


Welcome To 2022
by Simplar | Jan 6, 2022 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Weekly Construction Message
Welcome To 2022 The annual turning of the calendar page is an artifice from our ancient agrarian heritage. However, the prospect of a “new” year is a useful reminder to pause our frantic pace and reimagine our ever-evolving economic environment. ...
Labor Shortages to Clogged Supply Chains What’s going on around here?
by Simplar | Oct 20, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Current Events/Interests, Current Events/Interests, Labor & Labor Issues, Labor & Labor Issues, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
“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. ...
Corporate Culture – Leadership
by Simplar | Oct 7, 2021 | Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Weekly Construction Message
Research shows that the single biggest factor in an organization’s success or failure is its culture. Every corporation has a culture, whether we recognize it or not. Cultures do not simply evolve out of the ether and descend on a company. The mood, the morale,...
How to Assemble a Board of Advisors
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...Search Past Blogs by Keywords