Through deep care for others, you are able to sense their thoughts and emotions so you can best understand what they’re going through. Without empathy, it’s extremely difficult to motivate others…

Smart jerks can get promoted, but they make terrible leaders. And terrible leaders break cultures and make good people question if they want to stay. Meanwhile, good people are your company’s most important asset.

…the ones who believe they are capable of greatness usually end up getting there.

If you have ever wondered if you should find a mentor, try asking yourself these 4 questions to determine if it would be worth your time.

If you want to overcome fear, the first thing you have to do is address it head on: you must admit that you’re scared.

...the employees who take feedback and actually do something about it are the ones climbing through their organizations.

As a leader in your business, it’s your job to evaluate your high-potential employees on these 3 criteria before inciting them into a more advanced role. Unfortunately, all 3 aren’t always there...

The first step of maintaining a steady backlog is as simple as a) setting a target backlog based on your business’s strategic goals, b) measuring backlog on your financial reports, and c) distributing up-to-date backlog data...

When people follow rules, they fall in line. But with a principles-based culture, there is an opportunity for all employees to adopt a similar moral code that corresponds to being a highly successful...

Sometimes it comes down to a leader who isn’t listening (which sucks, by the way), but more often it comes down to the fact that you’re new in the position...

I’ve noticed that new leaders put an unnecessary pressure on themselves to be perfect. Instead of giving themselves grace, they are extremely anxious about doing everything...

… I want one thing to be clear: probably the greatest difference between an amateur salesperson and a professional is that professionals never sell.

For some, working long hours doesn’t deplete energy, but being overwhelmed by too many responsibilities and action items sets them in a negative spin of stress that eventually leads to a deep burnout. Even the hardest workers can burn out…

As an employee, it can be hard to let your guard down when you’ve dealt with bad leaders who push you to the brink of burnout…

Unless you’re doing a lot of small, service-type contracts, in construction, you’re not going to “win” many projects…

…if you want to create change in your organization, you need to help your people see that you are not there to judge them and that they should not judge themselves.

…You can’t design an org chart that doesn’t make any sense from an operational perspective… If you do, you’ll design an organizational structure that doesn’t make any sense…

Before you can replace yourself, you need to understand where you’re going.

It’s shocking to me how any Contractors expect to be treated like the enemy, so they just accept it…