Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # HardHat Biz Coach George Hedley CPBC, CSP ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [7 Ways Subcontractors & Suppliers Can 'WOW' General Contractors!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/7-ways-subcontractors-suppliers-can-wow-general-contractors/) - Being a general contractor is a hard way to make an easy living. There are lots of moving parts totally out of your control. On every job we have over 5,762 chances to make a mistake, miss a schedule or tick off customers. Things aren't perfect including the plans, specifications, field conditions, inspectors, subcontractors, suppliers, - [Can You Sell More Than Price?](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/can-you-sell-more-than-price/) - Every landscape contractor, lawn care operator or gardener I've ever met boasts how their quality and service is superior to the competition. But after you present your proposal and the excitement settles down, what really matters? PRICE! Will your customers pay more? It's great to take pride in your company's awesome service and quality workmanship. - [Are Customers Your #1 Priority? – 7 Steps To Make](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/are-customers-your-1-priority-7-steps-to-make/) - There are lots of ways to make a profit? They include cutting costs, reducing overhead, improving field productivity, accurate estimating, making no mistakes in the field, and having an excellent training program. All of these will give you a small improvement in your bottom-line, but not enough to make a significant difference. The easiest way - [Go Small & Make It Big!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/go-small-make-it-big/) - I have a loyal customer we build several commercial and industrial projects for every year. We have project meetings every week during the construction phase. After leaving his conference room one day, I noticed several of my competitors sitting in his lobby. This made me nervous. I called him later that day to find out - [Date Your Customers To Keep Them Loyal!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/date-your-customers-to-keep-them-loyal/) - Remember when you were first dating? To get to know the other person, you spent lots of time talking, having fun, and doing things together. After the date, you would call and talk for hours, send them flowers, and keep in touch on a regular basis. Building relationships take commitment, time, and constant contact. When - [Low Bid Is Not Enough!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/low-bid-is-not-enough/) - Ever been low bid and didn't get the job? Follow these ten tips to win more profitable work. Bidding lots of jobs is not enough to guarantee a steady flow of profitable work in today's competitive marketplace. Successful general contractors and subcontractors have learned their bid is only one step in the sales cycle. As - [Keeping Up With Tech?](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/keeping-up-with-tech/) - Are you convinced computers are here to stay? Many construction companies still haven't embraced technology as a required business survival tool. And survival is not enough to be a leading company that stays ahead of the competition, maintains loyal customers, and always makes an above average profit. In a recent survey I conducted with over - [Do More To Get More!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/do-more-to-get-more/) - Do you often stress about increasing sales while the available opportunities are shrinking and the competition is increasing? Most companies try to work harder in tough times. But the best they can do is hope to stay even doing the same things they always have done. The truly successful construction, design-build, and subcontracting companies and - [Have You Noticed Me Lately?](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/have-you-noticed-me-lately/) - Doesn’t it seem like there are three phases to most construction projects? Pre-Construction Construction Lawsuit! General contractors and subcontractors are optimists. They often bid jobs regardless of difficulty, location or size. And, when they’re the low bidder, they think they’re the only company who bid it right, regardless of how much money they left on - [Are You A Wimp?](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/are-you-a-wimp/) - Have you ever completed additional work and didn't get paid for it? Have you ever swallowed extra costs because they weren't approved before you did the work? Contractors know they are required to get change orders signed and approved prior to doing the work.but why don't they? Change Order Excuses: #1: "I'm too busy - [If It's Not In Writing, It Didn't Happen!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/if-its-not-in-writing-it-didnt-happen/) - The truths of construction: 1. Every set of plans is perfect. 2. Every project is over budget 3. Every project is too slow 4. No change orders are legitimate 5. The contractor is always wrong! Right? No, but it often seems so. Nothing's perfect out in the construction field. You can have a absolutely legitimate claim, but you must - [Field Change Memos Work!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/field-change-memos-work/) - On the jobsite, your crew hits an underground water line not shown on the plans. With water now spraying over excavated and open footings, should you wait for a signed change order to fix the broken line or take immediate steps to mitigate the damages? My List Of Excuses Why I Didn't Get Changes Approved - [Is Your Goal To Retire Before You Learn The Computer?](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/is-your-goal-to-retire-before-you-learn-the-computer/) - What do you think it costs to open a donut store? I'll bet it costs at least $100,000 including equipment, ovens, refrigerators, display cases, utensils, cash registers, accounting software and computers. Every business has a minimum start-up cost. Every business must keep up with their competition just to stay competitive. And every business must strive - [Is Your Bid Only An Estimate?](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/is-your-bid-only-an-estimate/) - You know what I would really hate as a general building contractor? You negotiate an easy project to build with a great repeat customer. They trust you, don't question your costs and then award the job at your price. Then, seven months later, you discover your estimator didn't have enough in the budget for labor - [Win More Contracts At Your Price!