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Jayme Dill Broudy
Jayme Broudy is the founder and principal of Contractor's Business School®, a coaching, training and consulting firm specializing in helping contractors produce more profit in less time.
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Business ManagementDelegation takes adjustment, but it's worth it.
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Business Management
Sit in the Stands or Go for the Gold? Why Now Is the Time to be Aggressive
Jayme Dill Broudy answers your questions about construction business management. -
Workforce Management
Time To Get Control Of Your Time
Organize your work life to get your time back. -
Business Management
Put Me In, Coach!
Jayme Dill Broudy answers your construction business management questions. -
Business Management
October 2007: How to Rise Above Your Competition
Jayme Dill Broudy answers your questions about construction business management. -
Workforce Management
Stellar Customer Service
I continually struggle to get my people to provide good customer service. It's one of my hot buttons, and I'm always after them. Sometimes they do a great job, but, more often, they do not. Any magical answers? -
Workforce Management
Getting Your Employees to Give You Honest Feedback
Being open to criticism can lead to healthy communication. -
Management
The Role of the Owner
I do HVAC service work, and one of my techs gets more bad feedback on his attitude than any of the others. The problem is, he's also the best tech I have. What should I do? -
Business Management
Getting Your Business To Work For You, Instead of the Other Way Around
Dear Jayme, I have a $700,000 a year bricklaying business. I’m doing okay financially, but I feel like a slave to the business. If I don’t keep at it 110 percent all the time, my business will stop. What can I do? Mason Dear Mason, It’s painfully ironic that you probably started your business to create freedom and independence and its now taking away the very things it was meant to give you. How’d this happen? Simple. Most contractors build their shiny new businesses on their own trade skills. Plumbers become plumbing contractors, electricians become electrical contractors, etc., which was perfectly natural and necessary in the early days. But owning the business isn’t just about sweating pipes and pulling wire. There’s all that other stuff:... -
Accounting
Key Performance Indicators: Your Early Warning System
Know your construction business' monthly metrics by identifying Key Performance Indicators.


