Last weekend a friend of mine thought one of his favorite tools was stolen, in broad daylight, from his front yard. He was spending Saturday, in between shuttling his kids back and forth to soccer games, putting together his irrigation system. He returned from his final trip and found that one of his favorite tools,…
A profitable construction company is built on the foundation of superior skill and excellent communication. You can have excellent skill, but the communication is essential to effectively deploying that skill in the field and throughout the business. The best construction companies are the ones that have a clear and consistent means of communicating information, surfacing…
How many times have turned on your computer to send an urgent email, and been so frustrated as you wait for it to boot up, you picked up your smart phone to write the email? One of the reasons computers (particularly Windows PCs) are so slow is because they are stuffed with a bunch of…
3 Ways Busy Construction Leaders Build Relationships Allegheny Mound Ants range in North America from Nova Scotia in the North to Georgia in the South. They are well known for building mounds at the rate of 1 foot per year. The typical mound is about 10 feet high, it takes a decade of work to…
Is Employee Loyalty a Thing of the Past? Have you ever heard of Hachiko, the golden-brown Akita dog? Hachiko was a familiar sight at the Shibuya train station in Tokyo, Japan. Each evening he would go down to the station to greet his owner Mr. Ueno on his return from work at the local university….
3 Ways You Can Prepare for An Effective Problem-Solving Meeting I relax by baking chocolate chip cookies A couple of weeks ago, I got home after a pressure packed day, and decided to bake. The recipe called for baking soda, and since I didn’t have any in the house, I substituted baking powder. The first…