Yvonne Root
5 Mistakes Construction Contractors Make When Trying to Scale
Trying to do it all Superman you’re not. KAPOW! Nor are you Wonder Woman. SNAP! So, as we say in our office, DWI (Deal With It.) We also...
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Yvonne Root
Jun 6, 20185 min read
Achievement-Based Bonus Programs That Don’t Stink – Part 3
Build the bonus program Building an achievement-based bonus program will take some effort on your part, yet it need not be overly...
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Yvonne Root
May 30, 20185 min read
Achievement-Based Bonus Programs That Don’t Stink – Part 2
Win, win, win Once you’ve decided that embarking on an achievement-based bonus program will be beneficial for your team members as well...
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Yvonne Root
May 23, 20183 min read
Performance-Based Bonus Programs That Don’t Stink – Part 1
Some bonus programs stink Bonus programs based on the wrong parameters or instituted poorly can be really yucky for everyone. Your team...
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Yvonne Root
May 2, 20183 min read
Change Orders
In a perfect world war, divorce, and change orders wouldn’t exist. Sorry, we live in an imperfect world. As for war and divorce – I got...
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Yvonne Root
Apr 18, 20182 min read
Oh Crud! You Need to Fire Someone
It’s not easy Firing someone is among the hardest tasks you face. Dismissing an employee is a horrible experience for everyone involved....
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Yvonne Root
Apr 11, 20182 min read
5 Strategies to Retain Your Best Employees – Part 5
This is the final installment of a 5-part series about specific strategies you can use in order to retain your best construction...
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Yvonne Root
Apr 4, 20183 min read
5 Strategies to Retain Your Best Employees – Part 4
This is the fourth in a 5-part series about specific strategies you can use in order to retain your best construction employees. You can...
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Yvonne Root
Mar 7, 20183 min read
Building an Efficient Construction Office – Part 3
This is the third in a 3-part series dealing with efficiency in a construction contracting office. The first installment can be found...
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Yvonne Root
Feb 28, 20184 min read
The Efficient Construction Office Part 2
This is the second in a 3-part series dealing with efficiency in a construction contracting office. The first installment, having to do...
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Yvonne Root
Feb 21, 20184 min read
Running an Efficient Construction Office – Part 1
Efficiency in the construction office Efficiency for the sake of efficiency isn’t enough. As a project-based organization, you often face...
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Yvonne Root
Jan 24, 20184 min read
Employee or Independent Contractor? Recommendations for Compliance
The following is a guest post courtesy of Lynda McKay owner of HRextension. The construction industry has been and continues to be under...
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Yvonne Root
Jan 17, 20183 min read
You Know You Want Excellent Employees
Chances are, you as a construction contractor, look for people who show up on time, whose appearance cleans up well, who protect their...
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Yvonne Root
Jan 10, 20185 min read
5 Features You Must Rock in Your Construction Business
Have you ever looked around and wondered how you got to where you are? You may have inherited your construction contracting business. Or...
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Yvonne Root
Dec 27, 20172 min read
Disrupting Your Day with Small Quality Tasks
You’re a construction contractor – and you’re busy! All day long! Or are you? What about those minutes of time that are maddeningly...
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Yvonne Root
Dec 13, 20173 min read
Another Construction Contracting Success Story
Frequently, what we do to aid our clients as they grow their construction contracting businesses is a steady process wherein the gains...
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Yvonne Root
Dec 6, 20173 min read
Part 2 – Let Middle Managers Manage
This is part 2 of a 2-part discussion about growing your business through growing your middle managers. If you missed part 1 which...
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Yvonne Root
Nov 29, 20171 min read
Part 1 – Let Middle Managers Manage
This is part 1 of a 2-part discussion concerning growing your construction contracting or service business through growing your middle...
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Yvonne Root
Nov 21, 20172 min read
The Top 5 Critical Problems Schulte and Schulte Solves for Owners of Construction Contracting Compan
When you first became a construction contractor or construction service business owner it was pretty simple – get a job, do the job, get...
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Yvonne Root
Nov 1, 20172 min read
Football + Accounting + Construction Contractor
So . . . your kid is on his high school football team. And your team is in The Game! They’re playing well! And so is the other team. It...
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