by Simplar | Jul 23, 2026 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Growth, Leadership, Risk Management, Weekly Construction Message
“If you don’t know where you’re going – you’re probably not going to get there.” I quote this ancient Chinese proverb every time I talk about strategic planning. The contracting business does not lend itself to long-term planning....
by Simplar | May 4, 2023 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Risk Management, Risk Management, Risk Management
Planning the Present Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D. Managing working capital during this post pandemic disrupted economy has led to many questions from contractors. I have condensed all the questions on how to plan for the future economy into one synthetic question: Syn Q....
by Simplar | Mar 31, 2022 | Business Development, Business Development, Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
Planning IS Managing Managing a construction company is like steering a 1000-foot container ship. It takes a long time for adjustments at the helm to alter the direction of the bow. There is a lag between deciding to change course and the ship changing direction. It...
by Simplar | Dec 16, 2021 | Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Weekly Construction Message
Strategic Planning-1st in Science of Construction Business Management Series “Ugg” – That’s the sound I hear in my seminars every time I bring up “Strategic Planning”. Some construction executives in the room head for the rest room,...
by Simplar | Jun 8, 2021 | Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
Our search for “Best-in-Class” management of construction businesses has led us to the CFO’s door. Experience completing failed projects for sureties led me into extensive research about why so many construction companies unexpectedly failed,...
