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http://HowToStartAnITBusiness.com SUMMARY SLIDES: Thomas Jeffs, CTO of Lucidica, shows how you can manage the lifeblood of IT support companies, namely staffing. Copyright (C) SP Home Run Inc. SP Home Run is a registered trademark of SP Home Run Inc. All worldwide rights reserved.

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How to Build

Successful

IT Support

Companies (Part 2)

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The Lifeblood of

IT Support

Companies

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is Their Computer

Technicians and

Other Employees

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Personality Traits

Needed for

IT Support

Companies

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It’s Vital that

Every Person Has

Good People and

Communication

Skills

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The Hiring Process

Concentrates on

People Skills First,

and then Technical

Skills

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Lucidica Has a

Sister Company

Called

Responsible IT,

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Which Trains

Apprentices in the

Technical Skills

That They Need

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to Work for

IT Support

Companies

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Making Sure Your

Employees Are

Engaged

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The Employees

at Lucidica are

Primarily

Generalists

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To Keep Them

Engaged, Their

Specialties and

Preferences are

Taken into Account

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When Sharing

the Workload

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Their Work Varies

Enough So That

Lethargy Does Not

Set in,

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But They Also

Carry Out the

Tasks That They

Have the Most

Affinity With

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in Order to Keep

Them Motivated

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Stretching and

Developing

Your Team

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Members of the

Team Have a

Personal

Development Plan,

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Which Includes

IT Certification

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Keeping Them

Fully Up-to-Date

Across the Various

Technologies

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Account Engineers

Are Also Stretched

By Their Actual

Roles

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If You Take Away

One Thing

Let It Be This

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To Ensure that

Every Member of

Your Team Has

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Top-notch People

and Communication

Skills

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Successful Small

IT Service

Companies

Differentiate

Themselves

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By Being Truly

Social Businesses

that Embrace

Relationship

Management

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Technicians

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and Approach

Their Ongoing

Development in

This Way Too?

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and Experiences

in the Comments

Section

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