Sometimes it comes down to a leader who isn’t listening (which sucks, by the way), but more often it comes down to the fact that you’re new in the position...

I’ve noticed that new leaders put an unnecessary pressure on themselves to be perfect. Instead of giving themselves grace, they are extremely anxious about doing everything...

… I want one thing to be clear: probably the greatest difference between an amateur salesperson and a professional is that professionals never sell.

For some, working long hours doesn’t deplete energy, but being overwhelmed by too many responsibilities and action items sets them in a negative spin of stress that eventually leads to a deep burnout. Even the hardest workers can burn out…

As an employee, it can be hard to let your guard down when you’ve dealt with bad leaders who push you to the brink of burnout…

Unless you’re doing a lot of small, service-type contracts, in construction, you’re not going to “win” many projects…

…if you want to create change in your organization, you need to help your people see that you are not there to judge them and that they should not judge themselves.

…You can’t design an org chart that doesn’t make any sense from an operational perspective… If you do, you’ll design an organizational structure that doesn’t make any sense…

Before you can replace yourself, you need to understand where you’re going.

It’s shocking to me how any Contractors expect to be treated like the enemy, so they just accept it…

With time to unplug came time for deep reflection. There are 4 reflections specifically that summarize how I felt as I flew home, and I would like to share them with you now.

You can sit around and be sad all you want, but if you take action instead, you will see that it was just one mistake…

In my experience making it to VP of Preconstruction & Sales at 28 years old, there are opportunities everywhere! And you can create the right ones…

In general, stress and anxiety are not evil! They are important tools…

Relationships are everything when they are based on trust that you can get the work done.

When considering how to overcome fear, you’re really considering how to bring happiness into your life. As you start paying attention to happiness, some of those fears of not having enough start fading…

We often do a poor job of having hard conversations because we lead with emotions instead of facts. Then, we act like our opinion is right…