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 | May 30, 2024 | Business of Construction, Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
… Read the rest “A Construction Company IS Its Management Team”
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...