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Living Your Life On Purpose - part 2
In my previous post, Living Your Life On Purpose, I said I would provide examples of real people living real lives with real purpose....

Yvonne Root
Apr 3, 20243 min read


Growth May Not Mean What You Think It Does
I watched the reaction in his eyes and face when I told my friend that one of the criteria our team uses when determining whether we will...

Yvonne Root
Mar 6, 20243 min read


A Guide to Auditing Expenses – Part 2
Auditing Employee Expenses In the first part of this 4-part series concerning auditing expenses in your construction business, I...

Yvonne Root
Feb 14, 20243 min read


Use Objects to Pass on Your Construction Company’s Traditions
Touching the Traditions In 1970, I purchased the above-pictured plastic serving tray for about $2.00. With inflation accounted for, that...

Yvonne Root
Dec 13, 20233 min read


Hiring Construction Employees: A Blueprint for Success
Pre-post explanation: At The Profit Constructors, we encourage our clients to enhance their understanding and use of technology available...

Yvonne Root
Oct 18, 20234 min read


How To Steadily and Predictably Help Your Employees Meet Expectations
You’re running a construction business and doing your best to get “all the things” done correctly. You must consider cost, quality, time,...

Yvonne Root
Oct 4, 20234 min read


Give Your Team the Power to Make Decisions – Part 2
This post, the second part of a two-part series (find the first part here) emphasizes a deeper understanding of the decision-making...

Yvonne Root
Aug 2, 20233 min read


Give Your Team the Power to Make Decisions
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...

Yvonne Root
Jul 26, 20234 min read


A Straightforward Guide to Transparency in Your Construction Business
Putting Trust on the Line When you commit to openly sharing expectations, mistakes, setbacks, feedback, revenue, and other numbers in...

Yvonne Root
Jun 21, 20233 min read


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


Purposeful, Productive, and Profitable Meetings
Even kids get it. You must meet if you’re going to be successful in your plans and endeavors. Owning or managing a construction...

Yvonne Root
Feb 22, 20232 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


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


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...

Yvonne Root
Sep 7, 20223 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


Can We Do It Again?
Typically, traditions are associated with holidays. Usually, the aspects considered are which meals are prepared, where the ornaments or...

Yvonne Root
Apr 28, 20213 min read


Employees and Subcontractors WOM series
In this, the fifth installment of the word of mouth strategy series, the topic centers on your employees and subcontractors. The first...

Yvonne Root
Apr 7, 20213 min read


Improving Your Core Values Score
Core Values – Everybody’s Got ‘Em Simply having core values doesn’t mean a construction contractor has high ethical standards. Even the...

Yvonne Root
Dec 9, 20204 min read
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