As things around us change, it can feel like a challenge to remain relevant even if, as a leader, you have a clearly defined purpose.
Continuous learning and continuous growth are two of the efforts that can bring value to your life and your career as the world shifts around you. Successful people challenge themselves for continuous advancement.
Now and then, it’s important to question your workflows. Does your company really have to do some things the way they’re currently being done? There are insights to be gained when you step outside your day-to-day work and envision how you’d really like to accomplish things. When you challenge the way you’ve always done things, you have an opportunity to make marginal changes that can lead to overall improvements.
Construction is the biggest industry in the world. But it’s an industry where change takes a while to evolve. It’s been that way partly because of the size and scope of projects, which can run into the billions of dollars. There is a fair amount of innovation that gets discussed Read more…
In construction, fail is a bad four-letter word. Nobody likes to fail. But stigmatism aside, mistakes are a way for us to figure out what needs to be done better the next time. At the very least, you learn from your failures what not to do. What you can do Read more…
In the specialty trades, contractors can benefit from leveraging technical innovations and industry trends. You’re sure to benefit when you take a hard look at your company and decide what your strengths are. Once you determine what you do very well, you can then leverage those strengths. For example, even for small companies, having an excellent culture can bring you success. Make sure your employees are aware of your company’s core values.
We’ve heard it many times: Failing to plan is planning to fail. Beginning at the design stage, construction projects can have a multitude of details, small to large, and you never know which one could bring your project to a screeching halt.
VR, AR, AI – there’s a lot of technology coming down the highway and overtaking the construction industry. But you can relax. Artificial intelligence (AI) robots aren’t coming from the future to take over everything.
In the construction industry, we are builders first. Our goal is to complete successful projects. A savvy business owner knows to take advantage of strategies that can help accomplish that. One of those processes is developing trust within their company and with other companies involved in a project. Although trust is intangible, it’s a pervasive foundation for success.
Contrary to what many have thought, construction companies can adopt technology rapidly when they have to. Granted it’s by necessity, but many companies have put digital workflows in place within the past year even though they may not have planned it very far in advance. One benefit of this is that safety is being accomplished at a level we haven’t seen in the past. Despite the curveballs that have been thrown at the industry in the past year, workers have had a can-do mentality. They get to work and figure it out.
There’s no denying it. Business, especially when it’s your business, involves a lot of long days, late nights and hard work. It helps to find ways to do more with less. Fortunately, with the technology tools available today, you can put processes and systems into place that will actually help Read more…