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/win-more-contracts-at-your-price/) - Every construction company business owner wants to charge a higher price for their services and products. And especially today, I’m sure you are looking for the magic ingredient that will give you more jobs at your price. But why should customers award your company a contract? In this tough economy there are less jobs to - [Winning Bonus & Incentive Programs!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/winning-bonus-incentive-programs/) - Every year, business owners face the decision of what to do about year-end bonuses. Some have an incentive compensation formula they attempt to calculate. Others use simple bonus plans. And many just don’t know what to do to keep their employees happy and reward those who contributed to the overall company success. Surveys show that - [Blueprint For Business Success!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/blueprint-for-business-success/) - Have you ever said to yourself: - I am tired of "doing" all the important work myself. - I can't find any good help. - I've got to find a way to make more profit. - I wish I could pay myself what I am worth. - I wish I could find more free time. - [Always Make A Profit!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/always-make-a-profit/) - Answer this question: 'How much profit should we make?' I'll bet your answer was one of the following: - "5%, 10%, or 15%. More! As much as I can get!" In a recent survey I conducted of over 2,500 construction company owners, I learned: - 66% of Companies Have NO Specific Profit Goals - 70% of Companies have NO Overhead Goals - 50% - [Win Big at the Project Interview](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/win-big-at-the-project-interview/) - To increase your odds of getting a signed contract, score big at the project interview! But keep in mind you won't get enough points by competing on price alone. More and more, clients pick the winning team at the project interview based on a rating scale in which price is only one factor with limited weight. Clients - [Mediocrity Is Not An Option!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/mediocrity-is-not-an-option/) - Business owners want their companies to deliver the results they want. Do you know what you want? I'll bet at the top of your 'want' list is more money, more freedom, more time off, more wealth, and more fun! You want to build the best company in your marketplace that makes more net profit than your - [Re-View, Re-Do & Re-New!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/re-view-re-do-re-new/) - It's the start of a new season for your team. Over the last several years your team has won more games than it has lost but it still hasn't won a league championship. Always close but never the premier team that every other team aspires to become. Your team owners are a little frustrated with - [The 5% Factor!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/the-5-factor/) - In the good old days, construction companies were owned and run by builders. These proud, tough, hard working men (and women) learned their trade in the field, had years of practical experience, and knew what it took to get their projects finished on-time. If they didn't produce quality workmanship, they didn't last long. Back then - [Two Heads Are Better Than NONE! – Take Time To Plan Your Strategy](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/two-heads-are-better-than-none-take-time-to-plan-your-strategy/) - Imagine yourself stranded on a tiny island trying to make a strategic decision how to get off the island quickly and safely before you run out of food and die. Without any input, advice, or ideas from other people or outside advisors, it would be very difficult to decide what to do next or the - [The 8 Traits Of Great Companies!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/the-8-traits-of-great-companies/) - Good news! Now is the best time you’ll ever have to take a hard look at how your company does business. Why wait? When you start a company, you’re happy getting some work and making a little money. Then it grows into the company it is today by doing what it does relatively well for - [Margins, Mark-Up & Making Make More Money!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/margins-mark-up-making-make-more-money/) - I just spoke at a national convention of specialty contractors. I left shocked at the number of business owners who don’t know how to price their work. My guess is that over seventy-five percent of all contractors don’t know the right mark-up to use for overhead and profit. They just bid to get the work - [Slow And Steady Wins The Race!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/slow-and-steady-wins-the-race/) - My wife and I get up every morning around 6 am, start the coffee, and together we read the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. Last week I was traveling to the CONSTRUCT 2009 show in Indianapolis later that morning, so I didn’t have time to read every news section I wanted to. But I - [If I Could Start Over, What Would You Do Different?](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/if-i-could-start-over-what-would-you-do-different/) - Think of all the decisions you made over the last five to ten years that affected your future and where you are today. Now think of all those decisions you didn’t make you wish you had. Remember when you were busy signing new contracts, getting plenty of business, trying to juggle all your commitments, scheduling - [Generate More Customers!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/generate-more-customers/) - Of all the things you do to own, operate, manage and run your business, the most critical thing required to build a successful company is generating profitable revenue and sales. The other day I received a phone call from James of Gem Steel Contractors whom I wasn’t familiar with and didn’t know. He had broken - [New Years Resolutions That Work!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/new-years-resolutions-that-work/) - As the year end approaches, you get a little stressed-out over all the commitments you have to accomplish. This added stress and responsibility brings out the worst in your personal relationships, family issues, and business pressures. Plus you know you need to make a list of resolutions you should make to better your life and - [HOW TO MAKE 2009 FINE!