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Ten Minute MBA
Ten Minute MBA The iconic comedian George Carlin brought down the house with a routine he called, “The 10 Minute University”. He proposed that colleges should limit course content to only what students remembered five years after they had graduated. It would save...
Building Effective Teams
Building Effective Teams
Engineers, architects, iron workers, concrete finishers, sheet metal workers, carpenters, electricians, and plumbers all work together with offsite vendors and suppliers in an intricate dance of coordinated individual functions as a skyscraper emerges from its foundation far below grade. The complex construction project observed through the fence … Read the rest “Building Effective Teams”
Promote Your CFO To a Trusted Member of Your Management Team
2020 Solution #1
Promote Your CFO
To a Trusted Member of Your Management Team
2019 Risk # 1 – Catastrophic Collapse
Unexpected Catastrophic Failure of Contracting Firms Both Large and Small
As we discussed in 2019, construction contracting is the second riskiest industry in the U.S. surpassed only by restaurants. … Read the rest “Promote Your CFO To a Trusted Member of Your Management Team”
Legacy Lost
Legacy Lost Let’s talk business; You won’t live forever. You’re acting like you might. But you won’t. Your company could. Your legacy should. So, let’s talk business- about your legacy. Legacy Lost “Most founders never expected or envisioned that their initial...
The Top Ten Leadership Skills Needed To Navigate the Current Pandemic Business Environment
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 guessing at the best course of action. Jumping … Read the rest “The Top Ten Leadership Skills Needed To Navigate the Current Pandemic Business Environment”
The New Normal
The New Normal
We are entering the fourth week of this startling, confusing, confounding economic pause. It seems like a lifetime.
Government-mandated cessation of economic activity in the face of a worldwide viral pandemic is a first in human history. The economy didn’t gradually go sour due to an imbalance … Read the rest “The New Normal”
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