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How to Teach Your Painters Accountability

Hi Guys, Greg here from DYB Coach.

I wanted to just take a brief moment today to talk to you about caring for your employees.

I come from an entrepreneurial background, I have always been inspired by entrepreneurs, and one of my mentors took the time to teach me some hard lessons.

When I was 19 years old, I was a go-getter, I made sure I worked very hard, didn’t really fully understand what accountability was, nor taking responsibility for the overall duties of a job.

So, we had a little disagreement, my former mentor and I, and he handed me the QBQ book, which is a famous entrepreneurial book written by John G. Miller.

He has other ones as well, but this is a phenomenal way of explaining what accountability looks like.

Sometimes, you can’t just put it into words as well as these authors do, but this is something that I implemented a few years ago…

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Whenever I run into a roadblock conversation with one of my employees about accountability, where they are not really understanding, I go ahead and I buy them a copy of this book and hope it yields the same results as it did for me.

I also want to make sure that they understand that I want to invest in their success, and in their future.

I want to teach them the things that I have learned, so they can apply it to their life, and become successful, and reach their goals.

This is a small little token of gratitude and a gesture for when you care about someone and want to communicate that to them.

It’s a small thing to do, really easy and simple, I suggest you guys do something along those lines.

If you have any questions about this, feel free to drop a comment, I would love to hear from you guys.

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About the Author

As many of you know, my journey has been one of grit, grace, and transformation. At 19, I was a high school dropout, single father, and struggling paint contractor in Michigan. I later moved to Florida, where I faced both personal and professional hardships. With nothing left to lose, I turned to prayer—and was blessed with a relentless hunger to learn. I devoured books, attended seminars, and discovered better ways to streamline and grow my business—even through the Great Recession (and yes, I did hit the wife lottery along the way!). In 2014, I published How To Double Your Business and later sold the painting business, launching a new chapter: coaching others to grow their businesses. For the past 10 years, I’ve dedicated myself to helping business owners scale through the DYB System, while also drawing from frameworks like EOS, Scaling Up, and The Four Disciplines of Execution. Yet something was still missing—something more adaptive, integrated, and complete. Then I found Pinnacle. After months of research and interviews with other Guides, I joined Pinnacle. Their tools and strategies have exceeded every expectation. Now, as a Pinnacle Business Guide, I help leadership teams implement a custom-tailored operating system that draws from the best in the industry—but flexes with your unique business. It’s a dynamic, proven approach to achieve clarity, momentum, and lasting growth. I’m no longer taking on any more 1:1 coaching clients… Instead, I now specialize in working with visionary business owners who are ready to get their leadership teams aligned—around a clear vision, a focused strategy, and an actionable execution plan. With the tools and process I now have as a Pinnacle Business Guide, I help turn alignment into momentum, and momentum into results. If your business is growing—but your leadership team isn’t fully rowing in the same direction—let’s talk.