by Simplar | May 4, 2021 | Business Development, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
Hold on to Your Hats The Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery is Off and Running The Good News: All Flags Are Up for the Economy Economic output grew at a 6.4% annualized rate in the first three months of the year. Personal consumption grew 10.7% – the second-fastest...
by Simplar | Apr 28, 2021 | Leadership, Leadership, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Weekly Construction Message
Advice on Advice After reading my last three blogs on forming a board of advisors, I can hear some of you out there saying to your computers that the last thing you need in life is an advisor who doesn’t know as much about contracting as you do, and a … Read...
by Simplar | Apr 21, 2021 | Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
How to Effectively Utilize a Board of Advisors Now that I’ve convinced you to form a board of advisors, and you are already working to recruit appropriate members, it’s time to discuss how to utilize all the newly assembled brainpower to your advantage. ...
by Simplar | Apr 14, 2021 | Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
How to Assemble a Board of Advisors I often mention that the construction industry has the highest failure rate of all industries with the exception of restaurants. Most of my readers infer from this statistic that I’m implying construction’s failure rate is due...
by Simplar | Apr 7, 2021 | Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
Advise and Consent Utilizing a Board of Directors/Advisors Because the construction industry is largely made up of “closely held” companies, it is rare to find a board of directors assisting and advising a construction company. Closely held corporations...
by Simplar | Mar 31, 2021 | Labor & Labor Issues, Labor & Labor Issues, Weekly Construction Message
How to Engage and Develop Construction Employees “What do you mean, engagement?” That’s the response I get from most construction CEOs when I introduce the concept of employee engagement and development. As I mentioned last week, contractors do not...
