by Simplar | Nov 24, 2022 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Weekly Construction Message
Can You Be Flexible? Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D. The construction industry is an outlier that evades classic management theory taught at all the nation’s prestigious business schools. The price of our construction services is set well in advance typically through...
by Simplar | Oct 20, 2022 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Facility Management, Organization Transformation, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Partnering, Planning, PM, Procurement, Project Delivery, Risk Management, Risk Management, Risk Management, Risk Management, Weekly Construction Message
IF Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D. It is somehow comforting when other experts confirm your view of the world. Just this week in Engineering News Record: ENR October 12, 2022 Construction Wages Grow at Fastest Rate in Decades Despite Recession Threat By James Leggate...
by Simplar | Sep 15, 2022 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Facility Management, Growth, Growth, Organization Transformation, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Partnering, Planning, PM, Procurement, Project Delivery, Weekly Construction Message
In The Eye of the Beholder Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D. Wall Street investment advisors are beginning to act like contractors. Hedge fund managers now value tech companies based on a multiple of future revenues rather than a multiple of past earnings. Revenues trump...
by Simplar | May 12, 2022 | Business of Construction, Financial Management and Risk, Organizational Change Management, Weekly Construction Message
No Guesses – No Surprises Cash flow mismanagement is a primary cause of construction business failure. Many contractors started their business undercapitalized and had to apply the art of cash flow management by “kiting” checks, overdrawing working capital lines...
by Simplar | Apr 21, 2022 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Weekly Construction Message
Capacity Public financial markets value companies based on their ability to earn money into the future. Financial analysts apply a multiple to the current proven earnings of a given publicly traded company in an attempt to accurately predict the value of future...
by Simplar | Apr 14, 2022 | Facility Management, Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Weekly Construction Message
Construction CFOs They’re Not Bean Counters Ours is an extraordinary business. Think of the Egyptians who built the great pyramids of Giza with hand tools in the 26th century BC. Or the 20,000 artisans organized to fashion the remarkable Taj Mahal back in 1643. And...
