Contractor's Best Friend: Page 12

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How to Clear Your Construction Hurdles
Six tips to help construction companies navigate over hurdles that could be on your track
train yourself and your people to keep their heads and eyes up and looking out ahead. It’s often when we have our eyes focused down that we miss upcoming hurdles that could have been easily cleared.
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How Construction Contractors Can Be a Consultant Salesperson
The person responsible for bringing sales to the company must overcome the impact of the trends affecting the way contractors must sell
Seek new insights, ideas, techniques, etc., and present your estimates with confidence. Stand strong behind a job well prepared and convey that confidence to your customers and you’ll increase your “hit ratio” of won projects!
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Why It's Important to Be a Consultant Salesperson in Construction
Consultant salespeople are committed to learn more about the industry of the customers whose work they are trying to win
The new breed of salespeople work to establish a good relationship with customers while also realizing that the relationship is no guarantee that they will be the only preferred contractor.
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10 Strategies to Lead Your Carp Worker to 'Take the Bait' of Self-Importance
You must be clear, consistent and committed to holding your Carp Workers accountable to company processes, procedures and compliance issues
Carp Workers can certainly range from those who are technically terrific but have a chip on their shoulder to those who simply have a bad attitude and are not productive in any job area.
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10 Tips for How to Lead Your Fence-Sitters Off the Fence
Fence-Sitter Workers are methodical and not lazy but may need more help when it comes to going the extra mile for your construction company
Fence-sitters are literally the “backbone” of most construction companies but need leadership, oversight, support and patience.
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You Need to Train Your Construction Workers Now
In order for your construction company to be competitive, perform quality work and exceed customers' expectations you need to train your people
The inexperienced workers will make greater strides more quickly in their performance efforts and the seasoned veteran will be able to recall and retrain on the basics if construction contractors make training workers a priority.
Personnel Management
Identifying Then Leading Your Thoroughbred, Fence-Sitter and Carp Construction Workers
Most construction workers can be classified into one of three types of workers based on their work attitude, work ethic and work preparedness
Construction workers can often be classified into three categories — thoroughbred, fence-sitter and carp workers, based on three key factors — an employee’s work attitude, work ethic and work preparedness.
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Stay Lean with Proper Construction Inventory Management
Poorly managed inventory can result in higher than needed costs associated with buying extra or problems when not having enough or the right inventory
Whether your inventory management effort is creating too much inventory or not enough, the lack of inventory management is costing construction contractors in many ways.
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How to Let Your Thoroughbred Construction Worker Run
Periodically check up on your Thoroughbred Workers and confirm that their head is clear and focused and they’re not wearing out due to self-induced pressure to be the best
The Thoroughbred Worker is still in need of leadership but he respects the leadership that sets the course, provides the resources, supports rather than tears down, and let’s skills and knowledge excel.
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7 Tips to Increase Construction Project Speed Without Sacrificing Quality and Safety
The more 'wastes' you can eliminate the faster you will allow your efforts, and your project’s efforts, to progress
Be bold to utilize methods and resources that increase speed, and watch what you and your company accomplish.
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How Much Time Wasted Looking for Stuff Costs Your Construction Company
Time spent 'looking for stuff' is lost time that can never be recaptured and costs your construction company hundreds of dollars each year
For a mere 90 minutes a day, on average, of 50 employees “looking for stuff,” that annualizes to about 18,000 hours spent, by our workers, “looking for stuff'.
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Review Construction Processes to Get More Results in Less Time
Planning ahead puts more time into your day and reduces the number of hurdles and speed bumps along the way
The bottom line in leveraging your work processes for your benefit begins by first taking an honest look at each process and then determining how best to take away any distractions or hurdles.
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