You hired someone full of hope, and now it's not working out. Before you fire anybody, you need to know whether it's a wrong-seat problem, a training gap, or the wrong person, because those three look identical on the surface and they are not the same fix.

Today Pat walks you through the three-step diagnosis, the real math on what a struggling hire is costing you every month, and the five-outcomes conversation that tells you in thirty days whether to keep coaching or move on. Then it's Money Monday with Lisa Raebel from Rebel Girl Revenue on the first sales conversation that actually builds trust, an Idea Slam mailbag on what to do when work is pouring in faster than you can deliver it, and an AI story worth your attention: referral traffic from AI chatbots is converting at 20 percent, and it comes down to intent.

Grab your coffee, let's get businessing.

In this episode:

00:00 - Is it the wrong seat, a training problem, or the wrong person

09:33 - Money Monday with Lisa Raebel: the first sales call that builds trust

24:04 - Idea Slam mailbag: how to know what you can actually deliver

28:54 - Why AI referrals are converting at 20 percent

33:00 - What's happening inside the Small Business Owners Community

Resources mentioned:

Rebel Girl Revenue (Lisa Raebel): https://rebelgirlrevenue.com

Athena Legal Solutions: https://www.athenalegalsolutionsllc.com

The Daily Crown / Crown Room Live (Elzie Flenard): https://joindailycrown.com

SBOC Conference, this September: https://event.smallbusinesscommunity.com/26conference

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