and organizations through his insightful leadership and management programs.
In this episode, we explore some of the stickier parts of growth: managing and retaining employees, communicating effectively with our team, giving constructive feedback, and the magic of small gestures.
This Episode is Brought to You by 17hats, Our 2021 StagerCon Sponsor
17hats saved us tons of time and admin when we were busy staging houses. We were able to keep staging without worrying about dropping the ball on staging clients and project management!
Find out more about how we use 17hats here.
This Week on The Home Staging Show Podcast
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Howard introduces himself and shares how being in Boy Scouts got him into coaching and leadership (00:14:28)
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Some of the biggest lessons in Howard’s career (and how it inspired writing his book) (00:16:25)
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Why we need to worry about delighting others (00:18:00)
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The importance of focusing on treating your employees well (00:19:53)
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A story about Campbell Soup’s CEO that will inspire you to write thank you cards (00:20:51)
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Howard shares open-ended questions you should ask in interviews (00:25:53)
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The “3 C Process” to communicate effectively with your team (00:28:57)
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Howard explains the common mistakes managers make and how we can build trust with our employees (00:31:38)
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The art of giving feedback constructively (00:35:55)
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How to support employees or contractors whose performance has slipped (00:38:34)
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The secret to creating a happier, healthier, and more engaging workplace (00:45:50)
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Howard shares his favorite books and podcasts for managers (00:48:01)
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Best practices for managing team members remotely (00:49:14)
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The love-hate relationship with meetings (and how to make them more efficient) (00:51:15)
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Why we should develop training programs in our home staging businesses (00:54:11)
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Howard reveals why we need to try different communication styles (00:57:23)
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How we can amplify our values for our home staging business (and not in a performative way) (00:59:23)
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Howard’s #1 tip for home stagers when it comes to retaining talent in their home staging business (01:02:17)
Connect With Howard
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Howard’s Website: https://howardhprager.com
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Howard’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/howardhprager
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Howard’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/howardhprager/
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Howard’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/howardhprager/
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Howard’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/howardhprager
Links & Resources Mentioned On Today’s Show
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Learn more about our partner, 17hats: https://www.staged4more.com/17hats
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If you’re ready to dive deep into your home staging business, join me and Elaine Penhaul in Italy this October 2nd-7th for a special Working Retreat for Home Stagers.
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Visit Howard’s website to download a free chapter of his book, Make Someone’s Day. You’ll also get his day tracking checklists!
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Howard recommends these books: The Positive Influence Leader by Michael & Glenn Parker, and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith,
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