What are the top three mistakes school owners make in running their schools?
John Graden: The mistakes school owners make coincide with their current stage of learning. For unconscious incompetence they are not being open minded or receptive to new possibilities. For the second stage, conscious incompetence, being susceptible to the latest fad – school owners should never lose site of why they started. Going back to Cardio. Great program, but not for everyone. Guys who are starting to realize the new possibilities can go overboard with enthusiasm and jump on every new program. That’s when you get away from your core values and lose your way. For those who reach the conscious competence stage sometimes they have the desire to expand too quickly. Again, what was fun becomes serious business when you have two schools or too much rent to pay. Finally, for those who have reached the final stage, unconscious competence, the risks are complacency and mismanagement of their money. The money if flowing, so they don’t feel they have to be at the school and instead start
