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A Roadmap to Success
(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 embedded in your psyche long...
Entrepreneurs Become Managers
Entrepreneurs Contractors begin as entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs generally set out to turn random opportunities into viable organizations that create value. It is our mission to assist construction professionals to develop their own approaches, guidelines, and skills...
Change Beliefs/Solve Problems
Unexamined beliefs about the contracting business often lead to management decisions that limit success. That's the whole point of this recent series of messages. Only after we recognize the existence and impact of unexamined beliefs can we alter our decision-making...
Beliefs
For the past twelve weeks we have been examining the long-held but largely unexamined beliefs that subconsciously guide construction professional’s decision making. This week I would like to pause and closely examine the concept of "beliefs" and how they impact...
Opportunistic Growth vs. Planned Growth
For many years I have been cautioning about the risk inherent in accelerated growth. Construction professionals, however, have not been listening to these cautions because, unlike all other industries, construction has no ongoing business inertia. Contractors must...
“Where Ignorance is Bliss…”
A Case Study I was very young when I found myself running the field operation of the contracting firm my brother and I started. After a number of years, we were the successful bidder on a church nearby. We diligently submitted our first payment requisition to the...
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