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, 2021 | Business Development, Business Development, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
This year we are going from top to bottom in our review of construction’s “best-in-class” management practices. We began at the traditional top of business organizations, the Board of Directors (Advisors). Because the construction industry is largely made up of...
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 | Jan 14, 2021 | Succession Planning, Succession Planning
SUCCESS…ion Succession is a Big Deal The magnitude of the succession issue is staggering. Seventy percent of construction enterprises are family-owned. As more than 9 million baby boomers retire in waves, the founders and first-generation baby boomer owners of all...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Succession Planning
Legacy Lost Let’s talk business; You won’t live forever. You’re acting like you might. But you won’t. Your company could. Your legacy should. So, let’s talk business– about your legacy. Legacy Lost “Most founders never expected or envisioned that their...