No matter how well thought out and implemented your systems are, you’ll have problems if you don’t give your team the power to make...

Before delving into the tips for better delegation, let’s clarify one thing: delegating to others takes time and practice – it is an...

As part of a recent post concerning transparency in your construction business we said, “The best way to avoid anxieties or suspicions is...

You’re running a construction business. You have things to accomplish. But there are naysayers! Before deciding which of the three ways...

Checks and Balances can be defined as a set of procedures implemented to prevent potential errors and inappropriate behavior. The Feds Do...

Putting Trust on the Line When you commit to openly sharing expectations, mistakes, setbacks, feedback, revenue, and other numbers in...

A reputation is a commonly held opinion of the character of a person or business. The implications of the preceding sentence are...

Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, and a slew of other artists have recorded the iconic jazz hit “It Don’t Mean a Thing...

The emphasis is on relationships in this final part of the 5-part series concerning strategies used by discerning construction...

Grasp Your Tech Leveraging modern technological solutions keeps your construction business from being left behind. In this fourth part of...

What follows is the third part of a five-part series; if you haven’t read those that precede this part, you can go to the beginning here....

This is the second part of a five-part series; if you haven't read the first part yet, you can go here. Discern Your Numbers I asked...

Understand Your Attitude, Disposition, and Inclinations Our family once took a short trip to Mexico with a goal in mind. Build a church....

An ancient proverb says, “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.” I was reading through...

Indeed, effort is put into creating Work in Progress (WIP) reports. There is the further effort put into maintaining them. And even more...

It can become downright frustrating when you need to hear back from someone, and they haven’t responded. Unresponsiveness may start as an...

Making the most of your relationship with your construction accounting team means that you’ll achieve better results with less hassle...

As fun as an old typewriter may be to look at – even play around with – it wouldn’t be of much use to your construction business...

Getting the Fire Going While knowing how to start a fire in the wilderness with only a few tools and a bit of wood can be a fun...

Going With the Flow Cash Management in the construction industry is a make-it-or-break-it piece of financial administration. The flow of...