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Be the Best Bidder
Best Bidder not lowest bidder You know there are those who only choose the lowest bidder. No matter how detrimental that practice often...

Yvonne Root
May 1, 20192 min read


Focus for Construction Contractors
Focus for Construction Contractors Focus is a core factor of business success Yet focus, simply for the sake of focus makes no sense....

Yvonne Root
Apr 24, 20194 min read


Subcontractors – What’s Your Story?
Subcontractors – What’s Your Story? Subcontractors create The culture you create within the confines of your construction subcontracting...

Yvonne Root
Apr 17, 20194 min read


Delegating in the Construction Arena
Delegating in the Construction Arena Delegating: a leadership tool Every day you send people into the field or to their desks to...

Yvonne Root
Apr 10, 20194 min read


Advisory Board for Construction Contractors
Advisory Board for Construction Contractors Advisory Board explained Before we go further, there is a distinction to be made. Don’t...

Yvonne Root
Apr 3, 20192 min read


Being Intentional in Your Construction Business
Being Intentional in Your Construction Business Being Intentional – the question Martin Holsinger, owner of Protractor Podcast and an...

Yvonne Root
Mar 27, 20195 min read


Important Construction Terms We Just Made Up
Important Construction Terms We Just Made Up Important Construction Terms – the story There was this email I received which mentioned The...

Yvonne Root
Mar 20, 20192 min read


5 Construction Takeaways from Archery
5 Takeaways from Archery for your construction business My first venture into the world of archery took place while I was still in high...

Yvonne Root
Mar 13, 20194 min read


Promoting Your Commercial Construction Business
Promoting Your Commercial Construction Business Promoting your construction business While promoting your commercial construction...

Yvonne Root
Mar 6, 20193 min read


Social and Accounting Socially Speaking
Social and Accounting Socially Speaking Social and accounting — really Can you believe social and accounting does go together? If you...

Yvonne Root
Feb 27, 20195 min read


Be a Visionary Construction Subcontractor
Be a Visionary Construction Subcontractor Think like a Visionary Construction Contractor You might think that because we’re construction...

Yvonne Root
Feb 20, 20195 min read


Building Good Habits for Your Construction Business
Building Good Habits for Your Construction Business Good Habits Take time to build. Require sustained effort. Should start small. Give...

Yvonne Root
Jan 23, 20193 min read


Outsourcing Accounting – How to know when it is time
Outsourcing Accounting – How to know when it is time Outsourcing accounting too soon If you: Are an average (non-construction related)...

Yvonne Root
Jan 16, 20192 min read


Growing Your Construction Business in 2019
Growing Your Construction Business in 2019 Growing your construction business is much like planning to run with the big dogs. As a matter...

Yvonne Root
Jan 9, 20194 min read


Strategy Planning in Your Construction Business
Strategy Planning in Your Construction Business Strategy for Goals Planning In the first two parts of this series we dealt with Task...

Yvonne Root
Jan 2, 20193 min read


Goal Planning in Your Construction Business
Goal Planning in Your Construction Business Goals and how to prioritize them “The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but...

Yvonne Root
Dec 26, 20185 min read


Priority Planning in Your Construction Business
Priority Planning in Your Construction Business Priority – it’s a task “I have two kinds of problems: the urgent and the important. The...

Yvonne Root
Dec 19, 20183 min read


Subcontractors in Construction – A view from both sides
Subcontractors in Construction – A view from both sides Subcontractors are not alone Listen Subcontractors, more than once I’ve heard...

Yvonne Root
Dec 5, 20183 min read
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Thanksgiving and Virtual Accounting and More [updated 11/24/21]
[updated 11/24/21] Looking back on holiday traditions is among the “traditions” of many. Right? So, as we were looking forward to the...

Yvonne Root
Nov 21, 20183 min read


Employee or Right-Hand Man
Employee or Right-Hand Man Employee with more to offer Last time we looked at the problems involved with finding Loyal Employees. This...

Yvonne Root
Nov 14, 20183 min read
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