Build and Maintain Your Company Like A College Football Coach A successful construction company is a team of talented individuals who collectively provide clients with timely, on-budget construction services. From a human resource perspective, a construction company...
Strategic Planning-1st in Science of Construction Business Management Series “Ugg” – That’s the sound I hear in my seminars every time I bring up “Strategic Planning”. Some construction executives in the room head for the rest room,...
Unstable Market Factors #1 INFLATION Schleifer’s Laws of Market Dynamics Contractors Thrive During Stable Markets There is No Such Thing as a Stable Construction Market Only Profitable Growth is Good Inflation Murders Contractor Profitability Construction is the...
Stable Markets: Where All Profits Reside Two weeks ago, I ended the message by expounding Schleifer’s First Law: Contractors Thrive During Stable Markets Today, I begin with Schleifer’s Second Law of Market Dynamics: There is No Such Thing as a Stable...
INTRODUCING: The Secrets to Construction Business Success (Thomas C. Schleifer, PhD., Mounir El Asmar, PhD., Routledge, 12/21) “The construction industry has changed dramatically over the years and continues to become more sophisticated, employing new...
“Just when I thought I was out…They dragged me back in!” (The Godfather) That is a quote from the movie The Godfather that I also heard from a contractor trying to deal with the whipsaw starts and stops torturing post-pandemic construction markets. ...
