by Simplar | Aug 20, 2026 | Business Development, Business Development, Business of Construction, Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Financial Management and Risk, Leadership, Risk Management, Risk Management, Weekly Construction Message
If you have not read last week’s message you should go back and read it at least twice, take notes, think about it and talk to other employees about it. Internalize as much of the content as you can and then read today’s blog. Wandering Effective business...
by Simplar | Aug 13, 2026 | Business of Construction, Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Leadership, Risk Management, Risk Management, Weekly Construction Message
The strategic planning that we have been discussing can be converted into a highly effective business management tool by turning ambition into a definite action plan. The strategic planning process identifies what markets to pursue, how to win work, how to build...
by Simplar | Jul 30, 2026 | Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Project Selection, Project Selection, Risk Management, Risk Management, Weekly Construction Message
Vacation schedules have interrupted our strategic planning series, so we are repeating an important message on risk. If risk recognition and assessment is so fundamental to the construction transaction, why do so few contractors engage in formal risk management? As I...
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 2, 2026 | Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Risk Management, Weekly Construction Message
The unique complex nature of the construction financial transaction cannot be overstated. I make this point repeatedly because my experience working with contractors is they do not see the complexity of the business of contracting the same way I do. The unfortunate...
by Simplar | May 21, 2026 | Built Environment, Financial Management and Risk, Leadership, Leadership, Risk Management, Risk Management, Weekly Construction Message
Magicians only perform a trick once for the same audience. A second time and the trick loses its luster. The third time around the audience figures it out. The trick no longer fools the audience and the magic is gone. Legacy Tricks of the Trade We contractors start...
