Cleaning Up Business: Christina Garten on Empowered Pay & Company Culture

March 11, 2025 00:31:06
Cleaning Up Business: Christina Garten on Empowered Pay & Company Culture
Disruptive Minds Podcast: Leaders + Numbers = Success
Cleaning Up Business: Christina Garten on Empowered Pay & Company Culture

Mar 11 2025 | 00:31:06

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Show Notes

In this episode of Disruptive Minds Business Podcast, host Tevia Hoalst of TeKoda Accounting interviews Christina Garten, CEO and president of Christina's Complete Clean. Christina shares insights from her 20-year journey in the cleaning industry, starting with just one client at age 22 and growing into a seven-figure business.

Throughout the conversation, Christina highlights her innovative business strategies, including a technology-driven dispatch system that eliminates office visits for her team and her groundbreaking "Empowered Pay" model. This performance-based compensation system has revolutionized her business, allowing top performers to earn up to $38 per hour while significantly boosting employee satisfaction and retention!

Christina also discusses her strategic use of fractional leadership to scale efficiently, her transparent approach to customer feedback through the company's "Embrace the Suck" philosophy, and her commitment to excellence through staff technical certification.

Timestamps

00:54 Christina’s Business Journey

01:19 Innovative Business Practices

02:20 Fractional Leadership and AI

04:57 Empowered Pay Model

06:29 Balancing Efficiency and Quality

11:17 CEO's Daily Focus and KPIs

12:49 Financial Insights and Performance Metrics

19:00 Hiring and Training Best Practices

23:01 Future Plans and Expansion

25:44 Advice for Aspiring Entrepreneurs

29:27 Recharging and Work-Life Balance

Connect with Christina


Connect with Tevia: 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tevia-hoalst/

Website: https://www.tekodaaccounting.com/tevia-hoalst/

LinkedIn (TeKoda Accounting): https://www.linkedin.com/company/tekoda-accounting/

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Schedule a consultation with TeKoda Accounting today and discover how we can help optimize your financial strategy: https://www.tekodaaccounting.com/schedule-call/

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