Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?mbeirneMon, 08/31/2015 - 16:09In these times of increasing sales with decreasing margins, home builders are on a continual campaign to decrease costs. Every cost category...
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Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?nrisMon, 08/31/2015 - 16:11In these times of increasing sales with decreasing margins, home builders are on a continual campaign to decrease costs. Every cost category...
View ArticleWhat to Do When Everything is Job #1
What to Do When Everything is Job #1nrisThu, 09/24/2015 - 10:46Among the most frustrating work requirements, whether in business, education, volunteering, or any other endeavor, is how to prioritize...
View ArticleWhat to Do When Everything Is Job #1
What to Do When Everything Is Job #1mbeirneThu, 09/24/2015 - 10:49Among the most frustrating work requirements, whether in business, education, volunteering, or any other endeavor, is how to prioritize...
View ArticleConquering Complexity: Confronting The Source Of Profit Loss
Conquering Complexity: Confronting The Source Of Profit LossibushTue, 12/15/2015 - 12:00This is the last column in our deep dive into process improvement. In the series, we’ve explored how process—good...
View ArticleFallacies in Home Building
Fallacies in Home BuildingibushMon, 01/11/2016 - 08:43Among my trusted travel gear is a 7-inch Kindle Fire HD tablet that I use almost exclusively for reading books or articles on airplanes or in hotel...
View ArticleCould Your Biggest Obstacle Be ... You?
Could Your Biggest Obstacle Be ... You?ibushWed, 02/10/2016 - 12:00Last month I introduced the notion of fallacies in home building—those beliefs we may be completely committed to yet which are errant...
View ArticleAmerica’s Trade Shortage
America’s Trade ShortageibushMon, 03/14/2016 - 06:00Just over a year ago, at a conference in January 2015, I sat with a local builder and listened over lunch as a leading housing economist revised his...
View ArticleWhat's the Toughest Job in Home Building?
What's the Toughest Job in Home Building?ibushFri, 04/08/2016 - 11:00It was a cold Chicago winter day in early 1989 when I first heard a disagreement erupt about which job is toughest in home building....
View ArticleWhat Are Our Choices and Responsibilities in Solving the Trade Shortage?
What Are Our Choices and Responsibilities in Solving the Trade Shortage?ibushThu, 05/05/2016 - 11:00The late Stephen Covey, author of one of the all-time best-selling business books, The 7 Habits Of...
View ArticleWhy do Builders avoid facing the facts on process failure?
Why do Builders avoid facing the facts on process failure? mbeirneMon, 08/17/2015 - 12:59“Sometimes life – and work – would be easier if you could forget some things you’ve learned.”So begins my August...
View ArticleWhy do builders avoid facing the facts on process failure?
Why do builders avoid facing the facts on process failure?nrisMon, 08/17/2015 - 13:01 “Sometimes life – and work – would be easier if you could forget some things you’ve learned.”So begins my August...
View ArticleThe immigration conundrum
The immigration conundrumnrisTue, 02/05/2013 - 08:42 As often happens in my articles and columns in Professional Builder Magazine, I set out to write one article, which quickly morphs into one, two or...
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Even Lean is local
Even Lean is localnrisWed, 04/17/2013 - 12:09It has been long been said that “homebuilding is a local business” and as much as I’d like to think that Lean always transcends locality, that is not always...
View ArticleHigher Growth/Lower Margins ... "It's Happening"
Higher Growth/Lower Margins ... "It's Happening"nrisWed, 04/29/2015 - 10:21One of my “guilty pleasures” – you know, things that you should be embarrassed to admit you love – is the John Travolta movie,...
View ArticleFear of First-Timers?
Fear of First-Timers?mbeirneThu, 06/04/2015 - 16:31This week I read that Ivy Zelman, generally acknowledged as the top homebuilding financial analyst, was laying it on pretty heavy to builders at a...
View ArticleTrade Shortage Heats Up. Looking for Love (and Relief) in All the Wrong Places
Trade Shortage Heats Up. Looking for Love (and Relief) in All the Wrong PlacesnrisTue, 06/09/2015 - 09:37The shortage of qualified trade contractors is a problem that vexes the entire industry and...
View ArticleMerge With Caution
Merge With CautionnrisWed, 06/17/2015 - 13:11Last week’s big announcement of the merger of StanPac and Ryland Group, creating a new member of the Top 5 Homebuilders, spawned a flurry of articles and...
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Trade Shortage Dilemma
Trade Shortage DilemmaibushTue, 06/23/2015 - 17:28I just read a very interesting blog by John McManus stating that the Trade Shortage is not a political problem, but an economic one. I can agree that...
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