by Simplar | Oct 29, 2026 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Project Teams, Weekly Construction Message
In past messages I have compared building a winning football team to building a winning construction company team. Although one competes under stadium lights, while the other delivers work on job sites, both depend on the same essential truth: Sustained success comes...
by Simplar | Sep 10, 2026 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Leadership, Leadership, Organization Transformation, Organizational Change Management, Risk Management, Weekly Construction Message
Imagine a construction company where the left hand always knows what the right hand is doing. Imagine a construction company where everyone is pulling on the same oar. There are no secrets or competition. Imagine a construction company where everyone feels they have...
by Simplar | Sep 3, 2026 | Built Environment, Business Development, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
A strategic plan is just a dream unless it is supported by a carefully administered Management by Objective program. An MBO program gives a practical framework for turning strategic priorities into measurable responsibilities, but it is only wishful thinking without...
by Simplar | Aug 7, 2026 | Business Development, Business of Construction, Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Growth, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
I often define strategic planning as an ongoing mental organizational process used to point your company in a direction and help leaders and employees share goals, establish priorities, and allocate resources so that everyone’s daily actions support the...
by Simplar | Jul 23, 2026 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Growth, Leadership, Risk Management, Weekly Construction Message
“If you don’t know where you’re going – you’re probably not going to get there.” I quote this ancient Chinese proverb every time I talk about strategic planning. The contracting business does not lend itself to long-term planning....
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...
