How To Build A Strong Team & Culture with the Owner of Basecamp Fitness West Loop, Conik Runyon
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Episode Guest
Conik Runyon is the Owner of Basecamp Fitness West Loop. His passion for fitness began when he was around 16 years old and today, he still loves every second of it. He was born and raised in Stillwater Minnesota, and after high school, attended college at Loyola Chicago. During his senior year of college, I signed his Franchisee Agreement with Basecamp Fitness and spent his last months of college in Santa Monica CA learning from Basecamp’s very best!
He chose the franchise route because it provided him with the structure and support he needed to grow his first business. Basecamp not only provides him with the ability to workout for a living, but he also gets to surround myself with amazing people who strive to better themselves every single day. This is not only a gym business, it is also a networking business, he was able to join the Chicago Marathon a week before it started through his network. He also has started another business venture with a current member and even met his girlfriend from his gym.
How To Build A Strong Team & Culture with the Owner of Basecamp Fitness West Loop, Conik Runyon
Episode intro
Are you a business owner wondering how you can improve your employee retention? Are you tired of constantly hiring and training new staff and are looking for ways to keep your employees around longer? Then this week’s podcast episode is for you. Tune in as Conik Runyon, the owner of Basecamp Fitness West Loop, shares his tips and tricks for how to build a strong team and culture that will help improve your employee retention.
Conik Runyon is the Owner of Basecamp Fitness West Loop. His passion for fitness began when he was around 16 years old and today, he still loves every second of it. He was born and raised in Stillwater Minnesota, and after high school, attended college at Loyola Chicago. During his senior year of college, I signed his Franchisee Agreement with Basecamp Fitness and spent his last months of college in Santa Monica CA learning from Basecamp’s very best!
He chose the franchise route because it provided him with the structure and support he needed to grow his first business. Basecamp not only provides him with the ability to workout for a living, but he also gets to surround myself with amazing people who strive to better themselves every single day. This is not only a gym business, it is also a networking business, he was able to join the Chicago Marathon a week before it started through his network. He also has started another business venture with a current member and even met his girlfriend from his gym.
Be sure to take notes as Conik shares
- Why it’s important to build a really strong culture within your business
- Why you should encourage your team members to make mistakes
- How whether you have strong core team will make or break your business
- Why you should be able to trust your team your team completely
- How incentivizing your team properly will lead to happy team members who stick around
- Why you need to trust your team members to grow into leaders
Be prepared to be motivated to strengthen your team and culture with Conik’s inspiring tips!
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