by Simplar | Jun 16, 2021 | Business Development, Business Development, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
As the world’s economy emerges from pandemic slumber, I’m hearing familiar rumblings from the contractors I talk to every day. Keep in mind that the construction market is not back yet. The Chatter “Material inflation is killing me. The contracts I...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Weekly Construction Message
3rd Crisis-era Message to Contractors Three Steps to Surviving the Pandemic From Dr Tom Schleifer Step 1 – Face Facts The Corona Virus pandemic has swooped down on the human race like a tornado onto a small midwestern trailer park. Its impact has been sudden,...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning
The Top Ten Leadership Skills Needed To Navigate the Current Pandemic Business Environment “These Are the Times That Try Men’s Souls” – (Thomas Paine). In uncertain times, we tend to navigate in fits and starts, first reacting one way, then another, often...
by Simplar | Jul 27, 2023 | Business of Construction, Prospering Cyclical Market, Weekly Construction Message
Contractors Were Right Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D. Since the beginning of 2023 I have been cautioning contractors to beware of the potential for a coming recession. To my frustration, contractors have been ignoring us and pressing on with business as usual. “It will all...
by Simplar | Jun 22, 2023 | Business of Construction, Labor & Labor Issues, Labor & Labor Issues, Labor & Labor Issues, Weekly Construction Message
Keeping the Team Together Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D. “A closely held construction company can be defined at any given point in its life cycle as the sum and substance of its experience. Almost all of that sum and substance has been created by, and resides in, people,...