Business Management Best Practices

Construction

Want to Shorten Your Build Time? It Is Possible

While the construction industry suffers longer cycle times, some builders are getting faster. Here's how

Leadership

5 Strategies Companies Can Use to Solve Quality and Service Challenges

Good service starts with leadership to ensure effective production management

A group of Gen Z coworkers sit around a table working together

Demographics

Gen Z Is Actually More Financially Savvy Than You Think

A survey looking at how in touch business leaders are with Gen Z reveals some useful insights

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Business Management Best Practices

3 Ways Home Builders Can Mitigate Risk in an Evolving Housing Market

Monitoring conditions and being open to new strategies can help home builders navigate the housing market

Leadership

Business Metrics and the Imagination Age of Home Building

It’s time to get serious about your business metrics and make them work harder (and smarter) for you

The Imagination Age of using information and data in home building

Business Management Best Practices

Supply Chain Enhancements to Help Avoid Future Materials Shortages

Dallas-based Highland Homes took the initiative to solve pandemic-driven supply chain woes to ensure a more secure, reliable future

Business Management Best Practices

5 Questions About Preconstruction Service Agreements Answered

Stop giving away your expertise for free. Preconstruction service agreements create transparency between you and your client and place real value on your work

Two construction workers shake hands behind a table that has documents and a yellow hard hat on it

Leadership

5 Myths About Business Decision-Making Debunked

From hubris to procrastination and inaction, don't let these barriers to faster and better decision-making bog down your business and limit its success and profitability

Woman in blazer smiles and holds hard hat, behind her are four construction workers conversing

Business Management

Got Benchmarking?

Consider the benefits of comparing and measuring your data against broader industry sets to establish goals and improve your business

Business Management

Ways to Improve Home Building Productivity, Part 2: Automation

Home builders can maximize efficiencies gained through simplification and standardization by automating both on-site and back-office operations

Automation in home building includes off-site construction

Business Management

Happiness and 'The Bear'

Can happiness be the core strategy of a home building business? It can ... and it probably should be

Happiness in home building: CEO and co-founder Chris Schell at Schell Brothers

Business Management

How to Improve Home Building Productivity, Part 1

Simplifying and standardizing your processes and purchasing creates efficiencies that save money and time and attract the best trade partners

Tradesperson installing a standard door frame throughout several production homes improves productivity

Business Management

Business Management: Then vs. Now

How much has the home building industry changed in the last half-century? Here’s a look at 12 home building operating practices and how they’ve evolved

Business Management

Business Measurement Fails, Part I

Why is getting the numbers right so hard when managing a business?

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Want to Shorten Your Build Time? It Is Possible

5 Strategies Companies Can Use to Solve Quality and Service Challenges

Gen Z Is Actually More Financially Savvy Than You Think

3 Ways Home Builders Can Mitigate Risk in an Evolving Housing Market

Demand for Distressed Properties Weakens

As Prices Remain Elevated, Second Homes Become Less Common

With Less Buyer Competition, Down Payments Begin to Drop