by Simplar | Jul 16, 2026 | Business of Construction, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Leadership, Leadership, Organizational Change Management, Succession Planning, Succession Planning, Weekly Construction Message
In my long career as a contractor to a consultant, I have had the good fortune to work with young people who had recently inherited a construction business. Most of these young men and women were already working in the family firm in a middle management or executive...
by Simplar | Jun 30, 2023 | Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Succession Planning, Weekly Construction Message
Secrets To Success Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D. Last week we posted the final blog in our series on managing a construction company in disorderly markets. Today we begin a series on the secrets to construction business success. Much attention has been paid to contractor...
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 | Succession Planning, Succession Planning
SUCCESS…ion Succession is a Big Deal The magnitude of the succession issue is staggering. Seventy percent of construction enterprises are family-owned. As more than 9 million baby boomers retire in waves, the founders and first-generation baby boomer owners of all...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Succession Planning, Succession Planning
Succession Dilemmas When Construction Companies Outgrow the Founder Case Study The founder and aging CEO of a fast-growing construction company recently asked me to help him with his succession problem. He summed it up with one memorable sentence; “What in God’s name...
