Contractor's Best Friend: Page 9

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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
There is a right and wrong way, a better way, to drive greater efficiency, productivity and a lot less “looking for stuff.”
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How to Improve Contractor-to-Contractor Communications
Eight suggestions to help improve your contractor to contractor communication
When you communicate with other contractors remember to first seek to understand where the other contractor is coming from and what he is experiencing. You might not always get all of what you want, but you certainly will gain greater results by applying the suggestions presented in this article.
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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
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
You need to be prepared for emergencies that truly can be a threat to you and your workers. This is one of the most often overlooked policy efforts by many contractors. Take the initiative and create your emergency response plan now .
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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
Brad Humphrey offers seven tips to help maximize a strategic retreat's effectiveness and prepare your construction leaders to think strategically.
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How Delegation Can Be a Contractor's Secret Weapon for Development
If you prepare your people the right way for delegation you will find that there are several “wins” experienced
Complete delegation is not complete “dumping.” If you prepare your people the right way for delegation you will find that there are several “wins” experienced.
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How to Retain Great Workers Through Coaching, Mentoring
It is critical contractors make a clear, consistent and thorough effort to incorporate coaching and mentoring into the fabric of any construction company
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10 Steps to 'Make' a Construction President
Ten tactics construction business owners can use to educate and create the best presidents for their businesses
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Making of a Leader: Construction President
A construction president should place much of his or her focus on these 10 areas of a construction business
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When and How to Discipline an Uncompliant Employee
Discipline should be applied whenever you have an employee whose behavior or performance is detrimental to your company, productivity or the professionalism of others
Having a disciplined workforce may require that you apply some discipline periodically. While the “applying” effort is never fun, remember that this is your very clear proof that everyone is held to the same accountability levels.
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How to Counsel Workers Who Have De-Railed
Ten steps to conduct safe and effective counseling when you have employees who have “De-Railed” in their performance
Just because your coaching effort might need to dive into a more serious counseling effort does not mean that you are heading to termination with a problem employee.
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How Crews and Project Teams Can Learn to Resolve Conflicts
Ten key steps to resolve conflict on the construction jobsite
While conflict is quite normal for construction crews it does not mean that we as leaders should not address the conflict and look for positive and proactive means to resolve conflict.
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