How To Avoid Hiring Bad Coaches

About this episode

The episode discusses how gym owners can improve their hiring process to avoid making bad coach hires.

Most gym owners don’t have a staffing problem… they have a hiring process problem. In this episode, We break down the “You’re Hired Illusion,” a simple hiring strategy designed to expose red flags before making a bad coach hire. They share real stories of hiring mistakes, including candidates who interviewed well but became unreliable, unprofessional, and inconsistent once they thought the job was secured. Do you have any questions at all? Want to learn more about something we covered in the podcast? Have any podcast topics you would like us to cover? Let us know in the comments! For tickets to the 2026 Growth Summit Visit: https://fitprogrowthsummit.com/ Free Gym Risk Report Quiz: https://gymriskreport.com/ Also, learn more about our coaching program for gym owners here: Check us out at http://pfmarketingsolutions.com/call

People in this episode

Hosts: Tim Lyons, Randy Angsten

Topics covered

• hiring process
• staffing
• coaching
• gym management
• red flags
• interviewing

Keywords

• hiring
• coaches
• gym owners
• staffing problems
• interview strategies
• red flags
• coaching program

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Growth Summit, Gym Risk Report, PF Marketing Solutions

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