Three PROFOUND Questions

Contractors toil long and hard at their jobs. Sometimes the thankless, hurry-up, "what have you done for me lately?" nature of construction causes people to become myopic: "I just want to get through this week, Wayne! I'll worry about next week and next month when...

Ditch Diggers

This week we are featuring, with his permission of course, a powerful poem and video by a young man named Eric Borden. We first saw this at an AGC Convention, and among the few thousand attendees, there wasn't a dry eye in the house. We'd like to hear what you think...

What’s a “Tribe of Millionaires?”

Wayne's peer group recommended a fascinating book called Tribe of Millionaires. It's a fictionalized story of an entrepreneur whose company is at a critical crisis stage AND who loses his estranged father at the same time. How he deals with the twin crises – one...

Planning for an Uncertain Economy

While we will leave the "recession" question for the economists, academics, and TV commentators, it does appear that we face a great deal more macroeconomic uncertainty than we did six or twelve months ago. What's the next move for inflation, input costs, margins,...

What Is Commander’s Intent?

Leaders continually work to inspire their teams to greater and greater performance. How might it help you grow your teams if your "CEO Intent" was crystal clear and codified? Please watch our blog this week as Mike Flentje shares with you his ten commandments of...