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/how-to-make-2009-fine/) - Do you think 2009 will be fine? As I travel around the country and speak to 1,000's of business owners and managers in the construction industry, I get lots of different answers to that simple question. In some parts of the country commercial and public works construction is still going strong. While other some states - [Draft Your Business-Builder Blueprint!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/draft-your-business-builder-blueprint/) - Imagine you want to build your dream vacation lakefront home. You own the perfect 2 acre waterfront lot free and clear. You have plenty of money saved in the bank for construction. You've selected a great architect and excellent contractor. You are ready to start the building process. At your first development team meeting, you - [DO or Die A Slow Death!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/do-or-die-a-slow-death/) - The economy is changing faster than most businesses can adjust to. Successful companies now need to work harder and more efficient than ever to break even. They need to be focused, nimble, faster, and leaner and to produce profitable results. The companies who'll emerge as leaders in the roller coaster economy will be different, innovative, - [Boost Your Bottom-Line!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/boost-your-bottom-line/) - Buy Low & Still Sell High! Double Every Discount! Be Low & Then Charge More! Buy In Bulk! Get Another Quote! Mark-Up Your Mark-Up! Trash Your Tools! Estimators Are Not Professional Visitors! Empty Your Yard! Finish Faster Quicker! Clean Out The Dead Wood! Do More to Get More! Markup Smaller Bigger! Fire - [Boost Your Bottom-Line!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/boost-your-bottom-line-2/) - 20 Business Tools to Build Bigger Profits - Part 2 Buy Low & Still Sell High! Double Every Discount! Be Low & Then Charge More! Buy In Bulk! Get Another Quote! Mark-Up Your Mark-Up! Trash Your Tools! Estimators Are Not Professional Visitors! Empty Your Yard! Finish Faster Quicker! Clean Out The Dead Wood! Do - [Customer Focus = Bottom-Line Profit!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/customer-focus-bottom-line-profit/) - There are lots of ways to make a profit in the construction business. They include cutting costs, reducing overhead, improving field productivity, accurate estimating, reducing field mistakes, and having an excellent training program. All of these will give you a small improvement in your bottom-line, but not enough to make a significant difference. The easiest - [Never Give Customers More Than Promised!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/never-give-customers-more-than-promised/) - For the past 35 years I have done business with thousands of subcontractors, suppliers, architects, engineers, consultants, attorneys, vendors, and brokers, as well as an untold number of retail outlets and stores. Based on my experience, I have only found a few companies who back their promises with actual results and care about putting the - [Stop Doing Their Jobs For Them!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/stop-doing-their-jobs-for-them/) - Several years ago, I made a commitment to take charge of my company, put my priorities first, and focus on building a business that works for me. I committed to work smarter, get organized, be in-control, focus on things that produce bottom-line profits, delegate as much as possible, spend more time with customers, and get - [Live Life's 6 F's & 3 R's!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/live-lifes-6-fs-3-rs/) - We use large 100 ton cranes in our construction business to lift concrete tilt-up wall panels and erect the building's structure. It's very important to calculate each wall panel weight prior to lifting it onto the foundation. A conservative safety factor is used to determine the maximum load allowable and account for unforeseen circumstances. While - [Gone But Never Forgotten!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/gone-but-never-forgotten/) - This article is dedicated to Brooks Williams, owner and President of Brooks Corporation General Contractors of Las Vegas, Nevada who died in a tragic private plane crash with his wife on September 18, 2008. When we wanted to start developing commercial projects in Las Vegas a few years ago, I began the search for real estate brokers, - [How Entrepreneurs Profit During Slower Times](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/how-entrepreneurs-profit-during-slower-times/) - True Or False: The recent elections will not help your business in the near future? The slower economy is here to stay for at least one or two years? Your business must change or die a slow death? So, how are you doing? How's your business, cash-flow, stress level, and personal life? The economy got you down? Do - [Winning Coaches Call Good Plays!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/winning-coaches-call-good-plays/) - Think back when you first started in the construction business. Your company was smaller and things were a lot simpler. All you had to do to be successful was 'bid it' then 'build it' and finally 'bill it!" To grow your company, you just worked a little harder. To make more money, you just worked - [Make Your #1 Priority Your #1 Priority!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/make-your-1-priority-your-1-priority/) - Several years ago, I made a New Year resolution to take charge of my business life, put my priorities first and focus on building loyal customer relationships. I committed to: - work smarter, get organized and in-control - focus on the 20% that produces 80% of the results - delegate as much as possible to - [You Can't Make Enough Profit!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/you-cant-make-enough-profit/) - I'll make a small wager with you. Give me a day to look at how you manage your construction business and I'll bet I can find at least $10,000 you've lost, wasted or didn't charge enough for over the last few months. If I can't find anything, I owe you a steak dinner. But whatever - ["Must DO" Or Die!