by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Dispute Resolution, Dispute Resolution
Mitigate Don’t Litigate Since litigants brought their disputes before King Solomon, combatants have petitioned the wisdom of designated “authorities” to resolve their differences. No one, it seems, can settle matters without a designated judge “forcing” them to see...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Prospering Cyclical Market, Prospering Cyclical Market
Subject: Quality over quantity Never Ask a Texan… …the size of his spread. It’s not polite. I made that mistake while touring a Texas cattle ranch with the owner many years ago. The rest of the tour was spent in comparative silence. When we got back to the...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning
Planning for 2020 (Beliefs) Formal strategic planning is not popular with construction company CEOs. Ironically, engineers, designers, project managers, and supervisors are some of the most sophisticated and effective planners in all of American industry....
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Growth, Growth
Dangerous DNA Americans are competitive. We were raised in the world’s “land of opportunity” where doing better than our forebears was not only encouraged but expected. This ingrained expectation to “do better” drives the second and third generation of construction...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Weekly Construction Message
4th Crisis-era Message to Contractors from: Dr Tom Schleifer Time is Not on Our Side Last week in this crisis message series I said time is not on our side. Three weeks back I said that prudence suggests a reduction in overhead sooner rather than later. Unfortunately,...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Managing Subcontractors
One Size Does Not Fit All Let’s Talk Businessis dedicated to profit. We are only interested in management technique in so far as it can help construction concerns be more profitable. We drill deep into the complex matrix of management process that governs construction...
