Yvonne Root
Savvy Construction Contractors Use P&Ls
Profit and Loss Statement – Why Bother? The entries on a Profit and Loss (P&L) statement provide insight and knowledge about the...
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Yvonne Root
- Jan 18
- 2 min
Construction Business Acumen Lists
The foundational concept for the information that follows is this: Any successful business owners possess business acumen. A typical...
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Yvonne Root
- Jan 11
- 3 min
Employee Loyalty Does Exist!
Employee Loyalty Remember the M&M commercial where Santa and an M&M each declare that the other exists? They’re both astonished at the...
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Yvonne Root
- Dec 21, 2022
- 2 min
Relevant 2022 Reflection List
With Christmas only a few days away and New Year celebrations following soon after, we thought it was an excellent time to offer a list...
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Yvonne Root
- Dec 14, 2022
- 3 min
Fresh-Data and Decisions
Sometimes it seems we have data coming out our ears. From marketers to religious leaders, from school officials to medical providers,...
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Yvonne Root
- Dec 8, 2022
- 2 min
Adaptive for Construction Contractors
Myth: Construction Contractors don’t want to use new technology. Truth: Construction Contractors DO want technology that is easy to set...
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Yvonne Root
- Nov 30, 2022
- 4 min
Build Holiday Traditions in Your Construction Business
It’s not too late! Creating a holiday tradition your employees enjoy, your clients appreciate, or your community (or another community)...
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Yvonne Root
- Nov 23, 2022
- 2 min
Colorful Thanksgiving
What’s Your Favorite Color? My grandkids learned a long time ago what my pat response was to the question, “What’s your favorite color?”...
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Yvonne Root
- Nov 16, 2022
- 3 min
An Unusual Look at KPIs
Because you are a construction contractor, there are two fundamental Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) you hear about all the time. They...
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Yvonne Root
- Nov 10, 2022
- 2 min
Let’s Talk nettTracker!
Keeping Track Construction accounting pros, would you like to spend just a few minutes (instead of hours) making adjustments at the end...
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Yvonne Root
- Nov 2, 2022
- 3 min
Don’t Jump Off the Empire State Building!
I didn’t know much about the Empire State Building when I was a child – other than that you shouldn’t jump off it. I knew that because...
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Yvonne Root
- Oct 26, 2022
- 3 min
Strategy to Maintain Organized Work Sites
An unorganized or messy job site indicates to owners, potential clients, visitors, suppliers, and staff that efficiency is lacking. Here...
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Yvonne Root
- Oct 19, 2022
- 3 min
What to do When You’ve Messed Up
When I Messed Up The extended family had gathered. Cooking and chatter were going on. Adults were “catching up,” and children were...
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Yvonne Root
- Oct 12, 2022
- 3 min
Capable Construction Contractors Collaborate part 2
The first part of this two-part series aimed to supply food for thought concerning the benefits of collaborating; now, the focus will be...
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Yvonne Root
- Oct 5, 2022
- 3 min
Capable Construction Contractors Collaborate
Soup or Salad One evening, our extended family gathered at a local restaurant. The ordering process began with my uncle. After he had...
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Yvonne Root
- Sep 28, 2022
- 2 min
Invest in Continuous Improvement
While the idea of investing in your construction contracting business can run from purchasing new tools or equipment to spending on...
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Yvonne Root
- Sep 15, 2022
- 3 min
Four-Day Work Week Part 2
In the first part of this essay, the discussion centered around the 5-day workweek, why we use it, and the possibility of changing the...
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Yvonne Root
- Sep 7, 2022
- 3 min
Four-Day Work Week? Part 1
The Answer is 42 According to the comedic science fiction book “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” the number 42 is the answer to...
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Yvonne Root
- Aug 31, 2022
- 2 min
Financial Flexibility
You don’t have to have the ability of the biblical king Belshazzar to see the handwriting on the wall. Nor do you have to have the...
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Yvonne Root
- Aug 24, 2022
- 2 min
Inflation Information
This is Humorous Why are there so many jokes about inflation these days? Because demand has increased following a period of low interest....
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