Tag: leadership
These items have all been tagged with the tag "leadership", You can see other tags in the Tag CloudConstruction Business Owner, March 2008
Dear Jayme,
My drywall business grew steadily to about $1.3 million and then things got weird. When I tried to keep growing, the business would increase somewhat but then fall back to around the $1.3 million level. This happened a couple of times. The market is out there, but there just seems to be too much for me to handle when the business gets bigger. Am I stuck here forever?
Josh
Construction Business Owner, February 2008
Dear Jayme:
I’m a great electrician, and I’ve built a solid business. But now there are management situations I don’t know if I’m handling right, and I’m really uncomfortable just guessing. Am I just not getting the “ownership” thing? Shouldn’t I have learned how to run the place as I went along?
Tyson
It’s that time of year. Everything is new and fresh and we all tend to make an attempt at starting over, beginning anew and revamping the old with the advent of a new year. When the resolutions wear off and reality sets in, you are still left with the same employees, the same job and usually the same issues. But this year, don’t just wish things were different and give it a shot for the first couple of weeks, instead, make it happen…and keep it simple… even better and more productive.
Construction Business Owner, January 2008
Dear Jayme,I keep reading that it’s possible to own a business and not be stressed out, work long hours and fight fires all day, but I don't see how that’s possible. I’ve been running my business for twenty years. It’s always been one headache after another, and it seems like it will always be. How can it really be different?
Trent
Construction Business Owner, January 2008
Editor’s Note: Written by our regular columnist George Hedley, each monthly edition of Get Your Business to Work provides you with practical, immediately applicable business management tools to assist you on your path to building a successful, growing business.
Construction Business Owner, December 2007
Dear Jayme:
My business has been doing about $1.5 million for several years. I know there’s a lot more room to grow, but frankly, I don’t know if I’m capable of running a bigger operation. I don’t want to mess up everything I’ve built so far. Should I just sit tight or take the plunge?
Carlos
Construction Business Owner, November 2007
Dear Jayme:
I’m a framing contractor doing about $1 million a year. I hear a lot about an owner “thinking strategically.” What does this really mean, and why is it important for a small guy like me?
Jackson
Construction Business Owner, November 2007
The word “succession” literally means the “passing on” or “transition” of success. Succession planning is a critically important “rite of passage” for a business from one generation of ownership and management to another, most often drawing on the resources of family members who are willing and able to carry on the business. While it is an important adjunct in the business owner’s overall estate plan, it doesn’t have to be complicated and should occur before probate.
Construction Business Owner, November 2007
Editor's Note: Following is part six of our eight part series called "Better Next Year," by Fred Ode, CEO, chairman and founder of Foundation Software.
Construction business owners, like a ship’s captain, must be prepared to steer their companies through the stormy waters and uncharted territory called change. To sit still amid changes happening within your market, your industry, and your competition is to risk sinking.
Construction Business Owner, November 2007
Editor's Note: This is eleventh in our 2007 series of The Business Owner Toolbox written by our regular columnist George Hedley. Each article is written to provide you with practical, immediately applicable business management tools to assist you on your path to building a successful, growing business.
