by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Leadership
Beware the Pitfalls Of Your Beliefs Over these past six weeks, we have taken the opportunity during the COVID pandemic discussions to evaluate construction organization performance against the performance of “best in class” construction firms. The Construction...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Leadership, Leadership
Construction May Be Our Long-Term Salvation Any hope that the coronavirus pandemic would quickly diminish, and the world’s economy would soon be getting back to business as usual, has evaporated. While the pandemic seemed to have been controlled in some states that...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Leadership, Leadership
Beyond COVID Part 3 Construction Company Self-Analysis After taking steps to mitigate the negative effects of the current pandemic-induced construction market contraction, this “Beyond COVID” blog series attempts to look beyond this market cycle and imagine what...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Leadership, Leadership
Beyond COVID Part 4 Executing Change If you have filled out your “Self-Analysis” and scored your company against the most successful companies, you are probably considering making some changes. Change is Difficult Simplar’s research into over 350 different...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Leadership
Our #1 New Year’s Resolution for 2021 “We will let “low-bid” contracts become an historical curiosity…” A Reader’s Question I think your 10 New Year’s resolutions are great. If the construction industry could widely and successfully implement the changes...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Leadership
2021 A Value-Added Year 2020 – What a year?!!! – filled with threat, uncertainty, confusion, and conflict; negative emotions that usually lead to poor management decisions. Our New Year’s resolution here at Let’s Talk Business is to leave the...