by Simplar | Mar 24, 2022 | Current Events/Interests, Current Events/Interests, Labor & Labor Issues, Labor & Labor Issues, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
ZERO TURNOVER If you are in the construction business reading this blog on your cellphone at the job site, I hope you have an adequate labor supply. This “skilled labor shortage” we’re all talking about will really threaten you if you try to grow too...
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. ...
by Simplar | Nov 18, 2021 | Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Weekly Construction Message
Unstable Markets Skilled Labor Shortage News Flash – Consumer prices rocketed higher than expected last month, jumping 6.2% annually for their biggest increase in 31 years, the Labor Department reported. We have redefined unstable markets to mean not only...
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. ...
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,...
