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Management

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    How to Attract, Retain and Maximize Talent

    In today’s tough economy, top performers can be a company’s biggest asset.
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    Better Next Year No. 5: Improve Communication between Office and Field

    Surely everyone in construction understands the value that comes from two-way communication between the back office and the field. Or do we?
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  • Should Construction Employees Pay for Part of the Company’s Vehicle Expense?

    Straight answers to tough business questions for contractors
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  • Health Savings Accounts: Cost-Saving Mechanism and an Executive Benefit

    The Health Savings Account (HSA) is capturing an ever-larger share of the health insurance marketplace. Today it is commonly used by larger companies, but creative, profit-minded companies of any size should consider it. It is a unique opportunity both to save money and to benefit employees, particularly executives.
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  • Time To Get Control Of Your Time

    Organize your work life to get your time back.
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    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?
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    Better Next Year No. 7: Owner, Open Your Eyes

    ‘The sky is falling! The sky is falling!’ Unfortunately, many companies operate their business with this style of crisis management. Busy with urgent details and pressing decisions for their growing businesses, lots of contractors can only react to problem and then attempt to fix them. Sometimes these fixes have good results, but many times they create even more problems, which must be dealt with in a hurry.
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  • Management by Anthropology

    No matter how many times I tell my employees to look and act a certain way, they don’t.
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  • Guiding Principles and Why Your Business Should Have Them

    My business is doing okay. We get the jobs done, but sometimes it feels like everybody’s going in different directions (and not the directions I’d like).
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  • Contract Labor: It Makes Even More Sense Now

    With total construction spending down 25 percent in 2009 and estimates of nearly 20 percent of construction workers currently unemployed, it’s no overstatement to suggest that construction is among the top two worst hit industries in the recession.
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  • Getting Your Employees to Give You Honest Feedback

    Being open to criticism can lead to healthy communication.
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    Tech Traps No. 8: Not Getting All Users to “Buy-In”

    In my world, finding time to relax and watch TV is a luxury I don’t often have. To complicate matters, there are primarily four programs on TV that I like to watch (namely City Confidential, Law & Order, Boston Legal and Biographyon the History Channel, and not necessarily in that order).
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