Operations

Verbal Agreements: A Powerful Management Tool

Does your production staff know how to read minds? Should they?

Setting Clients Up For Success

The Dangers of a Lengthy Backlog

When Should You Fire Someone?

Finding the Right Hire

Tending your Business Garden

How to Implement a Tech Change in Your Remodeling Business

The Perez Principle

How to Keep a Large Job from Sinking Your Company

Hiring Basics: The Application and the Interview

Honor The Ones Who Matter Most

Making the Transition from Design to Production Work

What ChatGPT Means for the Remodeling Industry

What ChatGPT Means for the Remodeling Industry

Successfully Running a Business with Your Spouse

Builder Round Table: Pre-Construction

Builder Round Table: Aha Moments

10 Ways to Get Paid Faster ... and in Full

A Smart Way to Grow Qualified Leads

Don’t Sit Back, Get Angry

How to Successfully Close-Out a Remodeling Job

Learning How to Pay for Trucks and Tools

Avoid Small Mistakes That Can Lead to Big Losses

Achieving Your Company Goals

How to Manage Your Ongoing Backlog

Riding the high: Tips for making the most of the housing boom

Surviving the Crush of a Rocking Remodeling Market

Just One More Job: A Simple Strategy for Growth

Top 10 Profit Eaters

The Secret of Worker Retention

Effective Hiring: It’s Not Just The Money

How to Get More Jobs into Production

Keeping Subcontractors on Schedule

The 80/20 Rule of Client Communications

Lessons From the Pandemic

Future-Proofing Your Business, Post-Covid Edition

Tipping Point: Just One Extra Job

Building Your Company Budget

Building a Worker-Centered Crew

Mapping Your Company’s Restart

Navigating the ‘New Normal’ for Remodelers

Mapping Your Company’s Restart

For Home Builders, Black Lives Matter

Rising Above Crisis

2020 Top Remodelers: Actual vs. Projected Revenues

The 2020 List of Top Remodelers

We Want To Hear From You: How Is Covid-19 Affecting Your Business?

Confused? Welcome to Your Clients’ World

We Don’t Need No Stinking Rehearsals

The 2019 Big50

Employee Job Types in Full-Service Firms

Top of the Line

2019 Remodelers: Actual vs. Projected Revenue

Experience Matters

The 2019 List of Top Remodelers

Repeat Offender: How to Approach a Challenging Past Client Who Wants Your Services Again

How to Run a Company Together and Maintain a Good Relationship With Your Spouse

What’s the Plan? Developing a Company Action Plan

What’s the Plan? How Developing a Mission Statement and Core Values Can Give Your Business Direction

Change Orders The Right Way

A Friend Instead of a Competitor

A Different Kind of Project to Think About

How to Be a More Effective Leader and Manager

Thanks for the Memories…

Take a Walk to Measure Up Potential Clients

Wright Marshall Is a Class Act

We Are Family: Beth Rhoades and Andrew Lethin of C&R Remodeling

Michael Sauri Rocks the House

It’s Time for a Year-End Profit Checkup

Ladder of Opportunity

EPA Reaches $53K Settlement With Illinois Firm Over Lead Paint Charges

Develop an Action Plan for the Future

How to Avoid Getting Your Business in Hot Water

Where Did the Money Go?

Four Steps to Eliminate Change Orders and Grow Business

Thanks for the Memories…

Remodelers’ Backlogs Down a Bit but Remain High, Survey Finds

2 Ways to Turbocharge Your Remodeling Business

Five Errors to Avoid When You Sell or Transition Your Remodeling Business

Home Depot Increases Its Presence in the Pro Market

The 2018 Big50

Remodeling Asks: How Do You Pull Permits?

CA Cabinet Maker to Build New Plant, Increasing Job Opportunities for Workers with Past Troubles

This One Hour a Week Can Make All the Difference at Work

What This Basketball Team Does at Halftime Can Boost Your Remodeling Team’s Second-Half Output

Boston-based Renoviso secures $7 million in funding

How a History Lesson Can Make You a Better Remodeler

Here’s How to Write an Action Plan That Will Lead to Results

The Calendar May Say It’s June, But Count on This: Winter Is Coming

The 2018 Remodeling 550 List

2018 Remodeling 550: Benefit Offerings Jump in Tight Labor Market

NARI Members Talk Labor Shortage, Energy Issues at Hill Visits

3 Free—but Priceless—Items You Should Add to Your Company’s Benefits

Here’s the Right Way to Respond to Being Wrong

EPA Reaches $67K Settlement Over Lead-Paint Charges

Is Someone on Your Team Having Problems? Do This.

EPA Refines Lead-Paint Rule in Disaster Cases

The Five Secrets to Success in a Service Business

A Brother’s Life, a Skier’s Kiss, and You

Lifelong Advice for My 15-Year-Old Daughter

How To Have a Difficult Conversation with an Employee

Add Flavor to Your Sales Pitch: Take Clients Out to Fancy Meals

Five Signs Your Remodeling Business Is Spiraling Out of Control

Do These Five Things to Build a Happier, More Productive Team

Want to Grow Your Business? Grow Your Employee.

How to Calculate Risk in an Era of Uncertainty

If You Want a Clear Path Ahead, Be Sure to Take a Look Behind

What’s the Word for Great Project Management? M-A-R-I-K-O

Here’s When TEARS at Your Workplace Are a Good Thing

When You’re a Leader, Don’t Dominate; Facilitate

Before Crafting Your 2018 Budget, Ask Yourself These Questions

How to Refresh the ‘Hedgehog’ Business Model

How to Climb Out of a Debt Hole

Products Are Getting Pricier. Raise Your Estimates Now.

You Won’t Make Jack Until You Get Off the John

In Remodeling as with Driving, Beware: Speed Kills

How to Avoid a Disaster When Asked to Take on Disaster-Driven Business

Think You Do Good Work? Imagine How Your Remodeling Process Looks Through the Client’s Eyes

Benchmarks Are Helpful, But Approach with Caution

This Year’s Big50 Keeps Moving Forward

Meet Remodeling’s Big50 Class of 2017

The 2017 Big50

Don’t Build for Yourself What You’d Build for a Client

Building a True Team

Got a Dilemma? Recalling Your Scout Oath Might Provide the Solution

How to Assure a Great Lead Carpenter Can Transition to Become a Great Project Manager

Your Business Has Improved, but Your Payments to Suppliers Haven’t Done the Same

What to Do With a Worker Who Has A+ Skills but a Failing Attitude

Customers Love Companies That Deliver the Personal Touch. Make Sure You’re One of Them.

Don’t Want to Take Small Jobs? You Should. Here’s How to Do Them While Keeping the Big Projects