by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Labor & Labor Issues
For Want of a Nail Subject: Labor Shortage Solutions For want of a nail the shoe was lost For want of a shoe the horse was lost For want of a horse the rider was lost For want of a rider the message was lost For want of a message … Read the rest “For Want...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Change Management, Change Management, Change Management
All Management Is Change Management Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results simply does not and will not work. Manager’s Reality Check: Is this my management style? Do I keep steering my company down the same path because I’m familiar with...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Succession Planning, Succession Planning
YOU Are the Company Subjects: What makes a company, succession “A closely held construction company is the sum and substance of its experience. All of that sum and substance resides in its people”. (Dr. Thomas Schleifer) Think about that for a minute. Most of us...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Financial Management and Risk
DON’T SHOOT THE MESSENGER Subjects: finances, CFOs, accounting In our industry the accounting function is not given the status and significance it should have. In more than half of the construction failures I dealt with, the following scene played itself out over and...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Business, Strategic and Project Planning
Consolidation in Construction Constant population growth is the relentless expansionary force that drives all markets. The principles of Survival of the Fittest dictates that only the fittest companies will survive in expanding markets. The rest will either cease to...
