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Train Them Up
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...

Yvonne Root
Apr 26, 20234 min read


Construction Contractors with Class!
Construction Contractors with Class! Construction contractors with class are a cut above. By that, I mean those contractors who include...

Yvonne Root
Feb 8, 20232 min read


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...

Yvonne Root
Jan 11, 20233 min read


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...

Yvonne Root
Sep 28, 20222 min read


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...

Yvonne Root
Sep 15, 20223 min read


Avoiding Micromanagement
In our last article, Delegation in the Construction Office, the topic centered on delegating well. In this article, we dig deeper into...

Yvonne Root
Jul 13, 20222 min read


Safety is More Than That!
Get the Lowdown! The latest Construction Junction podcast, hosted by Tonya Schulte of The Profit Constructors, is on fire! Well, being on...

Yvonne Root
Apr 14, 20222 min read


The Financials GCs are Looking For
The Financial Documents GCs Want to See While it may seem that General Contractors who ask for your financial information are using a...

Yvonne Root
Mar 2, 20222 min read


How Ya Gonna Hire?
Part of my job is always looking for valuable information for construction contracting business owners and managers. So, whenever I come...

Yvonne Root
Feb 23, 20223 min read


Thinking of Influence – For Construction Contractors
Put simply, if you’re the owner or manager of a construction company, you are an influencer. Like it or not, for good or for bad, what...

Yvonne Root
Jan 19, 20222 min read


And Then There Was a New Year!
Sometimes there are hard stops (like the end of the year,) and sometimes there are flows (like the middle of winter) that coincide or...

Yvonne Root
Dec 29, 20213 min read


Scaling New Heights – Part 2
One of the underlying components of attending a professional development conference like Scaling New Heights® (SNH21) is the generation...

Yvonne Root
Dec 9, 20212 min read


Santa’s Elves – Employees or Independent Contractors?
Have you ever wondered about what goes on up at The North Pole? Some folks have questions concerning strategy and logistics. For others,...

Yvonne Root
Dec 1, 20213 min read


The Secret to Continual Optimization – Lessons from the Bus
The Secret The secret to continual optimization is picking up the most helpful tool in your business acumen toolbox and putting it to...

Yvonne Root
Nov 17, 20212 min read


Building Better Problem-Solving Skills
Savvy construction executives have developed (or are developing) top-notch problem-solving skills. Even if you were born with a highly...

Yvonne Root
Sep 1, 20212 min read


Association Membership – Now What?
So you’ve joined a construction-related association – where do you go from here? In our post, Construction Associations for Profit and...

Yvonne Root
Aug 18, 20217 min read


Recharge
Your construction business depends on the concept of recharging in many different ways. For example, some hand tools, most electronic...

Yvonne Root
Jun 30, 20214 min read


Setting Your Accounting Staff Up – For Success
They go by several different titles. It could be they are the bookkeeper. Other titles we’ve heard are accountant, controller, accounting...

Yvonne Root
Jun 16, 20213 min read


Leadership Means Growing – part 5
Most folks tend to think of growth as getting bigger. And that is a way people, things, and construction businesses grow. But there are...

Yvonne Root
Jun 9, 20213 min read


Great Expectations in Leadership part 4
Excellent leaders enable others to act. They empower people to step up and become leaders themselves. “Before you are a leader, success...

Yvonne Root
Jun 2, 20214 min read
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