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10 Questions to Guide Boards Through the Pandemic
Management teams and their boards are juggling a wide array of concerns right now, from the health of their workforces to volatile equity markets to shuttered debt markets. Furthermore, many economists and policy makers have slashed GDP forecasts and now portend a...
Is The Pandemic Making You Smarter?
It goes without saying that the pandemic sucks. But—suckiness notwithstanding—what if the pandemic is also super-charging your brain? In February of 1665, two people in the St. Giles district of London suspiciously fell ill. Days later, they both perished. In April,...
The No. 1 Mistake Leaders Make in Crisis
During a crisis, leaders tend to hyperfocus on managing the threat and neglect long-range thinking. That’s a mistake because vision is critical both for evaluating short-term decisions and for creating a better future. The coronavirus pandemic has been a major...
5 Things Construction Businesses Can Control During the COVID-19 Crisis
5 Things Construction Businesses Can Control During the COVID-19 Crisis Control these five areas of your construction business to address uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic. Perhaps the hardest part of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the uncertainty – not...
Decision-making Becomes Most Important in Times of Crisis
Decision-making becomes most important in times of crisis, and this certainly is one of those times. But it also becomes more challenging, too, during periods of stress and most difficult when future outcomes are uncertain — which describes the current period as well....
It’s Not Normal, It’s Anything But!
This image from the fabulous team at Alive With Ideas jumped out at me this week… business as unusual.That’s exactly it. We are operating in unusual times. I don’t know about you, but the word unprecedented is jarring now, it has been overused. I’ve found myself...
Build a Culture That Aligns with People’s Values
Candidates are seeking workplaces where they can intertwine their beliefs with those of the company, and work together on a common vision of purpose and success. As leaders grapple with how to recruit top candidates and retain employees, they must rethink how they’re...
Post-coronavirus Contingency Planning for Contractors, Qwners
One would be hard-pressed to find any construction industry player that hasn't been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. While a few U.S. jurisdictions have banned construction work altogether, many more have limited which projects can move forward. However, according...
Integrated Software Is an Imperative in the Construction Industry
Today, there is no shortage of software solutions that support various workflows in the construction industry. A recent report found large companies today deploy an average of 163 software applications and smaller companies deploy an average of 99. The latest...