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The Landscape of a Post Pandemic Decorating Community – Part 2The Landscape of a Post Pandemic Decorating Community – Part 2

April 24, 2020| 0 Comment|

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Please find some links and notes from the 2 Regular Guys Podcast. This as with all catastrophes will come to an end, and life will go on as usual. Or will it be as usual? Part 2 will be the continuation of the discussion where the guys (Aaron and Terry) The changes they anticipate in how we do business as decorators going forward after COVID-19. In part 1, we discuss who is being hurt worse right now and what you can do to avoid trouble and move forward through this. The 2 Regular Guys are looking forward to lots of feedback and thoughts from the Regulators as well!

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Are Your Management Skills Up to Par?Are Your Management Skills Up to Par?

August 30, 2019| 0 Comment|

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Please find some links and notes from the 2 Regular Guys Podcast. Aaron and Terry will be talking management styles, and some of the mistakes owners and managers make leading their teams. Both Aaron and Terry very much dislike the micromanagement style, so to best help avoid that, they explore some questions you should be asking yourself to make sure you are not a micromanager. They discuss ways to encourage more employee engagement and better loyalty and effort being put in by your employees. Then as to be expected from the 2 Regular Guys, education takes center stage. It’s a great conversation, join the community!

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Screen Printing Training StandardizationScreen Printing Training Standardization

August 16, 2019| 0 Comment|

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Please find some links and notes from the 2 Regular Guys Podcast. Matt Marcotte of T&J supplies and Marcotte.ink sits down with Aaron and Terry to talk standardization for screen print training. Matt brings his passion for education and his own shop-tested experience to bear, discussing everything from establishing standards in your shop, to his involvement with helping out the next generation of printers through his involvement with SkillsUSA, when it’s time to move from manual to automatic presses, and even to the age-old debate of squeegee push vs. pull. Join us for an animated discussion between our own 2 Regular Guys and an all-around booster for screen printers everywhere as they break down the ‘secrets’ of the decorating industry.

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Leadership and Culture in the Workshop with Nathan LeberLeadership and Culture in the Workshop with Nathan Leber

February 15, 2019| 0 Comment|

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Please find some links and notes from the 2 Regular Guys Podcast. We welcome in a young industry leader who has been a major player in the screen printing world. Nathan Leber joins us for a full ranging discussion about the changes in the industry, what leadership is all about, employee engagement and finding good employees. Nathan, Terry and Discuss the upcoming ThreadX event and just what we would like to see from our industry. We have a blast and talk about ideas and ways of doing things that can help your screen printing shop today.

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Generational Change; Growing and Renewing a Family BusinessGenerational Change; Growing and Renewing a Family Business

July 20, 2018| 0 Comment|

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Please find some links and notes from the 2 Regular Guys Podcast. This week we welcome in Erik Mickelson of Northwest Custom Apparel to talk about the changes he has been through while taking more of the reigns of his family business. Started in 1977 by his Father, Jim Mickelson, the company has been part of Erik’s life since he was a kid and has grown to 20 full-time employees to make this thriving embroidery business tick. Erik is now implementing procedures and policies to take the company from managing by “Jim and his Gang” to running a business correctly with procedures and policies. We talk about the trial, tribulations and all the fun stories along the way.