Business Resources One

Mike Voories
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Join us as we explore the challenges and opportunities that come with leading in today’s ever-evolving workplace. The Business Resources One podcast empowers business leaders with the tools and insights they need to thrive. Whether you’re looking to attract top talent, retain your best employees, or boost engagement across your team, we’ve got you covered. Each episode explores the strategies and solutions that drive success. We'll share actionable tips and real-world examples. Business Resources One (BR1)—on a mission to provide solutions that give business leaders an unfair competitive advantage. Hosted by Mike Voories, entrepreneur, author, and Founder / CEO of BR1.

  1. The Big 3 of Interviewing: Fit, Capability, and Potential

    4D AGO

    The Big 3 of Interviewing: Fit, Capability, and Potential

    You just spent forty-five minutes interviewing a candidate, but do you actually know if they will succeed on your team? Most hiring managers treat interviews like a simple review of past jobs. A resume tells you where someone was sitting for the last five years. It does not tell you how they work. Mike Voories breaks down the "Big 3" of interviewing: Fit, Capability, and Potential. Learn how to evaluate behavioral alignment, current ability, and future growth. If your interviews are just casual chats about old bullet points, you are rolling the dice on your culture. Stop guessing, lead the interview, and start hiring the right people. Chapters: 0:00 What Are You Actually Trying to Learn in an Interview? 1:13 Fit: Do They Align With Your Culture? 2:06 Capability: Can They Do the Work Today? 2:48 Potential: What Will They Do Tomorrow? 3:31 The Leadership Reality 4:11 Your Resource for Stronger Teams Tired of guessing during interviews? BR1 helps business leaders build stronger teams by getting recruitment and interviews right. We can help you build an interview process that accurately measures the fit, capability, and potential of every candidate you meet. Connect with us at: https://BusinessResourcesOne.com

    5 min
  2. Stop Gambling on Talent: 3 Guardrails for Safer Hiring Decisions

    APR 6

    Stop Gambling on Talent: 3 Guardrails for Safer Hiring Decisions

    You know that sinking feeling you get three weeks after a new hire starts? The moment you realize the person you interviewed is not the person who showed up for the job. Bad hires don’t just cost you money; they drain your energy, frustrate your best people, and damage your reputation. Today on the BR1 Podcast, Mike Voories breaks down the massive risk you take every time you make a job offer based on a "gut feeling." Likability does not equal capability. If you want to protect your business and your culture, you need a system. We cover three concrete, operational guardrails you need to put in place today to make safer, smarter hiring decisions. Stop guessing. Start verifying. 🕒 Chapters: 0:00 — Stop Gambling on Talent: 3 Guardrails for Safer Hiring Decisions 1:45 — 1. Get an Objective Outside Perspective 4:14 — 2. Run Comprehensive Background Checks 6:45 — 3. Use Behavioral Assessments 8:40 — Hiring is a Leadership Decision 10:14 — Build a Safer Process Today 🔗 Build a Stronger Team with BR1: Ready to stop gambling on talent and fix your hiring process? At BR1, we help leaders stop guessing and start building stronger teams through objective recruiting, behavioral assessments, and strategic HR. Partner with us: https://BusinessResourcesOne.com Don't forget to subscribe for more strategies to help you build a stronger team!

    11 min
  3. Background Checks Build Stronger Teams

    APR 2

    Background Checks Build Stronger Teams

    Skipping a background check to save a few bucks is a massive unforced error. It puts your equipment, your clients, and your best employees at direct risk. We break down why screening is no longer optional. You will learn how it actually protects your culture and why the "it takes too long" excuse is a complete myth. Stop guessing and start verifying the facts. Protect your business and build a stronger team today. Get fast, affordable background checks, MVRs, and drug screens backed by real human support. Zero setup fees and zero monthly minimums. Get started here: https://businessresourcesone.com/background-checks **Chapters:** 0:00 — Background Checks Build Stronger Teams 1:50 — Peace of Mind Is Cheaper Than You Think 3:17 — Trust Your Gut, But Verify the Facts 4:26 — The Speed Myth in Hiring 5:43 — What Are We Actually Looking For? 8:28 — Recruiting Issues Are Leadership Issues 9:32 — Your Next Step

