Tag: value
These items have all been tagged with the tag "value", You can see other tags in the Tag CloudConstruction Business Owner, December 2007
Editor's Note: This is twelfth 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.Construction Business Owner, September 2007
In the construction industry, equipment and machinery are essentially your business. Without the proper equipment, it would be nearly impossible to get jobs done with efficiency, craft and care.
Construction Business Owner, June 2006
Successful businesses are dynamic. Technologies and client needs are always changing, and if you and your employees don't keep up with those changes, understand them and find ways to take advantage of them, you may soon find yourself losing business to a competitor.
Construction Business Owner, June 2006
Ask yourself this essential question concerning the success of your company: "Is your advertising putting you out of business?" It should be obvious that poor advertising can cost your company tons of business. However, great advertising can put you out of business even faster. Yes, you read that right.
Construction Business Owner, June 2006
An old joke says that at some point we all need to decide between eating well and sleeping well. Whether you subscribe to that belief or not, solid professional ethics can help us do both.
Construction Business Owner, July 2006
It seems that 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 some of the following:
Construction Business Owner, August 2007
Ask most professional contractors today if they use a computer and they'll look as if you've asked if their homes had indoor plumbing. But mention online construction management applications and the responses become more mixed.
Construction Business Owner, June 2007
Rules surround us each day and drive more and more of what we do. Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, ever-changing tax codes, employment laws and local statutes--the list goes on and on, and that's before considering your own internal policies and procedures.
Construction Business Owner, July 2007
How well are you serving your customers? This question pertains to both internal and external customers. The internal customers are those people inside the company in which you work with and interact.
Construction Business Owner, June 2007
"I am a craftsman. Very few people can build what I build. Why do I need to know anything about marketing and sales?"
This is a question that has been asked by far too many new contractors who statistically have a very small chance of being in business five years after they started their construction businesses.
