Growth Insights for CEOs

Does Your Contracting Pipeline Live in the Owner’s Head?
Relationships matter in construction, and most subcontractors have good ones. The owner or president carries the key customer relationships, and the project managers carry everything else. That arrangement can work well. It is also fragile. In our last post, we asked whether you know by name who owns each strategic account. This one looks at what happens when the answer is the owner.
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Gone, But Not Forgotten: Stephen Covey
Wed, Jul 18, 2012 — A Big Impact I went to my bookshelf yesterday when I heard the news. There aren’t many books I have kept over the years but “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” is one of them.” My edition is from 1990, the First Fireside Edition. When I read it, I was a new manager, struggling to do my best.

Situational Competence: A Requirement for International Management
Sat, Aug 6, 2011 — Small and mid-size businesses are becoming increasingly international. This means that CEOs who want to grow need to gain expertise in understanding employees and clients from different cultural backgrounds.