    11 min
  4. Employee Promotion The Right Way

    MAR 26

    Employee Promotion The Right Way

    Last week, we talked about the operational disaster of promoting your absolute best employee into management. You give your top producer a title, they fail, and you lose your best worker. But the answer isn’t to stop promoting from within. The answer is building a system that actually prepares them for the job. Mike Voories breaks down the operational "how-to" of building a real internal promotion pipeline. If you are tired of panic-promoting to fill an empty seat and just hoping for the best, this episode is your blueprint. Inside the episode: The Raw Materials: Why technical mastery does not equal leadership potential (and what behaviors to look for instead). Stop Guessing: How to use objective data and tools like the DiSC assessment to vet candidates. The Trial Period: How to de-risk the promotion and test the waters before handing over the title. Operational Negligence: The most critical step almost every company misses—actually onboarding your managers. Stop guessing, stop panic-promoting, and learn how to elevate your best people without breaking your business. Ready to put the right leaders in the right seats? Whether you are building internal bench strength or recruiting from the outside, BR1 can help you fix your operational headaches and grow your business. Learn more and connect with us at: https://www.businessresourcesone.com Until next time, keep building your stronger team! CHAPTERS: 0:00 — Employee Promotion the Right Way 1:24 — Define the Raw Materials of a Leader 2:56 — Stop Guessing and Start Measuring 4:46 — Test the Waters Before the Title 6:19 — You Must Onboard Your Managers 7:48 — The Leadership Failure 9:10 — Take Action for Your Team

    10 min
  5. The Promotion Trap: Stop Promoting Your Best Employee

    MAR 21

    The Promotion Trap: Stop Promoting Your Best Employee

    You took your absolute best worker and made them a manager. Now, production has slowed to a crawl, the crew is miserable, and your former star employee wants to quit. You thought you were solving a leadership gap, but you just created an operational disaster. In this episode of the BR1 Podcast, Mike Voories breaks down the most common—and destructive—mistake business owners make: promoting their top producer into management. Discover why the skills that make someone a superstar individual contributor (speed, precision, and personal control) are often the exact opposite of what makes a great leader (patience, coaching, and conflict resolution). In this episode, we cover: • The "Double Tax": How you lose your best producer AND gain a micromanager at the same time. • The emotional toll, stress, and burnout experienced by the promoted employee. • Why you must stop looking at the production leaderboard to pick your next manager. • How to use tools like behavioral assessments to identify true leadership traits (calmness, emotional intelligence, and team trust). Stop panic-promoting and start building real leaders. Ready to build a stronger team? Let BR1 help you attract, identify, hire, and retain the right people. Visit us at: https://BusinessResourcesOne.com If you found value in today’s episode, please take a second to subscribe to the show and leave us a review! Chapters: 00:00 - The Promotion Trap: Leading vs. Doing 00:04 - Stop Promoting Your Best Employee 01:49 - The Skillset Shift: Doing the Work vs. Leading the Work 03:49 - The Double Tax on Your Operations 05:36 - The Destruction of a Star Employee 07:25 - Stop Looking at the Leaderboard 08:54 - The Leadership Failure 10:39 - Take Action for Your Team

    12 min
  6. Stop Desperation Hiring: How Panic Hires Kill Productivity and Drive Away Top Performers

    MAR 12

    Stop Desperation Hiring: How Panic Hires Kill Productivity and Drive Away Top Performers

    You’re down three people. The schedule is backed up, and you just want a warm body. So you hire the first person who shows up. Big mistake. Mike Voories breaks down why the "desperation hire" is a massive leadership failure. Panicking to fill an empty seat doesn't solve your capacity problem—it destroys your productivity and drives your absolute best people out the door. Here is what to expect: - The Illusion of Relief: Why a "warm body" just buys you brand new problems. - The Top Performer Tax: How bad hires actively punish your best employees. - The Culture Killer: Why lowering your hiring standards rots your company from the inside out. - The Real Root Cause: Why your recurring recruiting struggles are actually leadership and decision-making problems. Stop hitting the panic button. Start building a pipeline. Chapters: 00:00 The Danger of the Desperation Hire 00:41 The Illusion of Relief 01:21 The Tax on Your Top Performers 01:59 The Culture Killer 02:37 Stop Panicking and Start Leading 03:17 Get Your Recruiting Right 🔗 Stop settling for warm bodies. If you are ready to fix your recruiting strategy and attract people who actually care, click the link in the show notes to schedule a call with BR1 today: https://BusinessResourcesOne.com

