Yvonne Root
How To Steadily and Predictably Help Your Employees Meet Expectations
You’re running a construction business and doing your best to get “all the things” done correctly. You must consider cost, quality, time,...
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Yvonne Root
Aug 2, 20233 min read
Give Your Team the Power to Make Decisions – Part 2
This post, the second part of a two-part series (find the first part here) emphasizes a deeper understanding of the decision-making...
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Yvonne Root
Jul 26, 20234 min read
Give Your Team the Power to Make Decisions
No matter how well thought out and implemented your systems are, you’ll have problems if you don’t give your team the power to make...
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Yvonne Root
Jun 21, 20233 min read
A Straightforward Guide to Transparency in Your Construction Business
Putting Trust on the Line When you commit to openly sharing expectations, mistakes, setbacks, feedback, revenue, and other numbers in...
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Yvonne Root
Apr 26, 20234 min read
Train Them Up
An ancient proverb says, “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.” I was reading through...
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Yvonne Root
Feb 22, 20232 min read
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 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
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
Feb 23, 20223 min read
How Ya Gonna Hire?
Part of my job is always looking for valuable information for construction contracting business owners and managers. So, whenever I come...
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Yvonne Root
Jan 19, 20222 min read
Thinking of Influence – For Construction Contractors
Put simply, if you’re the owner or manager of a construction company, you are an influencer. Like it or not, for good or for bad, what...
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Yvonne Root
Apr 28, 20213 min read
Can We Do It Again?
Typically, traditions are associated with holidays. Usually, the aspects considered are which meals are prepared, where the ornaments or...
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Yvonne Root
Apr 7, 20213 min read
Employees and Subcontractors WOM series
In this, the fifth installment of the word of mouth strategy series, the topic centers on your employees and subcontractors. The first...
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Yvonne Root
Dec 9, 20204 min read
Improving Your Core Values Score
Core Values – Everybody’s Got ‘Em Simply having core values doesn’t mean a construction contractor has high ethical standards. Even the...
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Yvonne Root
Dec 2, 20203 min read
That Sure as %*&# is Not Safe!
Have you, like me, grown weary of the Stay Safe message? Well, hold on to your seatbelts because this adventurous message isn’t about...
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