Kenny Chapman compares business training to George Washington's army at Valley Forge, where discipline and preparation transformed survival into victory. He argues training isn't optional if you want better profits, customer service, and market share.
Hey, everybody, Kenny Chapman here, the blue collar coach, coming to you with this week's video version of Freedom Friday Focus, where I want to talk about training and perseverance, Right? So if you think about this, what if you were training for your life? What if you were implementing strategies and structure and training things into your company that your life depended on it? Too often I talk to business owners that don't have an intensity, don't have a level of urgency when it comes to training their team and effectively implementing habits that will change behavior and drive results. And, you know, I've got the great opportunity to work with one of the largest companies in the country last week and this week. And here Christy and I are up outside of Philadelphia, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, where George Washington brought his troops and they wintered here in the winter of 1777, heading into 1778, 12,000 men came here. 2,500 people lost their lives, not due to a battle, not due to a fight, but due to, you know, disease. And the things that they were up against in the elements as we were trying to create freedom in this country. Now you think about that for a minute. Now, one of the things that really turned it around and understandably so here, there were things that took place about marching, about training, about effectively utilizing new skills which ultimately helped our army sustain the British efforts and the different things that we were up against as we created the United States of America. And, you know, did George Washington have opposition? Absolutely. There were people that criticized his leadership and didn't think that he was effective as a leader and this and that. So think about yourself, think about your company. Think about your training. We're training for profits. We're training for better market share, for customer service, for repeat business, for all these kind of things to line our pockets and to improve things. We're not training to stay alive. Think about that. What if you raise your level of intensity when it comes to this? What if your perseverance is, I've got to do this. Make it a must is something I always talk about. George Washington and his troops made it a must. And certainly we had some casualties, which, you know, as a combat veteran myself, it's very emotional for me to be here, but I'm grateful to be an American. I'm grateful to have the freedom that these guys provided for us. Now, what about your company? You've got freedom. You're at the helm. You're running it. You're doing it. What are you doing with it? Accomplish your goals, my friend, until we talk again, have a better than fantastic week. And I'll see you next time.
