For Construction Pros

Spring Training for Your Team

Construction training and managing construction crews before and during the construction season.

Article • May 14th, 2009

Do you have the right people on the bus?

Use the circumstances of our current recession to weed out bad employees and find good ones to replace them.

Article • May 14th, 2009

Do You Have the Right Protocols in Place?

Employee handbooks and non-compete agreements are protocols that can help protect and strengthen your company.

Article • May 14th, 2009

Keep Your Company on Track with Motivation in the Workplace

Employee motivation as well as self motivation is critical during times such as this.

Article • May 13th, 2009

How to Stop Gossiping Workers and Rumors in the Workplace

All employees say they dislike gossiping workers and rumors in the workplace - but it still happens - so how can you stop this practice before it turns into defamation and legal issues could be brought against you and your company?

Article • May 11th, 2009

Top Three Ways to Develop Leadership Skills for Building Efficient and Effective Teams

Leadership styles vary from person to person, but the basic leadership skills that make a good leader tend to be consistent and result in the building of strong and effective teams.

Article • April 27th, 2009

How To Get Your Guys To Track Their Performance

By tracking your employee productivity statistics you will be able to calculate and measure the productivity of your crew.

Article • April 23rd, 2009

Dealing with Problem Employees within Employment Law

Managers also have rights and responsibilities and are able to deal with problem employees in a way consistent with employment law.

Article • April 23rd, 2009

How to Sabotage Your Leadership Development

As human beings, we have a natural tendency to want to be loved. But what happens to you leadership development when your desire to be loved interferes with your ability to lead?

Article • April 7th, 2009

National Center for Construction Education and Research

The continued development of a skilled construction workforce was probably one of the - if not the - largest issue facing the construction industry before the economy went south. With a large constituent of aging construction workers set to retire and...

Podcast • March 27th, 2009

ClockPoint Kiosk

Exaktime's new ClockPoint Kiosk is software and hardware that turns almost any Windows PC into a networked time clock. ClockPoint works with standard JobClock Keytabs and FastTrakker. ClockPoint stores all time punches locally as a backup to guard...

Product • March 25th, 2009

How to Have an Effective Morning 'Ops' Meeting

Sample meeting formats for how to run an effective morning huddle.

Article • March 24th, 2009

Dynamic Systems Inc.

Dynamic Systems, Inc. has been providing barcode systems since 1981 and was one of the first to install a barcode reader. The company has over 100 years total experience with barcoding solutions and has a full staff of programmers and support...

Company • March 10th, 2009

Recession-Proof Employee Loyalty Plan

Thanks to the struggling economy many small business owners are putting a freeze on raises and bonuses. According to this week's guest Ed Hess, that makes it all the more critical to show your appreciation in other ways if you want them to stick...

Podcast • March 6th, 2009

Improve Jobsite Communication with Employees - Can We Talk?

Employee relations, construction communication and tips on workplace communication.

Article • March 6th, 2009