Management
Management
· How to Train for and Run Effective Design-Build Meetings
On this episode of Women at WIRC, Morgan Thomas of LEFF Design Build shares how to maximize your time by creating a culture around effective, collaborative meetings
Products
Pro's Picks: A Real-Time Project Communication and Management Tool
This remodeler says this product allows for easy, quick, real-time communication with team members in the field and in the office
Business
How to Create a World-Class Remodeling Team
Great remodeling companies position themselves for the future with the right players
Management
Everyone Should Have a Number: KPIs for Your Design Build Team
Measuring key performance indicators guides your team to success while creating accountability and ownership
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Cultivating solid trade contractor relationships
Some remodelers have been known to take an adversarial, lowest-price-is-best mentality when it comes to dealing with their trade partners. They still view trade contractors as subcontractors. The good news is that most of these ultimately fail in business before too long.
Craig Durosko: Finally! The Silver Lining ...
There are huge successes as the remodeling market rebounds. Craig Durosko share some of what he is seeing.
2011 Forecast: Remodeling market poised for growth
While challenges persist, remodelers are more optimistic about the 2011 remodeling market than they’ve been since the housing boom.
Project Spotlight: The Element of Surprise
mackmiller design+build capitalizes on surprises to make a successful remodel.
Remodelers Exchange: Positioning for the expiration of energy retrofit tax credits
Professional Remodeler's Tom Swartz talks to remodelers Howard Chermak and Tom Panek about how the credits have helped their businesses and how they are positioning their companies for a post-credit market.
Remodeler of the Year: Marrokal Design & Remodeling
With a strong focus on marketing and sales combined with smart management, San Diego-based Marrokal Design & Remodeling has maintained profitability even as revenues dipped in 2009 before rebounding this year. Because of that success and the way the management team has positioned the company for the next generation of leadership, Marrokal is our Remodeler of the Year.
Corner Office: Online Project Management
HighCraft Builders is using technology to make sure the company, its clients and its trade partners are all communicating clearly.
A New Voice for Remodelers in Washington
New NARI lobbyist Tom Sullivan talks about what he’ll be doing for the remodeling industry
Preparing Your Remodeling Company for Sale
Coming up with an exit strategy is never easy. What do you need to do to successfully sell your business? Professional Remodeler’s Jud Mostenbocker (who sold his own company to his son) talked to radio host and former remodeler Rosie Romero, who sold his firm in 2002 to a group of employees, and Chuck Solomon, who is preparing to sell his company.
5 simple tips for boosting client satisfaction
For every dissatisfied customer you create, you need two satisfied customers just to offset the negative talk.