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As an intelligent Contractor, you know how to operate your construction company and the biggest barrier to your success is getting your employees to do what you want them to do when you want them to do it, and do it the way you know works best.
Contractors who are Process Dependent Vs. People Dependent make more money and enjoy more freedom and peace of mind.
Success - Is a few simple disciplines practiced every day!
Failure - Is a few simple errors repeated every day!
If You Want Highly Qualified And Experienced Mentors To Guide You Step-By-Step In Setting Up A Working Business Process Management System For Your Construction Company Contact Sharie 206-361-3950 [email protected]
Do you own and operate a small construction company? Have you ever wondered if having a consultant with construction expertise to call on and ask questions would help you? Are you concerned you cannot afford one?
When Sharie and I, were running construction and plumbing service and repair businesses beginning in the early 1970's until 2000 we felt we did not need to pay anybody to tell us what to do because we knew exactly what to do. After several very painful and extremely costly mistakes, we found the adage "Experience Is The Best Teacher...And The Most Expensive" to be oh so true!
We found ourselves, our family, employees, and suppliers were all riding on our Roller Coaster of Surprises, some good, some bad. On occasion, we would wake up screaming bloody murder only to discover it was the middle of the afternoon, and we were not asleep!
After a while, we decided perhaps there was truth in the adage "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance." I will admit I was a bit arrogant thinking since I was raised in a family of contractors that I knew a lot about construction. In fact, I knew quite a bit about what Michael Gerber calls "Working In The Business But Not On The Business."
Books, Tapes, Seminars and Guru's
For the next several years we added a combined total of over 4,000 books, tapes, workbooks, and several hundred handouts from every How-To-Do-It guru we could find. And we were still not getting anywhere fast because the seminars are like energy drinks, they pump you up and after a week or two in the real world, we were beaten down again. It was a roller coaster again.
Be, Do, Have
In time we found several consultants and professionals some good, some bad, some nightmares and one in particular kept repeating Be, Do, Have. Be the person, Do the work, Have the results.
In life we produce reasons or results and, reasons don’t count. Having experienced success and failure this message slowly sank into my head. We discovered that success came fast and easy when we engage the services of mentors that are skilled in construction because they were where we wanted to be.
We even hired a few consultants that were worthless because they had no construction experience and could only teach what they had learned in university or by hanging around excited seminar presenters selling Get-Rich-Quick-Schemes to rooms full of desperate people.
Listen to this Podcast for more…
If you are Thinking About Outsourcing Your Contractors Bookkeeping Services you are invited to download a guide to finding the right contractor bookkeeping service to fit your particular situation at www.FastEasyAccounting.com/hs
Call Sharie now 206-361-3950 or [email protected] and schedule your no charge one-hour consultation.
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By Randal DeHart, PMP, QPAAs an intelligent Contractor, you know how to operate your construction company and the biggest barrier to your success is getting your employees to do what you want them to do when you want them to do it, and do it the way you know works best.
Contractors who are Process Dependent Vs. People Dependent make more money and enjoy more freedom and peace of mind.
Success - Is a few simple disciplines practiced every day!
Failure - Is a few simple errors repeated every day!
If You Want Highly Qualified And Experienced Mentors To Guide You Step-By-Step In Setting Up A Working Business Process Management System For Your Construction Company Contact Sharie 206-361-3950 [email protected]
Do you own and operate a small construction company? Have you ever wondered if having a consultant with construction expertise to call on and ask questions would help you? Are you concerned you cannot afford one?
When Sharie and I, were running construction and plumbing service and repair businesses beginning in the early 1970's until 2000 we felt we did not need to pay anybody to tell us what to do because we knew exactly what to do. After several very painful and extremely costly mistakes, we found the adage "Experience Is The Best Teacher...And The Most Expensive" to be oh so true!
We found ourselves, our family, employees, and suppliers were all riding on our Roller Coaster of Surprises, some good, some bad. On occasion, we would wake up screaming bloody murder only to discover it was the middle of the afternoon, and we were not asleep!
After a while, we decided perhaps there was truth in the adage "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance." I will admit I was a bit arrogant thinking since I was raised in a family of contractors that I knew a lot about construction. In fact, I knew quite a bit about what Michael Gerber calls "Working In The Business But Not On The Business."
Books, Tapes, Seminars and Guru's
For the next several years we added a combined total of over 4,000 books, tapes, workbooks, and several hundred handouts from every How-To-Do-It guru we could find. And we were still not getting anywhere fast because the seminars are like energy drinks, they pump you up and after a week or two in the real world, we were beaten down again. It was a roller coaster again.
Be, Do, Have
In time we found several consultants and professionals some good, some bad, some nightmares and one in particular kept repeating Be, Do, Have. Be the person, Do the work, Have the results.
In life we produce reasons or results and, reasons don’t count. Having experienced success and failure this message slowly sank into my head. We discovered that success came fast and easy when we engage the services of mentors that are skilled in construction because they were where we wanted to be.
We even hired a few consultants that were worthless because they had no construction experience and could only teach what they had learned in university or by hanging around excited seminar presenters selling Get-Rich-Quick-Schemes to rooms full of desperate people.
Listen to this Podcast for more…
If you are Thinking About Outsourcing Your Contractors Bookkeeping Services you are invited to download a guide to finding the right contractor bookkeeping service to fit your particular situation at www.FastEasyAccounting.com/hs
Call Sharie now 206-361-3950 or [email protected] and schedule your no charge one-hour consultation.