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Mike Voories
Founder & CEO at BR1 | Author
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- Mike Voories
- August 8, 2026
You can work your ass off finding a really good employee, hire somebody with all kinds of potential, and then spend the...
- Mike Voories
- July 31, 2026
A guy quits in May. Another guy quits in July. You're looking at two resignations. Two conversations. Two sets of...
- Mike Voories
- July 21, 2026
You don't have a hiring problem. You have a winter problem. Every year, you lose good people. And every year, you file...
- Mike Voories
- July 16, 2026
You already know the labor market in this industry is brutal. Everybody's hiring. Nobody can find enough good people....
- Mike Voories
- July 8, 2026
Every conversation about private equity in this industry is aimed at one person. The owner. When to sell. What price?...
- Mike Voories
- June 30, 2026
This week, America turns 250. Something lasted two and a half centuries, and it wasn't by accident or luck. It survived...
- Mike Voories
- June 20, 2026
For years, there was a quiet perk to being a manager. Not the title. Not the pay bump. The engagement. People who...
- Mike Voories
- June 12, 2026
We spend massive amounts of time writing job descriptions for mythical creatures that simply do not exist. Then, when...
- Mike Voories
- June 2, 2026
Silence isn't being nice. Avoiding that difficult conversation with your underperforming employee doesn't avoid...
- Mike Voories
- May 27, 2026
You look at your high turnover and tell yourself that this generation just doesn’t want to work. You see a crew cutting...
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