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What a Crazy Business
Feb 06, 2023
In this year’s opening blog series, we have been discussing the elevated risk level caused by COV...
Identifying Risk
Jan 30, 2023
Most contractors are guilty of failing to diligently identify the unique risks in every new job B...
Keep Your Eye on the Ball
Jan 23, 2023
We are at the beginning of what might be a rocky economic 2023. With the short-term future so unc...
Peer Group Open House
Jan 18, 2023
When it comes to learning and growing as a leader, being part of a peer group is considered one o...
Now Playing: No Time to Buy, Economic Outlook with Anirban Basu
Jan 03, 2023
This presentation supplies in-depth analysis of the major factors shaping economic outcomes, incl...
2022 Industrialization Update: Evidence & Projections
Nov 28, 2022
The most notable continuing trends toward Industrialization of Construction® include new horizons...
DEI Insights From Around the Industry
Nov 28, 2022
Placing priority on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is not just the right thing to do, but...
Building Support for Workers Through Recovery Friendly Workplaces
Nov 28, 2022
The consequences of substance misuse and addiction can be catastrophic in the workplace. Impairme...
2022 Year-End Planning
Nov 28, 2022
2022 has continued to bring the same uncertainty as the past couple of years — with both familiar...
Cash is King
Nov 14, 2022
For the duration of this disrupted market and potential for recession, move cash flow management ...
Clean Up Your Books
Oct 30, 2022
While operating the nation’s largest workout firm for sureties, I had occasion to audit the finan...
Consolidation
Oct 23, 2022
This post-COVID economic environment is not a normal market. It is a disorderly market that will ...
Productivity - The Only Way Out
Oct 09, 2022
There is a difference between cycles and trends. For example, the supply chain bottle neck caused...
Defense Mechanisms
Oct 03, 2022
Last week we renamed the impending "recession" being brought on by the Fed's interest rate battle...
Recession – Yes or No?
Sep 25, 2022
As the Fed uses interest rates to joust with inflation, everyone wants to know if we’re headed in...
Creating & Measuring a Robust Strategic Plan
Sep 23, 2022
Given the challenging labor market, rising inflation, increased construction demand, and volatile...
A Day in The Life of A "Best-In-Class" Contractor
Sep 19, 2022
We call contractors who fit the management profile that the Construction Company Self-Analysis Pr...
In the Eye of the Beholder
Sep 12, 2022
Wall Street investment advisors are beginning to act like contractors. Hedge fund managers now va...
Back To the Beginning
Sep 06, 2022
For 30 years I have been researching the causes of construction business failure. The study began...
The Next Normal
Aug 29, 2022
Long term “trends”, not temporary disruptions, are reshaping the construction industry. Last week...
Disruption
Aug 22, 2022
For the past eight weeks we have been focusing on managing under disorderly market conditions. Th...
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