Leadership
Leadership
Forty Under 40 Remodeling Trendsetters
The new ideas embraced by our Forty Under 40 winners are examples of forward-thinking leadership in remodeling
Business
How to Create a World-Class Remodeling Team
Great remodeling companies position themselves for the future with the right players
Home Improvement
Get the Most Out of Your Teams with This Leadership Style
The transformational leadership style focuses on inspiring and motivating team members to achieve their full potential and exceed their expectations
Management
How to Revamp Your Pre-Construction Process
Experiencing too much slippage and delays? See how Bridget Bacon of Red House Design Build solved these issues by improving the remodeler's pre-construction process
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To get attention, B_R_E_A_K the pattern
Two teachers start their respective 8 am classes. Both classes have talkative students. Teacher Uno raises his voice, demanding the unruly…
Michael E. Gerber: The view from within
As we discussed in my last column, the visual comes first. So, thinking strategically, you are being asked to pursue a strategic process. This starts with the visual reality of your company, proceeds to the emotional reality of your company, then proceeds still further to the functional reality of your company, and finally proceeds to the financial reality of your company.
Why you should embrace the Hispanic conflict
Shawn Coyne is a writing partner to Steven Pressfield. Mr. Pressfield wrote The War of Art, the most important book ever written for people that do…
Leadership by the numbers: What’s yours?
Leadership is a numbers game. The equation revolves around how many people you can positively impact on a daily basis. That is, how many people…
The feed vs. the hunt
My son is six years-old. It’s a fun age. Witnessing your progeny develop original thoughts on shared topics is a trip. My son is starting to…
Rosetta Stone, relevance, and retention
Living in a small sliver of the language pie Rosetta Stone enlarged, we owe a debt of gratitude to the public company. Rosetta has been shelling…
“We’ve done this a lot. You...as a group…are stupid.”
Last week I went to the Chicago filming of “America’s Got Talent”, the NBC show that accepts all comers who don’t make it on American Idol, X…
The “knowledge worker” rant
I despise the term Knowledge Worker. Why? Let’s start with the definition of Knowledge Worker and you can judge for yourself. Knowledge workers are…
Be like Mat: Go big
Comas :: 2 Broken bones :: 21 Surgeries :: 23 Concussions :: 100+ Stitches :: 300+ You don’t become the greatest vertical ramp BMX rider in…
NARI elects new officers for 2013, 2014
The National Association of the Remodeling Industry named immediate past president Dean Herriges as its chairman of the board and elevated Art Donnelly to the office of president.