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Human Resources Tips for Gymnastics Centers: Keeping Staff Members Happy, Part 2
When you keep staff members happy at your gymnastics center, you’ll benefit in many ways as the director. Not only will you be able to avoid dealing with the fallout from losing instructors and spending extra time hiring and training new staff members to fill those holes, but you’ll experience the many rewards that come with having a stable, … Continue about Human Resources Tips for Gymnastics Centers: Keeping Staff Members Happy, Part 2
Human Resources Tips for Gymnastics Centers: Keeping Staff Members Happy, Part 1
Among your many responsibilities as a director of a gymnastics center, hiring and managing staff members and schedules probably aren’t your favorite parts. However, if you have a high turnover rate among your staff, those tasks can take much more time and energy than they otherwise would. So it’s imperative to do what you can to find and keep … Continue about Human Resources Tips for Gymnastics Centers: Keeping Staff Members Happy, Part 1
Human Resources Tips for Gymnastics Centers: Hiring Quality Staff Members
One of the many difficulties of directing a children’s gym relates to managing staff. While the arena of staffing will always come with some challenges and tasks, the need for your involvement is intensified when employee turnover rates are high. Once you understand the basic issues that tend to lead to employee turnover, you’ll be able to take … Continue about Human Resources Tips for Gymnastics Centers: Hiring Quality Staff Members
Basic Tips for Easy Pool Maintenance, Part 4
Pool care probably isn’t number one on anybody’s list of favorite things to do, but it’s a necessary part of taking good care of your investment. Once you make a habit of requiring pre-swim showers and build a routine of regularly skimming, vacuuming, and brushing your pool’s interior surfaces, you’ll be well on your way to enjoying a properly … Continue about Basic Tips for Easy Pool Maintenance, Part 4
Basic Tips for Easy Pool Maintenance, Part 3
If you’re already brushing your pool’s walls and floor weekly and requiring your guests to shower before entering the pool, you’re taking some of the most important pool care steps (see Parts 1 & 2). Another vital component is skimming and vacuuming. Whenever a big gust of wind throws dust, leaves, and debris into the pool, you should snap into … Continue about Basic Tips for Easy Pool Maintenance, Part 3
Basic Tips for Easy Pool Maintenance, Part 2
If you’re a pool owner, it makes sense to do as much as you can to keep your pool water as clean as possible so you won’t have to buy and use chemicals quite as often (see Part 1). The only way to accomplish this goal is to be proactive about keeping contaminants from entering your pool in the first place. One of the main ways those contaminants … Continue about Basic Tips for Easy Pool Maintenance, Part 2
Basic Tips for Easy Pool Maintenance, Part 1
If you’re a pool owner, you probably look forward to the day each year when you can open up your pool for another season of summertime fun. What you most likely dread is all of the work that goes into getting your pool ready for that day as well as keeping it in good shape all summer long. Taking care of a pool properly is a lot of work. If you … Continue about Basic Tips for Easy Pool Maintenance, Part 1
Remodeling Ideas That Will Make Your Swimming Pool Better Than Ever, Part 5
One of the best reasons to consider a pool remodeling project is to make it easier to maintain your pool (see Parts 1, 2, 3 & 4). You can choose from a long list of pool automation items that will cut down on the amount of time and effort necessary to keep your pool in tip-top shape. Here are some possibilities for you to … Continue about Remodeling Ideas That Will Make Your Swimming Pool Better Than Ever, Part 5
Remodeling Ideas That Will Make Your Swimming Pool Better Than Ever, Part 4
A pool remodeling project may be one that’s practical and necessary, such as putting in a new finish or replacing old, worn-out equipment. Or it can be something aesthetic, such as adding new lighting, landscaping, or water features (see Parts 1, 2 & 3). On the other hand, if you have the financial resources to do so, you can go completely over … Continue about Remodeling Ideas That Will Make Your Swimming Pool Better Than Ever, Part 4