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Personnel Management
Why It's Important to Measure Employee Performance
The Contractor's Business Coach
Use a five-point scale to measure the performance of each position and employee in your company to help you build a high performance business
November 5, 2014
Use a five-point scale to help measure employee performance with 1 meaning frequent failure, 3 as average and acceptable performance, and 5 meaning near perfect performance.
Business Services
How to Finish Projects Faster
Construction Business Coaching
Try games, bonuses and incentives to entice crews to work faster and keep work exciting and competitive
October 15, 2014
Get your team focused on what you need to happen to make money. Post the schedule completion dates for all to see and offer some incentives to beat the schedule.
Business Services
How To Shoot Par In Your Construction Business
Construction Business Coaching
When you install structure and accountability sessions into your company organizational standards, your company will become more professional and you will improve the results in your field
September 17, 2014
In construction, you also need the right tools, standardized techniques, and repeatable systems in place to make sure everyone does things the same way over and over.
Business
Worker Shortages Are in Your Future
Pockets of higher activity in regions of the United States foretell a coming problem -- lack of a skilled construction workforce.
July 23, 2014
Business
Can You Control Health Care Costs?
GB Financial Services, LLC
Turns out the answer is "yes" - if you do your homework.
July 19, 2014
Personnel Management
Does Your Field Time Card Work For You?
Construction Business Coaching
Designed properly, your time card can become an invaluable tool to track labor production, field quantities installed, company and rental equipment usage, and materials consumed on the job
July 16, 2014
Figure 1: This example time card shows the work broken down exactly as the estimator bid the job.
Business Services
How to Be an Effective Leader and Coach
July 10, 2014
Personnel Management
Tips to Keep Employees Disciplined to Follow Systems
The Contractor's Business Coach
Four tricks to help keep employees following the systems you need to keep your business successful
July 2, 2014
If you are going to grow your business, keep it profitable, and free yourself from it, your team is going to have to stay disciplined to the best practice systems.
Business Services
Grooming Your Replacement
The Contractor's Business Coach
Grooming a replacement allows business owners to leave the business in the hands of someone you have spent years preparing for the responsibility
June 4, 2014
Spend time grooming and training your replacement to make the transition smoother.
Business Services
7 Proven Steps to Reduce Wasted Time
May 28, 2014
Labor & Workforce Development
How To Make Your Employees Accountable and Responsible
Construction Business Coaching
Often workers want to be responsible but a micro-managing boss can be holding them back
May 21, 2014
Your role as a leader is less about what you do and more about what your people do; people want to follow leaders who trust them and give out accountability and responsibility.
Personnel Management
Don't Be Afraid of Hiring the Wrong Person
Construction Business Coaching
Fear of hiring the wrong person can cause construction companies to postpone hiring, which can result in a downward spiral that leads to low profit and no growth
April 16, 2014
By not hiring additional administrative, project management, estimating or supervisory help, construction business owners spend too much time on menial tasks that could be handled by other employees.
Business Services
Improve Construction Employee Retention With a 90-day Action Plan
Allowing a “probation” period does allow for greater review and assessment and prevents a rush to judgment
April 15, 2014
The 90-day Plan will not cure all of your new employee learning needs, but it will set your construction company apart from many of your competitors.
Business Services
6 Top Construction Business Owner FAQs
The Contractor's Business Coach
No matter your construction segment, many contractors have the same questions about how to make their businesses better
March 5, 2014
Contractors from a wide variety of backgrounds share the same problems and frustrations and can often benefit from answers to these six frequently asked questions.
Business Services
What's the Future of Pavement Maintenance?
February 24, 2014
Personnel Management
Let Them Go and Watch Them Grow
Construction Business Coaching
Trust your employees to be responsibile and make decisions and you will see them grow and make a difference in your company
February 19, 2014
Leadership is not about being in charge and doing the work; it is about getting results through people and developing trust in your employees.
Business Services
6 Steps to a Successful Post-NPE Debriefing
January 31, 2014
Business Services
How to Stop Higher Workers' Comp Pricing Pressures
January 1, 2014
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