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But, it adds a whole new dimension of complexity to your business.

A dimension that often catches owners flat-footed.

In my work with school owners, not a week goes by that I’m not doing “owner therapy” with at least one of my clients… and it’s almost always around a troublesome team member.

These situations are never pretty:

• A team member that has gone rogue
• Toxicity between team members or a team member and the owner
• Teachers stealing students
• Teachers or staff members not following company policies
• Unreasonable requests or demands by team members

I could go on and on and on.

The “fixes” for these situations are usually difficult and time consuming.

And – in many cases – the situation wouldn’t have gotten out of hand had there been some sort of guiding document or employee handbook in place.

A pre-emptive solution is better, so…

In this episode, Nate and Daniel make the case for creating an employee handbook at your school… and give specific examples of what to include from Brooklyn Music Factory’s handbook.

This is one of the “boring” topics that might seem like a “Yeah, yeah, yeah… I know I need that” episode.

But – Daniel and Nate go beneath the surface and talk through the deeper principles at work here that will help you grow and scale and flourish.

Click below to listen to the episode.

Here’s what we cover in the episode:

• Writing an employee handbook for your school
• Knowing when you need an employee handbook
• What to include in an employee handbook
• Protecting your equipment and intellectual property with the handbook
• Including your school schedule in the handbook
• Developing the handbook to run your school more efficiently

Thanks for listening and/or watching our podcast! Be sure to check out the show notes below.

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[Live Q&A] Get Your Questions Answered on September 9th

If you have a question about running a music school…

If you have a challenge currently in your studio or school…

We’d like to help.

Daniel and Nate are hosting a FREE live Q&A / coaching session on September 9th at 1pm Eastern.

We’ll answer your question if you do the following…

1. Click this link
2. Write down your question or challenge on that page
3. Click submit

We’ll answer your question even if you don’t join us live! So – ask your toughest question about running a music school.

If you don’t have a question but just want to hang with us live… then just click here.

Show Notes

Here are the resources we mentioned…

What % of Tuition Should Teachers Keep? – Episode 49 | What percentage of lesson fees should your teaching team keep? Or – an even better question – should you pay them a percentage… or an hourly rate? What about benefits? Should you pay teachers to attend meetings and training? It turns out that the question of teacher pay is actually a lot more nuanced than simply deciding on a “flat percentage” of lesson fees…

Performance Reviews in Your Music School – Episode 101 | Nate and Daniel kick off 2024 with an important topic… Performance reviews for your team (whether office staff or teachers). However, they go beyond just talking about HOW to give a performance review by asking an important question: What motivates your team to help you build a strong business?

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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!)…
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