Beware the Pitfalls of Your Beliefs

Beware the Pitfalls of Your Beliefs

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...
Construction May Be Our Long-Term Salvation

Construction May Be Our Long-Term Salvation

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...
Beyond Covid Part 3

Beyond Covid Part 3

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...
Beyond Covid Part 4

Beyond Covid Part 4

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...
Our #1 New Year’s Resolution for 2021

Our #1 New Year’s Resolution for 2021

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...
2021 – A Value-Added Year

2021 – A Value-Added Year

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...