Shinn Group's 2024 Achievement Awards Winners
The awards recognize home builders for their excellence, discipline, and continuous improvement
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
Lean Building
Top 10 Lean Building Myths Busted
From the lack of meaningful savings to the overwhelming time commitment, Lean operations guru Scott Sedam refutes the most common misconceptions about implementing Lean process in home building
You don't have time NOT to do this
Probably the simultaneously most understandable yet least valid excuse for not launching a Lean implementation is that your staff is overloaded…
Tablet Revolution
It seems hard to believe now, but when the iPad was introduced last year, there was a lot of question about whether or not Apple had finally made…
Save $5 a square foot with the right integrated software system
From the year 1999 to 2001 I led the enterprise wide SAP conversion for a top ten builder. Up until that time, very little was ever seen of a…
BIM are we using it to its max and not forgetting quality?
BIM is technology which can be of enormous help. It can of course be a great tool to help us integrate for example design and estimating. It…
An impact of quality video, a builders view
So often I hear builders say that quality may work in manufacturing plants, but not out here building homes. Well of course it does work, but…
Using Performance Feedback to increase Productivity
In speaking to many builders and re-modelers weekly, it has been interesting to take note that the classic performance appraisal has fallen by the…
How to get your Real Estate Firm to Perform
For several years I led 600 real estate agents across multiple markets. About 20% of my business involved the Homebuilder. Here’s what I learned…
Lean means cheap, ugly houses – NOT!
Todd Hallett and I are working with a fantastic smaller builder in California this week. They really “get it” and are very open to input from all…
Performance excellence self-assessment table
From Cargill to Caterpillar, from Motorola and Boeing to Ritz Carlton they all use the Baldrige Criteria to successfully drive performance…
