Bimani: Train staff anyway because turnover helps growth despite competition fears
Glenn Bimani · Taught to Survive, Never to Get Ahead: A Poverty Cycle 100 Years in the Making · Aug 2, 2022 · at 22:57
Glenn Bimani, CEO of BPS Security, gives advice on scaling small businesses through delegation and training.
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“And a lot of times too, what I've noticed with small business owners is that they're afraid to train other people because they think they're going to steal business from them or leave them and start their own company. And I tell people, I'm like, you can't think that way. If they leave. That's fine. That's just how the world is. But at least they'll help you grow your business in the meantime. And you have more people in the pipeline to train and continue the cycle.”
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