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Count the Cost of Using Coarse Language in Construction
Coarse language can leave a bad impression on the customer or create a negative environment between workers
August 22, 2016
Coarse language never leaves the customer thinking very positive about the company represented by the speaker of foul words.
Business Services
How to Re-Ignite a Tired Foreman
Re-igniting the fire under your field leaders isn’t easy nor is it a one-time activity
August 15, 2016
As tempting as it is for most contractors to want to kick a field leader in the pants to “pick it up,” it’s important that contractors discern whether a struggling foreman is just having a bad week or is there something a bit more invasive. Re-igniting the fire under your field leaders isn’t easy nor is it a one-time activity. Consistency is important here.
Business Services
8 Steps to Improving Mediocre Workers
August 8, 2016
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Business Services
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
August 8, 2016
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Increase Bottom Line through Education and Aggregation
Join professional organizations to gain knowledge, industry contacts and discounts.
June 22, 2016
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How to Overcome the Hiring Challenges of Millennial Workers
As a part of its focus on labor series, NPE 2017 will have a special emphasis on employees - specifically finding, hiring, training, retaining and getting millennials to work together
June 14, 2016
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Business Services
How to Effectively Manage Construction Employees to Drive Profitable Results
The Contractor's Business Coach
Owners need to maintain a balance between driving for results and helping their people succeed and grow
June 1, 2016
Owners need to maintain a balance between driving for results and helping their people succeed and grow. To do so requires them to help their people enjoy their jobs, develop their careers, and be effective in their current assignments.
Business Services
Contractors Must Adapt to Attract, Develop and Sustain Effective Employees
Stay ahead of the trends and you might find yourself finding, leading and keeping more quality workers than imagined
May 30, 2016
Stay ahead of the trends and you might find yourself finding, leading and keeping more quality workers than imagined. Sure enough, these same people are looking to spend their careers working with the more progressive contractors.
Business Services
Build the Right Company Culture to Attract, Develop, and Sustain Effective Employees
Many of the newer workers to construction will just pack up and move on if their work culture is not progressive, positive and supportive
May 23, 2016
The work culture of the contractor’s business is a bigger deal to the workers today than perhaps the workers of the past. If any contractor, no matter his size, wishes to keep the best workers the longest amount of time then they had better consider and address the sort of culture the workers are experiencing.
Financing, Insurance & Leasing
How to Avoid Excess Risks When Filing a Construction Lien or Bond Claim
Risks associated with construction liens and bond claims can be complex, but there are best practices to minimize risks when securing payment
May 19, 2016
Risks associated with construction liens and bond claims can be complex, but there are best practices to minimize risks when securing payment.
Business Services
Make Your Company Attractive to Attract, Develop and Sustain Effective Employees
Both general and specialty contractors should work on making their companies 'attractive' to current and potential employees
May 16, 2016
To make the construction industry attractive we must make our construction companies 'attractive' allowing the “non-construction minded” candidate to see our industry as perhaps the greatest industry in the world.
Business Services
How Working Nights Can Affect Your Employees
Fatigue-related accidents are considerably more common at night -- drivers are 50 times more likely to fall asleep at 2 am than at 10 am -- and absenteeism nearly doubles in work places with fatigue issues
May 9, 2016
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Business Services
18 Ways Contractors Can Improve How They Find and Hire Workers
Tips on how to avoid the most-common hiring mistakes contractors make before, during and after hiring process
May 9, 2016
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The “.01 Second” Winning Job
May 9, 2016
Business Services
The Value of Developing Young Talent in Construction
The Contractor's Business Coach
A handful of weeks spent mentoring someone on-the-job can have an amazing impact over the long haul
May 4, 2016
Developing talent is the best approach for staffing your business regardless of what position you are staffing for.
Personnel Management
Are You Making Too Many Decisions for Your Construction Employees?
Is your management style holding your employees back from accepting responsibility and being accountable?
April 20, 2016
Are you the problem as you attempt to make every decision, do too much yourself, and control everything and everybody. Take a hard look at your management style. Are you holding your people back from accepting responsibility and being accountable?
Business Services
Keep Your Construction Master Schedule Relatively Unchanged to Preserve Your Bottom Line
The Contractor's Business Coach
Think through and make advanced decisions on how your projects need to be staffed day by day
April 5, 2016
Analyze your historical job cost data and adherence to past schedules. Build detailed project schedules based on past performance. Your master company schedule will suffer far fewer changes - which improves your bottom line.
Business Services
The Making of a Leader: Steps to Develop a General Superintendent
Great generals superintendents can make your company a lot of money, help struggling field leaders to improve and further your customer satisfaction with hard to please customers
March 16, 2016
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