![When You Lose a Key Employee (w. Alyssa O’ Toole) [7FMS Ep. #124]](https://growyourmusicstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Ep.-109-thumb-1-1-1080x675.png)
by Daniel Patterson | Jun 12, 2024 | Blog, Team
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...
![Performance Reviews in Your Music School [7FMS Ep. #101]](https://growyourmusicstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Ep.-101-thumb-1-1080x675.jpg)
by Daniel Patterson | Jan 3, 2024 | Blog, Team
Welcome back to the podcast! 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...
![Employee Benefits at Your Music School [7FMS Ep. #98]](https://growyourmusicstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Ep.-98-thumb-1080x675.jpg)
by Daniel Patterson | Nov 15, 2023 | Blog, Team
“How much should I pay my teachers?” “Should I pay teachers to come to recitals?” “Should we hire teachers as employees or contractors?” These are common questions I hear from school owners and aspiring school owners. In this episode, we move beyond these basic...
![Stop Wasting Your Time in Meetings! [7FMS Ep. #84]](https://growyourmusicstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Ep.-84-thumb-1080x675.jpg)
by Daniel Patterson | Aug 9, 2023 | Blog, Team
In today’s episode, we give a plan for efficient meetings and effective delegation… So you can manage your team as efficiently as possible. Not only that, Nate gives 4 practical rules for running your meetings. I joked that the only thing worse than having to...
![Filling Your School’s Marketing Events and Parties (Part 2) [7FMS Ep. #69]](https://growyourmusicstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Ep.-69-thumb-1080x675.jpg)
by Daniel Patterson | Apr 26, 2023 | Blog, Team
What if you could get 25, 50, or even 75 families to come to your school location for a big community open house? What would throwing an open house “party” do for your enrollment? What would that do to build excitement for your lessons and programs? What would...
![Contractors vs Employees: Does It Even Matter? [7FMS Ep. #53]](https://growyourmusicstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Ep.-53-thumb-1080x675.jpg)
by Daniel Patterson | Jan 4, 2023 | Blog, Team
Season 3 of the podcast begins… and in this episode we talk about one of those topics that always seems to be a topic of conversation amongst school owners… Employees vs contractors! This is one of those topics that every school owner has to ask at some point...
