by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 26, 2023 | General IT Tips & Advice, Management, Productivity, Project Management
The daily scrum: It’s not a status meeting, it’s a synchronization meeting Hat tip to Mike Cohn of Mountain Goat Software
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 22, 2023 | Leadership, Management, Project Management
One of the problems I have seen and even experienced in my own company at times was what I called “Accidental Project Manager Syndrome”. It is believed to have originated from the real-world scenario where individuals find themselves managing projects without having...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 21, 2023 | Customer Relationship Management, Lead Tracking & Management, Management
Mike Knoche writes in ProRemodeler.com May 30th 2023 an article entitled: “4 Qualifying Questions For When Clients Come Calling”. Well yeah,… almost,…I guess that’s okay but I wouldn’t be so blunt in asking those questions outright: 1. What is the size and scope...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 22, 2023 | Books, Management
I am always interested in books and articles on LEADERSHIP so I guess a couple of weeks ago now I read this Pro Remodeler article and I ordered a copy of the book and I can heartily recommend it. To me it reads a like it’s Allison Iantosca’s version of the classic...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 21, 2023 | Books, Management, Uncategorized
My friend (we grew up in the same home town of Chappaqua NY) and Business & Leadership Growth Coach Mark Green (we grew up in the same hometown a few years apart) back in 2019 wrote a great book called: Activators: A CEO’s Guide to Clearer Thinking and Getting...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 20, 2023 | Beyond Building & Remodeling, Management, Marketing, Quotes & Inspiration
No Man Ever Steps In the Same River Twice — Heraclitus The central idea of Heraclitus’ philosophy (~500 BC) is the unity of opposites and the concept of change. He saw the world as constantly in flux, always “becoming” but never “being”....
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 12, 2023 | Management, Rants
I originally wrote this blog article back on Dec 11th of 2005. To the best of my recollection I was reading the Construction Contractors’ Survival Guide by Thomas C. Schleifer and chapter 2 was entitled Elements of Contractor Failure and was inspired to do more...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 5, 2022 | Leadership, Management, Project Management, Uncategorized
It was back in the early 00s that in one of the project management email list groups I was subscribed to I was turned onto a book entitled: “Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War” and discovered the OODA loop and it clicked,… it mattered,… it mattered a...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 20, 2021 | Employees, Leadership, Management, Marketing
CXO was a term/phrase new to me so when I saw it on a form I had to look it up ——— Chief Experience Officer (CXO) A chief experience officer (CXO) is an executive in the C-suite who ensures positive interactions with an organization’s customers. What a CXO does...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 6, 2019 | Management, The Housing Industry
Interesting stuff (well I find it interesting) from the page for Main Findings in the The Construction Chart Book (6th edition) As of 2012 (the latest year for which data are available), 80% of the approximately 3 million construction establishments had no employees...
