Entrepreneurial Excellence – Step 9: People Success & Training System!

by George Hedley | Apr 3, 2019 | Uncategorized

How many times have you said to yourself: “It seems like workers don’t care.” “Can’t anyone take some initiative?” “No one accepts any responsibility except me!” “It seems like people don’t get excited about...

Entrepreneurial Excellence Step 10: Leadership Systems!

by George Hedley | Apr 3, 2019 | Uncategorized

By now you are well on your way to implementing the first nine steps of this entrepreneurial excellence series. You are getting close to owning a business that works without your constant attention, direct supervision, controlling, micromanaging, and everyday decision...

Entrepreneurial Excellence 8: Marketing & Sales Systems!

by George Hedley | Apr 3, 2019 | Uncategorized

I’m playing golf and my cell phone rings. It’s one of my best customers who tells me he just signed a lease with a manufacturing company for a new 60,000 square foot building to be built in Anaheim, California. He then asks me the magic questions:...

Entrepreneurial Excellence 7 – Pro Active Project Management Systems by George Hedley

by George Hedley | Apr 3, 2019 | Uncategorized

All of your construction projects must be running smoothly. As you walk from office to office asking your project managers how things are going. Their responses include: “Everything’s O.K.” “99% complete, just a few little things left.”...

Entrepreneurial Excellence 6 – Field Operational Systems

by George Hedley | Apr 3, 2019 | Uncategorized

When is the last time you had a job go according to your plan? Do your field crews perform their work exactly the way you want it done? Do key people make good decisions without asking you first? Do your superintendents meet their schedules and commitments? Do your...

Entrepreneurial Excellence 5 – Accurate Estimating Systems Are Accurate!

by George Hedley | Apr 3, 2019 | Uncategorized

Has this ever happened to you? You negotiate an easy project to build with a great customer who trusts you, doesn’t question your costs, and awards you the job at your price. Then, seven months later, you discover your estimator didn’t put enough in the...