Leadership
Leadership
A compilation of HousingZone's articles, surveys, ideas, trends, and tips on leadership for residential builders, remodelers, and architects serving the residential construction industry.
Five Tips for Better Business Advice
Getting the best advice means knowing where the best advice comes from
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Would You Invest in Your Business?
A brief guide to Gauging Your Business’ Value
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Meeting Right: Maximizing Meeting Value
Sales leader and author Mark Richardson shares his advice for how custom builders, and leaders throughout residential construction, can improve the effectiveness of thier staff meetings
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Winning With the Trades
Even in a tight labor market, there are ways custom builders can stand out as the preferred company for their trades
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Mark Richardson: Help your potential clients feel more confident
Confidence. Such a simple word but also a word that may have more to do with your success or failure than any other.
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Hot elevation + Lean = Fast sales
The overriding principle of Lean Design is marketability. The winning combo is to make the home simple and efficient to build while having an…
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Excuse me, sir…your PowerPoint sucks
Stop me if you’ve heard this before. Guy gets up to give a presentation. Self-deprecating intro. Well-dressed. Strong voice.…
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Translation consternation
“I’ve got a 40-page company policy and about 40 Hispanic employees. Any advice when it comes to translation?” This question came at me during the Q…
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Communicate your vision like Amazon.com's CEO
Wanted: Woman who could get me out of a third world prison. This is how Jeff Bezos, Founder and CEO of Amazon.com, articulated what he was looking…
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5 keys to being a good salesman by Jerry Jones
In 2008 the Dallas Cowboys were the featured team on HBO’s Hard Knocks. Hard Knocks is the reality documentary series that takes you behind the…
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4 tips for the coming labor crunch
A CNN Money article this week elaborated on what many construction firms already know: good labor is now hard to find. Some find this news…
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The power of saying “No”
To a remodeling contractor, saying “no” to a potential client could possibly be the best decision you make for your company. A few years ago, I was…
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How to use information to become indispensable
This thing will change your life. It may appear to be another timemarking commodity. It’s not. This clock not only…
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Socialize this
There’s a new business buzzword spreading like Strep Throat. I’m betting it’s still in the early adoption phase, but these viral epidemics (pandemics…