Yvonne Root
Purposeful, Productive, and Profitable Meetings
Even kids get it. You must meet if you’re going to be successful in your plans and endeavors. Owning or managing a construction...
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Yvonne Root
Feb 15, 20232 min read
Construction Company Balance Sheet
Financial Statements According to Investopedia, financial statements are written records that convey the business activities and the...
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Yvonne Root
Feb 8, 20232 min read
Construction Contractors with Class!
Construction Contractors with Class! Construction contractors with class are a cut above. By that, I mean those contractors who include...
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Yvonne Root
Jan 25, 20232 min read
Savvy Construction Contractors Use P&Ls
Profit and Loss Statement – Why Bother? The entries on a Profit and Loss (P&L) statement provide insight and knowledge about the...
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Yvonne Root
Jan 18, 20232 min read
Construction Business Acumen Lists
The foundational concept for the information that follows is this: Any successful business owners possess business acumen. A typical...
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Yvonne Root
Jan 11, 20233 min read
Employee Loyalty Does Exist!
Employee Loyalty Remember the M&M commercial where Santa and an M&M each declare that the other exists? They’re both astonished at the...
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Yvonne Root
Dec 21, 20222 min read
Relevant 2022 Reflection List
With Christmas only a few days away and New Year celebrations following soon after, we thought it was an excellent time to offer a list...
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Yvonne Root
Nov 30, 20224 min read
Build Holiday Traditions in Your Construction Business
It’s not too late! Creating a holiday tradition your employees enjoy, your clients appreciate, or your community (or another community)...
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Yvonne Root
Nov 23, 20222 min read
Colorful Thanksgiving
What’s Your Favorite Color? My grandkids learned a long time ago what my pat response was to the question, “What’s your favorite color?”...
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Yvonne Root
Nov 16, 20223 min read
An Unusual Look at KPIs
Because you are a construction contractor, there are two fundamental Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) you hear about all the time. They...
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Yvonne Root
Nov 2, 20223 min read
Don’t Jump Off the Empire State Building!
I didn’t know much about the Empire State Building when I was a child – other than that you shouldn’t jump off it. I knew that because...
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Yvonne Root
Oct 26, 20223 min read
Strategy to Maintain Organized Work Sites
An unorganized or messy job site indicates to owners, potential clients, visitors, suppliers, and staff that efficiency is lacking. Here...
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Yvonne Root
Oct 19, 20223 min read
What to do When You’ve Messed Up
When I Messed Up The extended family had gathered. Cooking and chatter were going on. Adults were “catching up,” and children were...
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Yvonne Root
Oct 12, 20223 min read
Capable Construction Contractors Collaborate part 2
The first part of this two-part series aimed to supply food for thought concerning the benefits of collaborating; now, the focus will be...
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Yvonne Root
Oct 5, 20223 min read
Capable Construction Contractors Collaborate
Soup or Salad One evening, our extended family gathered at a local restaurant. The ordering process began with my uncle. After he had...
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Yvonne Root
Sep 28, 20222 min read
Invest in Continuous Improvement
While the idea of investing in your construction contracting business can run from purchasing new tools or equipment to spending on...
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Yvonne Root
Sep 15, 20223 min read
Four-Day Work Week Part 2
In the first part of this essay, the discussion centered around the 5-day workweek, why we use it, and the possibility of changing the...
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Yvonne Root
Sep 7, 20223 min read
Four-Day Work Week? Part 1
The Answer is 42 According to the comedic science fiction book “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” the number 42 is the answer to...
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Yvonne Root
Aug 31, 20222 min read
Financial Flexibility
You don’t have to have the ability of the biblical king Belshazzar to see the handwriting on the wall. Nor do you have to have the...
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Yvonne Root
Aug 24, 20222 min read
Inflation Information
This is Humorous Why are there so many jokes about inflation these days? Because demand has increased following a period of low interest....
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