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Real Estate and Construction




Keep fighting
How to build and keep your team on point through tough times
If Paola Schifino had any doubts that the advertising agency she had co-founded would bounce back from a devastating fire, she di


Defying boundaries
How to provide limitless opportunities for your team
When Scott Isabel began working as superintendent for The Diaz Fritz Group Inc., he knew his opportunities were unlimited.


Positive attitude
How to become more approachable to your employees
By his own admission, Donald A. Buck Jr. can sometimes be too intense. So, throughout the years, to counter that, he has made it a


Customer-driven
How to become your industry's Ritz-Carlton
Terrie Gilligan manages what she calls “the Ritz-Carlton of paving companies.” While her $20 million asphalt pa


Defined leadership
How to stick to your plan
David E. Sessions encourages his approximately 50 employees to be involved in the community, so he often has trouble turning down re


Power of the people
How Todd Kenner used PBS&J Corp.’s culture to steer through hard times
If you want to hear about the benefits of building a better company culture, go find Todd J. Kenner and ask him about how it saved PBS&a


Leadership blueprint
How Mark House uses trust and communication to build The Beck Group’s Florida Division
When Mark House is sitting down with new hires, he gives them a one-page leadership philosophy that clearly states his core beli


Lyle C. Blanden
Chairman and CEO, J.O. DeLotto and Sons Inc.
Lyle C. Blanden has found the best way to find out what employees want is simply to ask them. While on a retreat with his management tea

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