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/must-do-or-die/) - Every company must do a few things perfectly in order to be successful. If these important things aren't adhered to in a systematic and standardized way, the customer gets confused and stops doing business with the company. Would you go to McDonalds if the hamburgers were different every time? Your company can't go forward if - [Get Results Or "You're Fired!"](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/get-results-or-youre-fired/) - I hate to fire people, subcontractors, suppliers, architects or consultants. Last week I was forced to make a tough decision on one of our construction and development projects. Two years ago we made a strategic decision to seek industrial and office building development opportunities in Las Vegas, Nevada. Our first priority was to find the - [Fire Your Dad?](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/fire-your-dad/) - I grew up in a home where my Dad was an entrepreneur. He owned, managed, built and developed mobile home parks. He worked hard, lots of hours and often from his home office. After graduating from high school, I attended the University of Southern California (Go Trojans!) so I could play on the water polo - [Nine Necessary Numbers You Need To Know!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/nine-necessary-numbers-you-need-to-know/) - When I ask construction business owners and managers: 'Why they're in business?' They usually answer: 'To make a profit.' Then I ask: 'How much profit do you make?' Most don't really know. This tells me a majority of construction business owners and managers don't focus on what counts most: their numbers. Business owners and managers - [Marketing Musts To Make More Money!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/marketing-musts-to-make-more-money/) - What is the number one business tactic you must do every day to guarantee you'll make more money in good times and bad? __ Schedule your crews __ Bid work __ Purchase materials __ Train your crews __ Collect money __ Provide quality workmanship __ Maximize field efficiency __ Review contracts __ Complete required paperwork - [I Can't Find Any Accountable Or Responsible People!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/i-cant-find-any-accountable-or-responsible-people/) - What drives you crazy about owning or managing your construction business? Is it: - Trying to get paid? - Getting change orders approved? - Late material deliveries? - Having to cut your bid? - Signing 27 page contracts? - Going to stupid job meetings? - Showing up when the job isn't ready? - Waiting for - [8 Must Meetings To Make Your Business Work!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/8-must-meetings-to-make-your-business-work/) - Why do most people feel meetings are a waste of time? Because they often are! Too often managers call too many meetings to report on what's happening and don't involve the attendees, ask for input, have meaningful discussions, or adjourn with an action plan. In some meetings the leader rambles along and doesn't keep the - [Pro-Active Field 'Must Do' Systems!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/pro-active-field-must-do-systems/) - I graduated from the University Of Southern California (Go Trojans!) with a degree in civil-structural engineering. My first job after college was as a structural engineer (in training) at Bechtel Corporation for nine months. Next I was hired as a project engineer for a commercial builder headquartered in Southern California. Project engineer is another title - [Buy Real Estate Before Your Next Truck!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/buy-real-estate-before-your-next-truck/) - The construction business is a hard way to build a fortune. Only a few construction business owners ever make enough money in their lifetime to acquire enough financial assets to become wealthy or retire in a comfortable way. But those who make it a priority to invest in real estate as a part of their - [Fill The Seats Or Go Broke!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/fill-the-seats-or-go-broke/) - If you were the owner of a NFL football team, your number one goal would be to fill all the seats every week. To fill seats takes a multiple approach. You must put a winning product on the field and you must sell seats. Seats don’t sell themselves. It takes a huge effort to create - [Hire The Right Players Now! How To Find & Keep A Winning](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/hire-the-right-players-now-how-to-find-keep-a-winning/) - If you were the owner of a NBA basketball team, one of your top goals would be to have the best players on your team. With only five players on the court at any one time, every one of them is critical to winning. If you don’t do a good job hiring the right players, - [Draft A Winning Playbook! How To Write A Winning Strategic](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/draft-a-winning-playbook-how-to-write-a-winning-strategic/) - I played a lot of touch football when I was around ten years old. Eight of us boys from the neighborhood would gather at our local park and choose teams. Then the two teams would line up across from each other, agree on the rules, and get ready to start the game. After a coin - [Sales Is A Numbers Game! How To Implement A Winning](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/sales-is-a-numbers-game-how-to-implement-a-winning/) - What business activity makes the most $$$ for your company? I bet you didn’t say: ‘Sales!’ To most contractors, their total sales effort is no more than picking up a set of plans from a customer, estimating the job, turning in a bid, and then waiting for the results. They rely heavily on price to - [Bug ‘Em ‘Til They Buy Or Die!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/bug-em-til-they-buy-or-die/) - I bet you hate to make cold calls. Thankfully, over the last ten years or more, you didn’t need to cold call, market, or sell much to win your share of contracts or profitable work. The phone just kept ringing and you stayed busy. You also like it when potential customers call you with jobs - [Coaches Empower Players To Win!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/coaches-empower-players-to-win/) - To become a competitive profitable company, your people must be allowed to do the best they can and be able to contribute their fullest capabilities. They must not be held back by an owner or boss who controls every decision or move employees make. In order to win a professional basketball game, the coach designs - [Motivate Players To Perform!