    4 min
  7. The Comfort Trap: Why "Industry Experience Required" is Costing You Great People

    FEB 28

    The Comfort Trap: Why "Industry Experience Required" is Costing You Great People

    Do you automatically put "Must have 3-5 years of industry experience" on every job description? That one requirement might be the exact reason you can't find good people. It feels safe to hire from your competitors. You assume an insider will hit the ground running with zero training. But let’s be honest: how many times have you hired an "industry veteran" only to watch them bring another company's bad habits into your building? Mike Voories breaks down the pros, cons, and hidden rules of hiring outside your industry. Learn how dropping the experience requirement explodes your talent pool, why you should hire for core behavioral traits instead of just technical skills, and how to successfully manage the learning curve for a new hire. The hard truth? Demanding industry experience is usually a cover for weak internal training. If your systems are strong and your leadership is present, you can turn a talented outsider into a top performer. Stop fighting over the same five candidates and start building a stronger team. Chapters: 0:00 - The Comfort Trap: Why "Industry Experience Required" is Costing You Great People 1:04 - The Comfort Trap of Industry Experience 2:48 - The Pros of Hiring Outsiders 5:05 - Aligned Industries vs. Total Outsiders 7:01 - The Cons and How to Mitigate Them 8:29 - When to Demand Experience (And When to Drop It) 9:34 - The Hard Truth 9:58 - BR1 Can Help Connect with us: Are you tired of recycling the same mediocre candidates from your competitors? BR1 helps business leaders solve deeper challenges like recruiting, retention, engagement, and culture. Learn more and connect with us at: https://BusinessResourcesOne.com | Follow Mike on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelvoories Keep building your stronger team!

    10 min
  8. Struggling to Find Good People? It’s NOT the Labor Market

    FEB 9

    Struggling to Find Good People? It’s NOT the Labor Market

    Stop blaming the economy. Stop blaming the "younger generation." And stop blaming the labor market. If your competitors are fully staffed with A-players while you are struggling to find a pulse, the problem isn’t out there—it’s inside your building. In this episode, Mike delivers a hard dose of reality: the labor market is just the weather. You can’t change it, but you can dress for it. If you aren't attracting top talent, it usually comes down to three uncomfortable reasons that have nothing to do with the economy and everything to do with your leadership. What We Discuss: The Hard Truth: Why top performers are ignoring your job ads (and why they should). The "Active" Trap: Why relying on Indeed and ZipRecruiter means you’re only fishing for people who are desperate or unemployed. Panic Hiring: How treating recruiting like a fire extinguisher guarantees you’ll keep getting burned. The Fix: How to build a "dimmer switch" recruiting engine that runs year-round. Ready to Build a Stronger Team? If you’re tired of the excuses and ready to fix your recruiting culture, we can help. Connect with BR1: https://BusinessResourcesOne.com (00:00) Struggling to Find Good People? It's NOT the Labor Market (01:09) You Are Not Their Best Option (02:58) You Are Only Fishin' in the Shallow End (04:45) You Treat Recruiting Like a Fire Extinguisher (06:26) The Real Solution: Look in the Mirror (07:15) BR1 Can Help You Build It

    8 min
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Join us as we explore the challenges and opportunities that come with leading in today’s ever-evolving workplace. The Business Resources One podcast empowers business leaders with the tools and insights they need to thrive. Whether you’re looking to attract top talent, retain your best employees, or boost engagement across your team, we’ve got you covered. Each episode explores the strategies and solutions that drive success. We'll share actionable tips and real-world examples. Business Resources One (BR1)—on a mission to provide solutions that give business leaders an unfair competitive advantage. Hosted by Mike Voories, entrepreneur, author, and Founder / CEO of BR1.

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  • Creator
    Mike Voories
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    47
  • Rating
    Clean