by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning
Strategic Planning – By Any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet Without ever using the word âstrategyâ or âstrategic thinkingâ or, God forbid, âstrategic planningâ, Dr. Kenn Sullivan and I discuss managing risk through a process of strategic thinking in our book,...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning
If You Donât Know Where Youâre Going Youâre Probably Not Going to Get There In an informal study of several thousand contractors of all sizes and types throughout the country, less than 40% claimed to do any type of formal corporate planning at all, and many did not...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Leadership, Leadership
O Captain My Captain Cruise Ship The Captain/Master of a large ocean liner does not steer the ship; thatâs the Helmsman. He doesnât navigate; thatâs the First Officer. He doesnât manage the deck staff; thatâs the Bosun, or Boatswain. He doesnât maintain the engines;...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Risk Management
âPride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall.â (Proverbs 16:18) Â A Personal Note One of the reasons I have loved my lifelong career in the construction industry is the people I have been privileged to work with. Theyâre my kind of people;...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Change Orders, Change Orders
A Change Order by Any Other Name Designers, owners, and most contractors consider Change Orders a bad thing. Research indicates that overall project performance and contractor profitability is better on jobs with fewer COs than those with many. Even when Change Orders...