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/motivate-players-to-perform/) - I used to get tired of trying to get my people to do what I wanted them to do. They always had what appeared to be legitimate excuses why they didn’t get the job done on time, or why they didn’t follow directions, or why it wasn’t their fault when something went wrong out on - [Win With Open-Book Management!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/win-with-open-book-management/) - Your company is in business to make money. Open-book management is a system that teaches managers and employees how to win the game of business. In sports, everyone knows the score, their playing statistics, and what they need to do to win the game they are playing. Without open-book management, most employees have no clue - [Don’t Win The Game & Lose Your Business!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/dont-win-the-game-lose-your-business/) - Have you ever played on a sports team with a losing record? As the season comes closer to the end, a losing coach must make one of two choices: panic in desperation and call some bad plays or sacrifice short-term gains to build for the future. The desperate coach who fears for their future often - [Sell To Win!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/sell-to-win/) - Most businesses have fixed indirect overhead expenses that don’t vary much as their sales go up or down. With a relatively fixed cost of doing business, the best way to make more profit is to generate more revenue. In order to obtain more sales, successful companies have someone responsible to make it rain money. Indian - [Win Beyond 2010!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/win-beyond-2010/) - A winning business must work regardless of the economy or market. It must work well, super fast, extremely efficient, very lean, and produce a profitable bottom-line. If your company doesn’t work or achieve its’ goals, it’s not the economy or marketplace; there must be something wrong with its’ business model, operations, or company leadership. To - [Entrepreneurial Excellence 1 - Build An 'On-Purpose.On-](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/entrepreneurial-excellence-1-build-an-on-purpose-on/) - Imagine you owned or managed the perfect construction business. What would it be like? In my perfect business, I would come in to the office two or three days a week. Check-in with my managers; review their projects and progress; give them some encouragement and direction; call a few loyal customers and take them to - [Entrepreneurial Excellence 2 - Build A Profitable Business!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/entrepreneurial-excellence-2-build-a-profitable-business/) - If I followed you around for a day, what would I see? What would be your focus? Would you be spending your time on details, scheduling crews, making sure materials are on the jobsite, bidding work, meeting with customers, showing your foreman what to do, or completing the job paperwork? Do these activities make you - [Entrepreneurial Excellence 3 - Replace Yourself With](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/entrepreneurial-excellence-3-replace-yourself-with/) - Have you noticed the construction business is a lot like the circus? You spend your days juggling, taming lions, fire eating, sword swallowing, getting shot out of a cannon, walking tight ropes, dealing with clowns, cleaning up after the elephants, and working with monkeys. With today's pressure to do more with less, how can you - [Entrepreneurial Excellence 4 - Install Financial Systems &](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/entrepreneurial-excellence-4-install-financial-systems/) - As your construction business grows, you get to the point you can't do it all yourself. You really don't like paperwork, accounting or bookkeeping. But you have to pay your bills, balance your checkbook and collect your receivables to keep your doors open. So you try and pawn off the accounting to your spouse or - [Entrepreneurial Excellence 5 - Accurate Estimating Systems Are Accurate!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/entrepreneurial-excellence-5-accurate-estimating-systems-are-accurate/) - Has this ever happened to you? You negotiate an easy project to build with a great customer who trusts you, doesn't question your costs, and awards you the job at your price. Then, seven months later, you discover your estimator didn't put enough in the labor budget to complete all the work required. The time - [Entrepreneurial Excellence 6 - Field Operational Systems](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/entrepreneurial-excellence-6-field-operational-systems/) - When is the last time you had a job go according to your plan? Do your field crews perform their work exactly the way you want it done? Do key people make good decisions without asking you first? Do your superintendents meet their schedules and commitments? Do your foremen take responsibility and accountability for quality, - [Entrepreneurial Excellence 7 - Pro Active Project Management Systems by George Hedley](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/entrepreneurial-excellence-7-pro-active-project-management-systems-by-george-hedley/) - All of your construction projects must be running smoothly. As you walk from office to office asking your project managers how things are going. Their responses include: "Everything's O.K." "99% complete, just a few little things left." "I think we'll finish on time." "I'm getting all the signatures tomorrow." "The paperwork is almost done." "We're - [Entrepreneurial Excellence 8: Marketing & Sales Systems!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/entrepreneurial-excellence-8-marketing-sales-systems/) - I'm playing golf and my cell phone rings. It's one of my best customers who tells me he just signed a lease with a manufacturing company for a new 60,000 square foot building to be built in Anaheim, California. He then asks me the magic questions: "Do you want to build it for me? If - [Entrepreneurial Excellence Step 10: Leadership Systems!