by Simplar | Oct 14, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Current Events/Interests, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
My interest in corporate cultures began with a productivity research project that brought to light the impact of the attitude of workers putting in the footings for a new project. We were trying to determine if the workers’ understanding of what they were...
by Simplar | Sep 23, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
The GOAT (greatest of them all), Tom Brady, cannot win games without his sturdy O-line. Patrick Mahomes needs talented wide receivers to consistently dominate the opposition. Legendary star quarterbacks need great teams around them to succeed. Stars do not win games....
by Simplar | Sep 16, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Labor & Labor Issues, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
The Project Selection Tool is designed to aid contractors in picking projects that are most suitable to their firm’s expertise and have the most likely prospects of success for all stakeholders. But what about owners and designers? Historically many have limited...
by Simplar | Sep 7, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
“The success of your business is a result of your choices. If you are dissatisfied with the outcomes, make different choices.” Engineering News Record, August 24, 2021, Richard Korman “Big design-build infrastructure projects often turn out to be...
by Simplar | Sep 2, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
I spent much of my construction career working for the nation’s top sureties who were providing the payment and performance bonds to our industry. My firm, CMA Consulting Group, was the nation’s largest workout specialist, completing projects left...
by Simplar | Aug 26, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
The Las Vegas odds makers are not trying to pick winners. They are trying to predict outcomes. When they are confident, they know the most likely outcome of a sporting event, they set the line to give all bettors a 50/50 chance of winning. This is called balancing the...
