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The Home Service Expert Podcast

Ensuring Your Company’s Longevity and Success with the Right Leadership Mindset

The Home Service Expert Podcast

Tommy Mello

Business, Management

4.8705 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Darius Lyvers began his career at F.H. Furr Plumbing Heating Air Conditioning & Electrical, Inc. in 2001 as a sales consultant. As a sales consultant, Darius was known for setting and breaking sales records. Due to his success in the field, Darius was promoted to the role of Sales Manager in 2010. In 2016, Darius was promoted to the position of Chief Operating Officer, where he oversees all aspects of the F.H. Furr business operations. As COO, Darius has grown the company’s revenue from $37 million in 2016 to more than $90 million in 2021.

In this episode, we talked about growth, mergers and acquisitions, sales, training…

Transcript

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And so if there's anything that I would coach younger individuals coming into the industry,

0:04.9

into whatever industry that service that you provide, to be able to step outside of that

0:09.1

and recognize that the customer is not you.

0:11.5

And as much as I say that, if your technicians and your employees sell or provide service

0:17.4

or speak about the services that you offer from the viewpoint of themselves,

0:22.1

who are the individuals that are trained to fix it, you're going to have an uphill battle

0:25.6

ahead of you.

0:26.5

So one of the things I would suggest to anyone that's bringing is to train on that and to

0:30.6

recognize that the most important thing you can do is not sell to yourself because the person

0:35.5

in front of you is not you.

0:36.7

And when you do, you're making the interaction and the consultation about you,

0:41.2

which is extremely selfish and not about the person in front of you.

0:44.5

Your job is to provide the options, go through that, provide professional recommendations,

0:50.0

and let that customer decide for themselves.

0:52.3

And I can't tell you, the better you can do that,

0:54.7

the faster your company will grow.

0:56.7

And it's just done wonders for us.

0:59.0

Welcome to the Home Service Expert,

1:01.5

where each week, Tommy chats with world-class entrepreneurs and experts

1:05.3

in various fields, like marketing, sales, hiring, and leadership,

1:09.5

to find out what's really behind their success in business.

1:13.7

Now, your host, the Home Service Millionaire, Tommy Mello.

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