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/entrepreneurial-excellence-step-10-leadership-systems/) - By now you are well on your way to implementing the first nine steps of this entrepreneurial excellence series. You are getting close to owning a business that works without your constant attention, direct supervision, controlling, micromanaging, and everyday decision making. You have created extra time to do what business owners enjoy doing - leading - [Entrepreneurial Excellence - Step 9: People Success & Training System!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/entrepreneurial-excellence-step-9-people-success-training-system/) - How many times have you said to yourself: "It seems like workers don't care." "Can't anyone take some initiative?" "No one accepts any responsibility except me!" "It seems like people don't get excited about doing a good job anymore!" "If only we could find some decent help!" At the same time your employees are thinking: - [Entrepreneurial Excellence 12: Enjoy The Benefits Of Business Ownership! by George Hedley](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/entrepreneurial-excellence-11-grow-equity-build-wealth/) - Select which reason you think most construction company owners go into business: ___ They like to work 80 hours per week ___ They like to be stressed out ___ They like to be out of control ___ They like to be under-paid ___ They like to be over-worked ___ They like to have no life - [Entrepreneurial Excellence 11: Grow Equity & Build Wealth!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/entrepreneurial-excellence-11-grow-equity-build-wealth-2/) - Ask fifty construction company owners what a perfect business would be like for them. You'll likely get forty-nine different answers. But, one common focus will stand out - business owners want their business to create equity and build wealth. Equity and wealth are the outcome of consistently making a profit, retaining it and using it - [Building A Beyond 2000 Business](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/building-a-beyond-2000-business/) - The successful business today must work! Work well, work fast, work lean and produce results. Leading companies today are innovative, creative, cutting edge AND always achieve exceptional bottom-line results. Old methods of doing business won't deliver above average results. Old customer pipelines don't work. Old management techniques do not work. Most business leaders are stuck - [Be Huge!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/be-huge/) - Have you noticed people who think and act small, stay small? And those who think and act BIG, are the ones who make it happen? Being HUGE is attitude, altitude, and active action. It's getting past the little things which get in your way and hold you back. It's being bigger than setbacks and obstacles - [Don't Just Survive. 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"What if you can't get very - [Exciting Vision = Results!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/exciting-vision-results/) - Business owners, leaders, and managers continue to be stuck in the past. They fail to realize by squeezing out the last drop of productivity, cutting their overhead to the bare bones, trying to cut costs, working harder, and continuing to do business the same way with the same old customers, won't cut it today. When - [Got Profit? Get Profit-Driven!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/got-profit-get-profit-driven-2/) - What is your top business priority every day? Where do you spend your time? Is it attention to details, customer service, supervising, scheduling crews or subcontractors, ordering materials, pricing jobs, or paperwork? To improve your bottom-line, it shouldn’t be any of the above! Maximizing your profit must be the top priority in everything you do! - [7 Steps To Business Failure](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/7-steps-to-business-failure/) - Everything is changing as you get tossed around on this sea of constant change. But basic business fundamentals never change. Here are seven sure-fire ways to fail in business: 1. Stay Busy ("No written plan!") Trying to stay busy to keep you working is not a plan for success. Neither is jumping from one strategy - [Work Less & Do More!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/work-less-do-more/) - Many construction owners and managers complain about working too many hours. While speaking at two construction industry conventions, I surveyed the attendees about their work life habits. How do you compare? Typical work week: 15% work forty hours or less per week 52% work up to 60 hours per week 33% work over 60 hours - [You Can't Do It All Yourself!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/you-cant-do-it-all-yourself/) - During my first seven years starting and building my construction company, I tried to do it all myself. I did all the estimates and presented the bids; I signed all the contracts, subcontracts, and change orders; I made the big field decisions; I purchased all materials and equipment; I awarded subcontracts; I went to all - [You Can't Get Rich With Your Head In A Ditch!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/you-cant-get-rich-with-your-head-in-a-ditch/) - Ever feel like the more you do yourself the less you get done? Most construction business owners work far too hard for the return they get. They have too many details to attend to and not enough time to focus on the big things that make them the most money. See how you operate by - [It's New Years Resolution Time!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/its-new-years-resolution-time/) - Could you imagine a professional football coach starting the season without a target or goal to win more games than they did last year? Of course not! A great coach always takes a look at their strengths and weaknesses after the season's end to determine what it will take to do better next year. As - [Live More, Give More & Get More](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/live-more-give-more-get-more/) - Several years ago, I went to a goals seminar to get control of my business and personal life. The following Monday morning, I got to work early and made a list of things to do. By 8:30am, after several phone calls, faxes, e-mails, interruptions, and an emergency conference with a job site superintendent, I hadn’t - [Is Your Company Stuck In The Muck?](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/is-your-company-stuck-in-the-muck/) - Is your business growing and giving you the results you wanted when you first started your entrepreneurial journey? Or are you stuck in the muck and can’t seem to get moving? As small companies begin to grow, they get bogged down, hit challenges, and find roadblocks that hold them back. These include lack of time, - [Don't WAit Until It's Too Late! - 10 Things You Must Do Now.](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/dont-wait-until-its-too-late-10-things-you-must-do-now/) - Customers have stopped buying, companies are closing, layoffs are common, banks have stopped lending, consumer confidence is falling, and the list goes on. Many business owners hope things gets better before it's too late and are struggling to stay afloat during these tough times. As a business owner, manager or leader your choice is simple. - [Let Go To Grow!