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The NFL Draft The NFL draft is the perfect template for contractors to emulate when building the team of professionals that will eventually manage their construction business. The NFL draft is nothing more than a collection of college players who have demonstrated a...
Mature Management
The success of a construction company depends on the skill level of each team member and the coordination of their individual efforts toward a common goal. Most contractors realize this but may not be aware of the prerequisites required to accomplish this level of...
A Successful Construction Team
In the same way a Law Firm is a team of expert attorneys handling legal affairs for clients, a construction company is a team of construction experts providing construction services to clients. The way this team of construction experts is recruited, trained, and...
A Winning Team
Most construction companies start out as simple closely held operations that can be run by the seat of any rational person's pants. A unique feature of the construction industry, however, is that mom and pop businesses can grow very quickly into large complex...
The Schleifer MBA
This year, it is my mission to discuss the science of business. When financial transactions are small and simple the commonsense entrepreneur can make artful choices that propel the firm forward. But when construction companies achieve scale, they become the most...
Decision Tree Analysis
Decision tree analysis is not a scientific way to make decisions but rather a visual representation of the decision-making process that goes on inside the head of decision makers. At first, a decision tree appears as a tree-like structure or graph with different nodes...
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