Larger Than Life Leadership

by | Dec 13, 2023 | Digging Deeper

Do leaders have to be larger than life? Must they have all the answers, be exceptionally charismatic, have flamboyant personalities, and appear like Hollywood stars? Or are there other, more important characteristics that contribute to excellent leadership? Please...

A Million Miles Away

by | Dec 6, 2023 | Digging Deeper

What does it take to advance your construction career? Have you ever considered the specific ingredients, other than intelligence and hard work, necessary for long term success? Is there a “recipe” for high achievers? Please tune in this week as Dennis discusses the...

Discipline

by | Nov 29, 2023 | Digging Deeper

Having worked with contractors for well over 20 years, Dennis has seen plenty of successful contractors as well as others who are… less successful. What is the primary difference between the achievers versus the less successful ones? The answer may be found in one...

Reading the Tea Leaves

by | Nov 15, 2023 | Digging Deeper

Contractors wish they had a crystal ball so they could accurately predict the future of the industry. Today’s headlines have frequent doom and gloom predictions about the U.S. economy and a possible recession, but commercial construction grew at about 8% in 2022 and...

Planning vs. Urgency

by | Nov 8, 2023 | Digging Deeper

Urgency addiction is a real thing in the construction industry. It feels good to solve problems, resolve a crisis, and get accolades for having “saved the day.” But constantly fighting fires and dealing with urgent problems tends to crowd out planning and setting...