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/let-go-to-grow/) - As a business owner, I need to get a huge return on my time. Every year, our company does $40 to 75 million in commercial construction and development. We also manage over 500,000 square feet of leased buildings. I don't have time to sweat the small stuff. But, I have great people who do! When I started my construction - [What Labor Shortage](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/what-labor-shortage/) - There Are Enough Workers! Everyone complains they can't find enough good help. So the construction industry labor shortage must exist. Right? Well, guess what? There is NOT a labor shortage in the United States. A new luxury hotel recently opened in Las Vegas attracting 84,000 applicants for only 9,600 job openings. People flock to great - [Leaders Make Selling a Priority](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/leaders-make-selling-a-priority/) - "I have some deep concerns about the future of your company. I have some deep concerns about your leadership. I have some deep concerns about the management team you have assembled. Your business is not growing for one reason: You and your management team are not leading by example." This is the opening to a - [Slap Their Backs](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/slap-their-backs/) - My first year in high school, I went out for the water polo team. Our coach was also the head baseball coach who never played water polo and couldn't swim. As the season progressed, we learned the basics and began to gel as a team. I liked our coach and discovered his baseball teams consistently - [Too Busy Too Train?](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/too-busy-too-train/) - Do you wish your field crews and management people were as good as you? Do they often struggle and fail to do things the way you want them done? How long does it take them to master a new task or idea? Would a regular training program make a difference? I recently surveyed more than 2000 contractors - [Can You Trust Your People Too Much?](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/can-you-trust-your-people-too-much/) - Have you ever had the day from hell? Well, I just completed 100 of the worst days in 25 years of owning my construction business. I recently hired a new controller and as he began to take over the accounting department, he discovered some unusual situations. For example, the company cell phone bill included four - [Let Go And Watch Them Grow!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/let-go-and-watch-them-grow/) - Trust is the number one characteristic of leaders. Without trust, people won't follow you. Can you imagine buying products from a store or insurance from an agent you don't trust? You're just not going to do it. Would you do repeat business with someone you didn't trust regardless of price? I remember a time - [Exciting Vision = Results!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/exciting-vision-results-2/) - Business owners, leaders, and managers continue to be stuck in the past. They fail to realize by squeezing out the last drop of productivity, cutting their overhead to the bare bones, trying to cut costs, working harder, and continuing to do business the same way with the same old customers, won't cut it today. When - [Motivating Your Workforce](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/motivating-your-workforce/) - I used to get tired of trying to get my people to do what I wanted them to do. They always had what appeared to be legitimate excuses why they didn't get the job done on time, or why they didn't follow my directions, or why it wasn't their fault when something went wrong out - [No Train No Gain!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/no-train-no-gain/) - I played water polo in high school and college. After summer vacation, our two week training camp would start in early September, it was tough. Twice a day for two hours per session, we would swim laps, pass the ball, practice our skills, shoot goals, lift weights, and work on our offense and defense techniques. - [No Pain - Just Train!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/no-pain-just-train/) - I played water polo in high school and college. After summer vacation, our two week training camp would start in early September. Twice a day we would swim laps, pass the ball, practice our skills, shoot goals, lift weights, and work on our offense and defense techniques. After our skills returned to a competent level, - [Want To Stay Busy Or Make Money?](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/want-to-stay-busy-or-make-money/) - As a business owner, I bet you love what you do. You're really good at doing your work with pride, integrity, and quality workmanship. If asked, you tell people you are the best at what you do and stand by your finished product and personal service. You have spent years working hard, building your company, - [Customer Care = Cash!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/customer-care-cash/) - After every holiday, I am always glad they are over. Too much food. Too much fun. Not enough productivity. During the Thanksgiving and Christmas season, traditionally we stop what we're doing to give gifts and thank those who make it all possible - our customers and clients. This year my suppliers, subcontractors and service providers gave me one bottle of - [Working With George - Meet George Hedley!