by Simplar | Jul 22, 2021 | Business Development, Business Development, Labor & Labor Issues, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
The topic of this blog is the belief that drives the marketing efforts of many contractors and why “customer service” is a rare commodity in construction. After some contractors sign a contract, they tend to believe marketing is over. They get on with...
by Simplar | Jul 29, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Current Events/Interests, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
When you think about it, in the modern industrial world it is absurd to be talking about customer service as if it’s a novel concept. Winning over new customers and converting them into repeat customers is the main focus of modern management theory. Service...
by Simplar | Jul 14, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
The Construction Customer Our research indicates that the majority of owners and designers engaged in construction projects come at the experience with a “commodity mind-set”. To them, the contractor merely performs a function that any contractor could perform so the...
by Simplar | Dec 6, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Weekly Construction Message
The Science of Business Management There seems to be some misconception about what it takes to manage a construction business. Hard-working construction people who make the transition from employee to self-employed usually have an ample dose of common sense combined...
