Do you ever wonder why your business is plodding along when the remodeling business down the road, which began around the same time as yours, is booming? It can be frustrating when two remodelers appear equal at the outset, but the scale of success eventually tips in one company's favor.
Whenever I've encountered this disparity — and I've seen it a lot — I've come to the same conclusions about the cause. One business owner has facilitated an evolution, and the other has incited a revolution. Both remodelers may have started out with a truck, a good set of tools, and a helper, but the decisions they made from day one predetermined a certain level of achievement as each business grew. And now one company is thriving and the other is barely surviving. Here's why.
Revolution (The Project Manager Model)
In the beginning it's you and your carpenter on a job. You make the decisions and your carpenter follows your orders. When you're finished with one job, you move on to the next one.
As you grow, you book more jobs, you hire more carpenters, and you are the production manager for everything on the books. You still make the decisions and all of your carpenters follow your orders. The business is getting bigger, and you're getting busier. Now your carpenters call you several times a day to ask for instructions, even when the new job is the same as the old job. You start to feel like a baby sitter. The cell phone becomes a way of life. A typical day involves putting o
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