Business

You've heard the phrase, “time is money.” In a service industry, that is often true in a very literal way. We can...

No employee, no human is infallible. The best companies understand this. They do their best to hire and train right so that...

Everyone has the potential to be an industry leader. These leaders are the ones who transform the world — who disrupt their industry...

Hiring in the utility construction industry has been challenging for a long time. Even through the pandemic, many companies were looking to add employees...

A study from consulting firm FMI Corporation and PlanGrid discovered that 52% of all construction industry rework is a result of poor data...

Anyone in a family business knows that according to many statistics, the chance of the business surviving declines with each handoff to...

We often spend more time with our work family than our real family. I use the word “family” because we end up...

We watched the Mars rover landing back in February, and the significance of the accomplishment was palpable. We could feel the historical...

For construction firms with significant fleet vehicle and equipment assets needing to be protected from theft or vandalism, fully integrating the latest...

Do you ever feel like there is way too much appreciation shown in your workplace? If you said no, you’re not alone....

Tax season is here and contractors need to start working on properly filing for their business.Contracting businesses have a lot of moving...

For small-business owners, there are obvious advantages to providing decent employee health benefits. Among those advantages: improved employee morale, potentially fewer sick...

There’s a fascinating concept called knowledge blindness. Once you are an expert at something, you can’t imagine what it is like to...

When Facebook told businesses it was all about getting “likes,” we put our efforts into getting “likes.” We thought the cards we...

When Scarlett hung up the phone, she was close to tears. Even more unexpectedly, so was the customer service representative on the...

When someone visits your utility company’s website because they have a problem that needs to be fixed, they’re looking for the answers...

Imagine this scenario: A contractor named Charlie runs a successful business in his hometown. Everything operates smoothly until Charlie passes away unexpectedly,...