Winter is a time for planning, but Summer is a time for reflection, on both your business and your personal life. Earlier this month I wrote about "reforecasting" your budget for the second half of the year. While that's critical, this is also the time to engage...
Every August we take off for a few weeks of vacation, generally overseas. We have visited many new places over the years––meeting great people, exploring old cultures and trying inspiring food. One thing we have come to enjoy is working with local tour guides who take...
Over Memorial Day weekend I had the opportunity to travel with 2 of my siblings to the Indy 500. It's a dream we have had for a long time: the experience of sharing time together, as well as attending one of the most historical racing events in the world. Both my...
Take time to celebrate the important milestones in your business and life. My wife and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary in early May. Friends and family flew in from 4 countries and from across the USA to help us mark this milestone. At our party, there was...
How do you get your foremen, project managers, and supervisors to drive revenue and profitability? There is more than one way to skin this cat. One of the many topics I touch upon at my annual virtual Financial Master Class is managing and maximizing billable hours....
Remember a while back when finding an employee was more like fishing in a full pond? You had the opportunity to pick and choose, however for the employee it meant 'really selling yourself' and working hard to land a good job. These days the tables are turned. And many...
In case you missed the most amazing conference last week, "Effective CEO/COO Partnerships," here are 10 takeaway’s from the event, as told to me by the participants. I need to plan more “us” time for my COO and myself, in order to do real planning and for me to...
Is your use of time holding you back? Jeffrey discusses seven ways to increase your output in less time.
Some winters are flush with cash and some winters are lean. When winter revenue is low, you may feel like you are in lean times, like Moses wandering through the desert. While this can be a bad feeling, focusing directly on a 'lack of money' will make matters worse. I...
Every service company has to make an assessment of how much unproductive non-billable time their crews will have in a year, and this in effect becomes part of their overhead. Do you track this? If not, you are not alone. Many if not most companies don’t track...