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/working-with-george-meet-george-hedley/) - Working with Construction Business Guru George Hedley has never been easier. Watch this video to see how George can help YOU create a profitable construction biz. - [Can't Find Enough Good Help?](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/cant-find-enough-good-help/) - Builders, contractors, and subcontractors continually complain they can't find enough trained help to get all their work done. People, or a lack of them, is their biggest problem. This leads me to believe that construction business owners should make finding, training, and keeping great employees their number one priority. But, do they? Take the People Priority - [Bug 'EM Til They Buy or Die (long version)](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/bug-em-til-they-buy-or-die-long-version/) - I hate cold calls. But I love it when Future Customers call me. So I developed a marketing plan that doesn’t require cold calls. Instead, it’s more like a form of that Chinese Water Torture you’d hear about in the old movies --- Drip. Drip. Drip. I call it: Bug ‘Em Til They Buy or - [Quality Doesn't Matter!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/quality-doesnt-matter/) - Is quality really an issue when you shop for a new laptop computer, select an insurance company, or buy a home? Do you care about quality when choosing an architect, engineer or bank? After bidding a project per plans and specifications, is quality the main selection criteria when hiring a supplier or subcontractor to do the work? - [Sell More Than Price](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/sell-more-than-price/) - Ever been low bid and didn't get the job? Follow these proven suggestions to win more profitable work. Bidding lots of jobs will not guarantee a steady flow of profitable work in today's fast paced construction business climate. Successful general contractors and subcontractors have learned that bidding is only one step in the sales cycle. 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Attendance at - [construction@future2change](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/constructionfuture2change/) - In the next 10 years, things will not be what you expect! Construction hasn't really changed much in the last 50 years, or has it? Only a few years ago, a handshake, a builder's set of blueprints, a yellow pad, a pencil, a calculator, a tape measure and a pickup truck was all contractors needed. - [9 Steps To Signing A Successful Construction Contract](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/9-steps-to-signing-a-successful-construction-contract/) - The construction business is risky enough without contractual unknowns. Lower your risk by using this basic checklist for reviewing a contract. Often times, general contractors and subcontractors are so excited to get a new job they will sign any contract put in front of them. I have even seen contractors sign lengthy contracts containing clauses - [How To Get Paid Fast](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/how-to-get-paid-fast/) - Want to improve your cash flow? Then follow these tips to ensure prompt payment for your work. The construction business used to be so easy. All you had to do was bid, build and bill. Submitting bids that were clear, complete and competitive would get you more jobs. Doing high quality work, according to the - [How Much Profit Is Enough](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/how-much-profit-is-enough/) - Business owners often ask me: "How much profit should I expect to make? AS MUCH MONEY AS POSSIBLE! Is this a target? MORE! More than what? These are not clear targets or goals. A young entrepreneur came to me for advice and told me his five year goal was to work real hard, be totally - [Handshakes Don't Count!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/handshakes-dont-count/) - Doesn't it seem like there are three phases to most construction projects? -- (1) Pre-Construction, (2) Construction, and (3) Lawsuit? Contractors, subcontractors, and specialty contractors are optimists. They bid jobs regardless of difficulty, location or size. And, when they come in with the lowest bid, they think they are the only bidder who got it right regardless of - [Handshakes Don't Count!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/handshakes-dont-count-2/) - Doesn't it seem like there are three phases to most construction projects? -- (1) Pre-Construction, (2) Construction, and (3) Lawsuit? Contractors, subcontractors, and specialty contractors are optimists. They bid jobs regardless of difficulty, location or size. And, when they come in with the lowest bid, they think they are the only bidder who got it right regardless of - [Is Your Bid Hit Ratio OK?](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/is-your-bid-hit-ratio-ok/) - Bid-Hit ratio is the rate at which you successfully bid or propose on projects. For example, a 5 : 1 Bid-Hit ratio says for every five jobs you bid or propose on, you are awarded one. Do you know what your Bid-Hit ratio is? Do you keep track of it? How do you use it? Whenever I present my - [Start Every Project Right](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/start-every-project-right/) - Walk through the mud, kick the dirt, smell the air and get excited! Start every project right by holding a pre-job start-up meeting, on the jobsite, with every team member in attendance. Get everyone focused, outline the goals and objectives, make commitments, avoid potential conflicts and make your project a success. Some on your team may - [Will Owners Pay More](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/will-owners-pay-more/) - Can you imagine living in a world where construction project owners and developers pay more for quality work & excellent service? As a commercial general contractor for over 25 years, I never dreamed this might come true...or has it? My vast experience bidding and negotiating on 1,000's of projects contradicts the recent survey I took at a - [Submit Better Bids & Get More Work!](https://hardhatbizcoach.com/submit-better-bids-get-more-work/) - "It's impossible to compete in this tight construction market." "There's always too much competition." "I can't find any profitable jobs to bid." "The only way I get any jobs is when we leave too much money on the table." "I get tired of cutting our bids to beat the competition." 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