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12 Jun | 2024

What do you do when a key team member leaves your school?

A studio manager? Department head? One of your best teachers?

How do you recover?

What steps could you be taking now to minimize the impact of such an exit?

What could you do to prolong the time that fantastic employees stay with your business?

We invited Alyssa (one of the coaches here at Grow) back on the podcast for another roundtable discussion…

In this episode, Nate, Daniel, and Alyssa share their stories of a time when one of their key team members left…

What happened…

What they learned…

And what you can learn from their experiences.

Click below to listen to the episode!

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Here’s what we cover in the episode:

When a key employee leaves your music school
Alyssa’s experience: transitioning to new roles and coping with loss
Emotions and storytelling: defying negative self-talk and taking action
Proactive methods to reduce stress when an employee leaves
How to transition an employee and celebrate their wins
Lessons learned from losing a key employee
Managing communication and relationships during transitions
Hiring and handing off responsibilities smoothly
Investing in employees for engagement and studio growth

Other Opportunities…

Now is the time to start preparing for fall enrollment…

Are You the Most Valuable Music School in Your Area?
By the end of this video, you’ll know the 4 things you need to get more students in your music school or studio

Also… Daniel has been posting a lot of great advice on his Instagram.
Give us a follow if you’d like to see short inspiring clips in your feed during the week.

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Now’s the time of year to consider what programs you are going to be offering in your music studio this fall…
And if you are looking for a program that will:

Increase student retention…
Increase the number of your beginners that become intermediate students
Help students go through their books faster (Proven! We did a study on this!)…
Increase home practice time (Proven! We have years of data showing that this happens)
And increase the profit in your studio (not just revenue)…

… Then you need to head over to GroupLessons.com, sign up for a free demo, and we’ll show you how hundreds of studios have easily started a new group program (sometimes in just a few weeks)… with little to no difficulty.

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Daniel Patterson

Daniel Patterson is a private teacher, writer, and marketing consultant for music schools. He began teaching in 2004. He co-founded and led marketing operations for a summer music camp that sees over 200 children each summer.