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How to Get Your Construction Workers Excited for Work
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The Making of a Leader: The Construction Vice President
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How to Create Your Construction Company Vision
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How the Right Performance Review Can Help Employee Retention
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Ways to Address the GC Superintendent to Earn Preferred-Contractor Status
Increasing jobsite workloads creates great opportunities for positive, proactive, and polished communication to distinguish your company
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How Skill Training Plays Into Worker Retention
It’s important for contractors to recognize that providing educational opportunities, training classes and personal development for all levels of the workforce can directly impact the retention of workers
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6 Tips to "Making" Your Next Construction Estimator
The making of your estimator will enable you to move your business further down the road of performance and profitability
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The Making of a Leader: The General Manager
The construction general manager must be engaged and active in leading, directing and motivating all the right people and processes to produce a profitable result
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7 Tips to Keep Your Construction Company Thinking from Going to the Dogs
How can we shake up our construction workers to be more active in their thinking and to think more clearly, objectively and effectively?
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How to Retain Construction Employees Using Engagement and Participation
The earlier and more consistent a contractor is in getting a new worker engaged and participating in the company, the more productive and motivated that worker will be
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The Making of a Leader: Construction Foreman
Vision (1-2 weeks), state of their crew, and proper equipment and tool management will point any construction foremen in the right direction
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Holiday Cheers for Customer Service “Plus”
Give all of your customers this year a special gift — an incentive really — to do more work with you next year
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Winter is a Great Time for Contractors to Develop a Business Plan
Effective business planning is more than simply putting some goals out there and then making a mad scramble to reach the goals
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What to Look for in a Construction Estimator
Without a doubt, future estimators will be more “techie” than ever and need to be well versed on many of the software options available
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What Can Construction Contractors Learn from 'Trick or Treat?'
Do not "trick" your customers but rather provide a "treat" that the customer can trust in and count on
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How Responsibility Enhancement Fits Into Employee Retention
Responsibility Enhancement is less about dumping more “stuff” on workers and more about contractors recognizing workers are ready for growth and additional responsibility
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How to Build Greater Patriots for Your Construction Company
It’s easy for a customer or employee to be loyal — even patriotic — about investing in a contractor who tries hard to be professional and a full step above his or her competition
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Lean Construction: Planning to Reduce Transportation Waste
Planning and organization prevent problems that cause inefficiencies and wasted time when mobilizing tools, materials and people on construction projects
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Four Techniques to Help Construction Contractors Prevent Over-processing
Reducing over-processing -- applying more resources than are required, needed or requested -- is a great way for contractors to move towards leaner, more profitable construction
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How to Face Construction Equipment Challenges Head On
Planning now will help you and your company navigate future equipment challenges our industry faces going forward
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8 Skills of an Effective Construction General Manager
As contractors face a future that includes their own retirement or retirement of senior leaders, the general manager role might be one that, if not already in place, could provide a nice alternative or option
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The Importance of Recognizing, and Celebrating, Company Milestones
Start recognizing those whom have done well and done you well, and make a big deal out of milestones and goals
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The Making of a Leader: The Construction Spouse as Business Partner
Like any other construction leader, the Construction Spouse will be challenged to communicate clearly, consistently and carefully
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Succession Planning: Why Contractors Need to Have a Backup Plan
Contractors must always be prepared for the inevitable such as a key person leaving, retiring or being terminated
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10 Ways Construction Leaders Can Ease Succession Planning
Ten proven, easy-to-use steps every contractor can use to start or advance the succession planning every company needs to implement
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4 Organizing Tips to Prevent 'Looking for Stuff'
Follow these four techniques to reduce the cost associated with having your workers less organized
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How to Improve Contractor-to-Contractor Communications
Eight suggestions to help improve your contractor to contractor communication
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What Factors Prohibit Good Contractor-to-Contractor Communications
Contractors who choose to extend positive and proactive communications will be leaders in their industry and surface as a preferred contractor for customers
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How to Plan for an Emergency on the Jobsite
Big or small, jobsite interruptions have an impact on a contractor's bottom line, but here are 10 tips that can help contractors plan for these interruptions
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Why Construction Businesses Need a Strategic Retreat
These seven tips can help maximize a strategic retreat's effectiveness and prepare your leaders to think strategically