2024 Year in Review

Steve Warfle CEO InSite Software Inc.  Over the past year, we have seen the grading industry continue to navigate complex challenges while embracing innovation. Labor shortages have...
employee retention

Don’t Let ‘Em Go: Part 2 of 2

In part one of this article, the cost of a departing employee, the cost of turnover, and what can be done to improve retention...
Consensus Building

Win-Win Decisions: Part 2

Getting a team to reach a mutual decision can be more than challenging. Individual members have viewpoints that are influenced by their paradigms, experiences,...

Putting Lean Construction to Work

Though many 4-year degrees now come with mountains of student debt, one of the most in-demand career paths doesn’t require one at all. The...

Building Better Solutions for Contractors

As the national sales manager for Builders and Contractors Trust (BCT), one of the original pioneers in the sponsorship of tax-advantaged Supplemental Unemployment Benefit...

The Great Communicator

In studying the highest levels of leadership, impact, and influence, several common aspects of effective communication become clear. The 10th anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s...

5 Innovation Killers That Lurk Within Businesses

The work of innovative thinkers is why the world has smartphones, laptop computers, toaster ovens, and numerous other gadgets and creative approaches to problem...

4 Keys to Financial Management

Buoyed by an infusion of cash that is set to come into the construction industry from key pieces of legislation—including the Creating Helpful Incentives...

Can’t do it all yourself? Learn to delegate.

By Preston Ingalls Delegating is the act of assigning formal tasks and responsibilities to a subordinate, together with the necessary authority to carry them out....

Those Darn Boomers: Part 1 of 2

By Preston Ingalls So, you have to work with a Baby Boomer or two? Ever notice they are different from the other Generations, like Gen...