Real Estate and Construction
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A blueprint for excellence
How Michael Neal doubled the size of Coscan Construction by creating and enforcing best practices
Michael Neal says that closing out a project at Coscan
Construction LLC had become quite a challenge. It was kind of
like watching the little prog...
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Listen up
How to become a better communicator
Brent Reid may have already
told you his message, but he’s going to give it to you again.
As president and CEO of The
Winter Construction Co., Re...
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Big picture, small details
How to balance the big picture with the details
Bernard Zyscovich founded
Zyscovich Architects in
1977 with one objective in mind: to create a firm that
would diversify into both the
pub...
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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
paving and maint...
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Eliminate the negative
Michael Perry not only
believes in leadership by example, he lives it.
If you encourage employees
to join community organizations or to ...
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Just one of the guys
How to build a team-oriented culture
Sam Smith used to have
his own office, but when
his company relocated to a new space that was twice as big, he downsized to a cube.
“...
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Moment of focus
How to find balance by paying attention to the here and now
At your grandchild’s soccer
game, another spectator spends more time checking his
PDA than cheering for his own
daughter. At a local...
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People-focused
How to hire great people and build trust with them
Mike McVean’s father
was a McDonald’s franchisee, and McVean learned a lot in the 10 years he
worked for him.
For example, wh...
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