Do you remove things that get in the way of progress?
Here are some interesting results from a 2011 survey by the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program.
The all American home
When we talk about sustainable home building we focus on energy efficiency and green.
But another level of sustainable building is ensuring…
SMART
The SMART acronym is an excellent way to evaluate your goals and objectives.
Are they Specific, M…
Clean job sites…who cares!?
Disorganized and untidy job sites are covered with destroyed or damaged materials, reflect chaos between trades, reduce productivity and send the…
Talent management and best practices
We spend a lot of time and effort training our teams and developing them in our culture and so the retention and ongoing development of our talent…
Sustainability and social responsibility
The construction industry dramatically impacts the environment, with buildings consuming 17 percent of the world’s fresh water, 25 percent of its…
Construction
Home Builder Scopes of Work
One of the keys to a successful builder and home is a strong set of scopes of work
Don’t service or process me, I am a customer
I am not a car nor am I a piece of meat, so please don’t service or process me, I am a customer! But those terms and attitudes still exist.
…Profiles of Deployment Success
How well are your values, policies and strategic drivers deployed within your organization?
To consider this let use quality management as…
The Quality Management Environment
There are 4 key areas that make up the Quality Management Environment.
- Core Values
- Corporate Strategy
- Quality…