by Simplar | Aug 25, 2022 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Weekly Construction Message
Disruption Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D. For the past eight weeks we have been focusing on managing under disorderly market conditions. The feedback I have been getting from industry leaders is that they believe this current disorderly market is a temporary phenomenon...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Weekly Construction Message
11th Weekly Crisis-era Message to Contractors from: Dr Tom Schleifer The Ripple Effect of this Economic Disruption Sending employees home from work, limiting the size of business and social gatherings and wearing protective masks has a lot of people wondering about...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Weekly Construction Message
9th Weekly Crisis-era Message to Contractors from: Dr Tom Schleifer The Construction Market Bracing for Long-Term Disruption Two things are required to support the construction market: The need for something to be built and the ability and willingness to pay for it....
by Simplar | Sep 3, 2026 | Built Environment, Business Development, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
A strategic plan is just a dream unless it is supported by a carefully administered Management by Objective program. An MBO program gives a practical framework for turning strategic priorities into measurable responsibilities, but it is only wishful thinking without...
by Simplar | Dec 5, 2024 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Financial Management and Risk, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
(If you’ve been following our weekly discussions, you can dive right in here. But if you haven’t read last week’s discussion, go back and read it before tackling this week’s message. Last week we left off here: “Your vision of success was...
