Tony DiSilvestro

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10/15/2026

Look for one place where your business depends on a single person being available.

It could be a supplier order, a customer update, a scheduling decision, or knowing how a particular job gets finished. Ask the person responsible to show the process to a capable backup. Document the important steps, needed access, and the point where someone should ask for help.

Practice the handoff during a normal week. Check that the backup has the time and support to do it well. Use what you learn to improve the instructions and reduce the pressure on the original owner.

Recognize the person who shared their knowledge. Building coverage is a team contribution.

This week: strengthen one essential handoff before an absence or demand change tests it.

10/12/2026

Make your weekly meeting easier to act on. Start with a few numbers that describe how the business is running.

Depending on your operation, that might include cash expected, overdue invoices, work delivered on time, rework, or repeat customers. Choose measures your team can define consistently and influence through their work. Give each measure an owner and an agreed source.

Compare the result with your plan. Ask what changed, what the team learned, and which action comes next. Record the person responsible and the date you will review it.

Keep individual coaching respectful and separate from public scorekeeping. The meeting should help the team solve problems.

This week: remove one unused report and replace it with one clear decision your team can track.

10/10/2026

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10/09/2026

Give your team a plan for more than one version of the next quarter.

Start with the demand you reasonably expect. Then sketch a slower case and a stronger case using assumptions that fit your business. For each one, look at cash timing, staffing capacity, inventory or materials, and the promises you can responsibly make to customers.

Agree on a few signals you will watch. Decide which signal would trigger a conversation and who needs to be in it. Write down the first practical move for each case, including what you need to protect.

Revisit the assumptions as actual results come in. Keep the plan simple enough to use.

This week: bring three scenarios and three first moves to your leadership meeting.

10/06/2026

Before changing a price, check whether it still reflects the work you deliver.

Review one product, package, or service. Update its cost assumptions. Include the support, delivery, revisions, or setup you routinely provide. Check which costs change with each sale and which the business must cover regardless of volume.

Then make the offer easier to understand. State what is included, what costs extra, and how changes will be agreed. Give the team language to explain the value and answer common questions accurately. Honor existing commitments when introducing a change.

Track customer response and the economics of the work after the change. Use that evidence in the next review.

This week: review one offer from the cost sheet to the customer explanation.

10/05/2026

This is a lesson from Tony’s COVID-era experience, not a description of today’s conditions. He describes a difficult period and the changes he made in response, including a to-go format. The useful question for an owner is: what has changed about the way customers want to buy? Look at recent requests, lost sales, and operational friction. Identify one small adjustment you can test with a clear spending limit and a way to judge the result. Adaptation does not require betting the whole business at once. It starts with noticing a change and responding deliberately. What customer need is asking for a new approach?

10/03/2026

Before you hand off a responsibility, make the assignment easy to understand.

Choose a recurring task that someone on your team is ready to own. Explain the result you need, the deadline, the resources available, and which decisions they can make. Be specific about when they should ask for help.

Ask the person to describe the plan in their own words. Agree on a check-in that matches the risk and their experience. Then give them room to work within those boundaries.

At the review, discuss the result and what the process taught both of you. If something went wrong, examine the instruction, resources, and support as well as the ex*****on.

This week: delegate one complete responsibility with a clear standard and a useful check-in.

10/02/2026

Growth can make the basics harder to see. Tony’s prompt is to go back to the first day you opened the doors. What problem were you solving? Who were you serving? What did you promise to deliver consistently? Compare those answers with the way the business runs today. Pick one gap in the customer experience, team handoff, or operating routine and make the next improvement specific. Give it an owner and a review date. The point is to keep growth connected to work the team can repeat and customers can recognize. What original promise deserves fresh attention in your business this week?

10/01/2026

Make a small space for training before the next busy stretch.

Choose one skill your team needs this month. It might be handling a customer concern, confirming job details, completing a handoff, or checking quality before delivery. Show the standard, explain why it matters, and give someone a chance to practice.

Ask them to talk through their decision. You will hear what is clear and what still needs coaching. Offer specific feedback, then revisit the skill during real work. Keep required training within paid working time and plan coverage so people can participate.

Ask your managers what support would help them coach more consistently, too.

This week: put one short practice session on the calendar, with one clear skill and one person responsible for leading it.

09/29/2026

A complaint is information your process did not give you soon enough. Tony describes using feedback to revisit how the business works, including feedback from a new employee. Turn that idea into a simple weekly habit: record the issue, identify the step that failed, choose an owner for the fix, and tell the person what changed. Watch for repeat problems before adding another rule. The goal is a clearer process that helps the next customer or teammate. This is an excerpt from an earlier conversation; the employee example belongs to that original period. What feedback has your business heard more than once?

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