Mastering the Business of Interior Design: Success by Design
Katie Decker-Erickson, Business Coach for Interior Designers
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130. Why Hiring More People Won’t Fix Your Interior Design Business | The Design Business Diagnostic, Part 4
Send Katie a Text Message!! Being overwhelmed doesn't automatically mean your interior design firm needs another employee. In Part 4 of The Design Business Diagnostic, I'm diving into Human Capital—and one of the biggest mistakes I see growing design firms make. Some owners are dramatically under-invested in people and have made themselves the bottleneck in practically every area of the company. Others have built expensive teams with overlapping responsibilities and still haven't created meaningful capacity. Both situations can leave the owner exhausted. They require very different solutions. Pasted markdown In this episode, I'm talking about: How to tell whether your firm is under-supported or overstaffedWhy “I need help” isn't specific enough to make a hiring decisionThe cost of hiring versus the often-ignored cost of not hiringWhy I want you to start with the work instead of the personThe three categories I use to audit an owner's workloadWhy an assistant designer may not be the first hire your firm actually needsHow bookkeeping, administrative support, procurement, and operations can create leverageWhy hiring doesn't automatically mean adding a full-time employeeThe difference between giving someone responsibility and giving them authorityHow vague roles create expensive duplicationWhy refusing to invest in people can eventually create a revenue ceilingThe qualities I value when hiring that go beyond technical skillHow to conduct a Human Capital audit of your own firmThe goal isn't to build the biggest team. It's to determine what your business needs and create the right combination of people, systems, and outside resources to accomplish it profitably. If you're looking at your team—or lack of one—and aren't sure whether you need to hire, restructure, outsource, or make a different investment, book a complimentary Business Diagnostic Call at FixMyDesignBiz.com. We'll diagnose what your business actually needs instead of starting with a generic org chart. Connect with Katie LinkedIn Business Strategy Sessions for Interior Designers Free Resources for scaling your interior design firm Website
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