7 Sales and Marketing Trends to Watch (and Learn From)
These award-winning campaigns from NAHB's 2024 National Sales and Marketing Awards showcase next-level strategies and stellar results
Proven Ways to Improve Jobsite Productivity
Consider these solutions for reducing cycle time, hard costs, dry runs, rework, miscommunication, and overall inefficiencies on the jobsite
Sales and Texting? Know the Rules
Texting your sales prospects en masse can be an efficient way to get your message through if you follow these best practices
How to Create a More Inclusive Workplace for Women in Construction
Consider these tips and techniques to attract and retain more women in your home building company and reap the benefits of a more diverse workforce
Ways Women Are Overcoming Hurdles and Making Gains in Construction Careers
Actionable advice for women construction workers who encounter bias on the job
7 Ways Jobsites Could Be More Inclusive and Welcoming to Women
Four industry pros weigh in on simple but significant ways to make construction sites more welcoming to women
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. …
Translation consternation
“I’ve got a 40-page company policy and about 40 Hispanic employees. Any advice when it comes to translation?”
This question…
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…
2014 National Housing Quality Awards continues to accept submissions
The NHQ Award is modeled after the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and represents the housing industry’s highest recognition for achievements in total quality management.
Catalog ideas; don’t shoot them
Yesterday I attended a Construction and Safety Expo outside Chicago. General contractors, Sub-contractors and Safety Suppliers were dishing on…
Scottsdale builder wins award for unprecedented fourth straight year
Eliant has announced Rosewood Homes as winner of the 2013 Homebuyers’ Choice Award for providing the “Best Overall Purchase and Ownership Experience” in North America.
Sustaining quality: Underlying causes for failure
A question that regularly arises is how to sustain quality management or to put it another way, what are the reasons for quality management…
What’s your moon shot?
You probably missed it.
Nearly everyone did.
At the end of last year Kansas City quietly became the first metro area…
How to be an instant conversation starter
In your personal and professional life, being easy to talk to is a skill worth developing. But good conversationalists are rare.
There…
Quality and risk management
Standards provide crucial communication, alignment and compatibility at an international, national, industry and individual organizational level…
