Tag Archive for: culture

Why Shake Shack’s Founder Is So Inspirational! “Hospitality vs. Service”; Success Recipe!!

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60% of restaurants fail in their first year of business, and 80% are gone in five years. That is why people are so inspired by Danny Meyer, the founder of […]Read More

JVM’s Hiring – The Most Talented People in The World :)

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We are often asked how we so consistently foster such great client experiences. And while it is partly a result of our training, systems and culture, it is mostly b/c […]Read More

Retaining Talent – Culture & Profit Sharing; Not About The Money

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Recruiters from other mortgage companies constantly call our team members to lure them to their firms… and it always elicits chuckles across our office b/c the recruiters are so clueless. […]Read More

Team Building – Freedom, Profits AND CLIENT EXPERIENCE; Awesome Testimonial

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We constantly tout the need for effective team building as a necessity for all leaders and business owners. Hiring team members to do every task better than you can is […]Read More

Scariest Phrase in English Language: “But We’ve Always Done It This Way”

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Sam Zell is a famously blunt billionaire real estate investor who was recently interviewed in the WSJ. There are many fascinating things about him but his quote in regard to […]Read More

Team Building Done Right; Safety, Purpose, Fun, and Tahoe

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We take enormous pride in our team building at JVM, and it is one of the reasons our service levels are extraordinary. Everyone backs each other up, and nobody gets […]Read More

I Was Wrong About Coaches; Belichick Wins! Consistency

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A few weeks ago I blogged about how effective Coach Swinney’s looser and friendlier coaching style was at Clemson after Clemson won the National Championship. JVM’s Stake In College Championship […]Read More

How Do We Build & Maintain Culture? Don’t Hire Jay & Heejin

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We constantly tout JVM’s “Super Culture” as our secret sauce in our blogs, website and conversations. In response to a blog last week, several people asked what we do to […]Read More

How Our Culture Obsession Helps Everyone

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“Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast.” We feature this quote by Peter Drucker on our website’s career page b/c we know it is true. Our internal culture of psychological safety, communication, […]Read More

Cal Baseball Coach on Team Culture; Great Business Lesson

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Our excellent office manager recently reminded me that she shares the below blog on “teamwork” with all new employees as part of her on-boarding process. B/c extreme teamwork is the […]Read More

Retaining Talented Team Members/Assistants; Profit Sharing & Culture

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We constantly see loan officers and realtors build and train highly talented teams only to see them leave as soon as they hit their peak. In contrast, we have many […]Read More

Culture Eats Strategy For Breakfast; Cliché But Very Necessary

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“Culture Eats Strategy For Breakfast”. When I used to hear that I thought it was just more 1980s-business-management-BS. I thought efficiency, hard work and monetary incentives were all a small […]Read More

Elements of Best Place To Work? Pebbles In Shoes

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I recently mentioned trying to make JVM the best place possible to work. Here are a few of the things we did to improve our culture. 1. Hire really, really […]Read More

Comment from Cal’s Baseball Coach: Valuable Business-Culture Lesson!

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A close friend of ours has a son in high school who is a top baseball recruit with the option to play for some of the best colleges in the […]Read More