Everything is changing as you get tossed around on this sea of constant change. But basic business fundamentals never change. Here are seven sure-fire ways to fail in business:   1. Stay Busy ("No written plan!") Trying to stay busy to keep you working is not...

What is your top business priority every day? Where do you spend your time? Is it attention to details, customer service, supervising, scheduling crews or subcontractors, ordering materials, pricing jobs, or paperwork? To improve your bottom-line, it shouldn’t be...

Business owners, leaders, and managers continue to be stuck in the past. They fail to realize by squeezing out the last drop of productivity, cutting their overhead to the bare bones, trying to cut costs, working harder, and continuing to do business the same way...

Leadership is simple. First, you've got to know exactly what you want, for your company, your department, or your project team. I speak to business owners and ask, "What do you want?" They respond, "I want to make a profit." I ask, "How much?" - "As much as I can...

Are you still waiting for the economy to turn around? Get over it! Don't expect boom times to rescue you from the current lackluster business environment. Over the last decade, the construction industry grew ten years straight. The last two years have been up,...

Have you noticed that people who think and act small, stay small? And those who think and act big, seem to be the ones who make it happen? Being HUGE is attitude, altitude and active action. It is getting past the little things that get in your way and hold you...