by Simplar | Dec 5, 2024 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
Unexamined beliefs about the contracting business often lead to management decisions that limit success. That’s the whole point of this recent series of messages. Only after we recognize the existence and impact of unexamined beliefs can we alter our...
by Simplar | Dec 5, 2024 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
For the past twelve weeks we have been examining the long-held but largely unexamined beliefs that subconsciously guide construction professional’s decision making. This week I would like to pause and closely examine the concept of “beliefs” and how they...
by Simplar | Oct 24, 2024 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Labor & Labor Issues, Organization Transformation, Project Delivery
The construction industry is perhaps the best example of an industry built on firmly held but largely unexamined beliefs. Most contractors I have worked with over the last 30 years believe that: top line growth in sales is always good; their company can build...
by Simplar | Mar 7, 2024 | Business Development, Business Development, Business Development, Business Development, Growth, Growth, Weekly Construction Message
The simplest definition of conglomerate is – a number of different things or parts that are put or grouped together to form a whole but remain distinct entities. What a perfect description of a construction company! As I have said so often in the past, each...
by Simplar | Feb 8, 2024 | Business Failure, Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Weekly Construction Message
This year we have been examining the reality that our beliefs impact our business decision making. From the very beginning as children, we lay down little truths in our brain stem that never again come up for examination. This is how the human brain helps the race...
