Workforce Management
Management by Anthropology
No matter how many times I tell my employees to look and act a certain way, they don't.
Author
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 Management
Invest Wisely and Gain a Maximum Return for Your Construction Company
In a weak economy, the knee-jerk reaction is to cut anything that does not seem to make a direct, immediate contribution to the core business operation. -
Business Management
Do I Really Need a Business Plan?
Business plans sound like a theoretical project without much use in the real world. I'm a small guy doing under a million a year. Do I really need to bother with a business plan? -
Business Management
Human Resources Manager? Who? Me?
I'm an electrical contractor with twelve employees. The business is growing, so pretty soon there'll be even more people. I hear about "Human Resource Management" but what does that really mean to a guy like me? -
Business Management
How Can I Fix Problems Once for My Construction Company
Make systematic improvements to eliminate repetitive changes. -
Workforce Management
There Just Aren’t Any Good People to Hire
I keep hiring lousy employees. Where are all the good people? How come I can't seem to hire them? -
Management
Bad Employee Attitudes? Dangerous for Your Business!
There's a guy in the company who does great work but has a really sour attitude.When I talk to him about this, he gets insulted and angry, and it just makes things worse. -
Workforce Management
What are your employees saying behind your back? Why should you care?
The other day I was having lunch and a crew of guys was sitting nearby, talking about their boss. -
Business Management
A Solid Foundation Equals a Solid Construction Business
Dear Jayme, My paving business is doing okay. We’re growing at about 20 percent a year. But it seems like the bigger we get, the more problems show up and my profitability seems to drop. Can I just make this up with more revenue? Randy Dear Randy, Occasionally I’ll hear: “I may not be making any money now, but I’ll make it up in volume.” This is very dangerous thinking: Whatever problems exist in your construction business when it’s small will only be magnified when it grows, and its growth will be strangled as well. Another danger sign here is not knowing why your profitability stinks. Gross margin too low? Why? Overhead too high? How come? If you don’t have the data, systems or analytical... -
Business Management
November 2007: How to Avoid Being the Captain of the Next Titanic
Jayme Dill Broudy answers your construction business management questions.