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Time Management for Contractors: The R.E.A.D. Framework for Trades Leaders

Time Management for Contractors: The R.E.A.D. Framework for Trades Leaders

by Priscilla Hansen Mahoney | Sep 8, 2025 | Process

Time-Saving Strategies for Contractors In the trades, time management for contractors is often the difference between running a smooth, profitable operation and feeling buried in chaos. Time is the one resource you never get back, and how you manage it directly...
Stop the Bleed: Lean Concepts Every Crew Leader Should Know

Stop the Bleed: Lean Concepts Every Crew Leader Should Know

by Priscilla Hansen Mahoney | Jun 6, 2025 | Process

When a crew isn’t meeting deadlines or rework keeps piling up, it’s tempting to look at personalities or motivation. But more often than not, the real issue isn’t people—it’s process. Three core Lean concepts—waste identification, flow vs. batching, and pull vs. push...
Protect the Margin: Lean Jobsite Strategies to Improve Profits Amid Rising Costs and Tariffs

Protect the Margin: Lean Jobsite Strategies to Improve Profits Amid Rising Costs and Tariffs

by Priscilla Hansen Mahoney | May 2, 2025 | Process, Profit

Margins are under attack—and that’s why adopting Lean jobsite strategies has never been more critical. If you’re a builder, remodeler, general contractor, or project lead, you’re feeling it. Material prices continue to climb, tariffs hit hard and...
Should I Scale My Contracting Business… or Stay Small?

Should I Scale My Contracting Business… or Stay Small?

by Priscilla Hansen Mahoney | Feb 21, 2024 | Plan, Process

If you are running a small contracting business, maybe it’s just you, or perhaps you and a couple of subcontractors, it can be tempting to keep things small and not expand your business. I hear it all the time… all the fear and trepidation that comes with...
How to Establish Succcessful Routines for Your Small Business

How to Establish Succcessful Routines for Your Small Business

by Priscilla Hansen Mahoney | Dec 15, 2020 | Process

When I first started my business – I scoured Google searching for the *perfect* checklist that would help me establish daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly routines.  Of course, I found thousands of suggestions, but nothing *quite* fit – so, I did what...
Managing Change: Embracing Change Naturally

Managing Change: Embracing Change Naturally

by Priscilla Hansen Mahoney | Oct 25, 2015 | Process

It’s Autumn in New England – my favorite time of year.  While taking long walks with my husband and dog in the Maine woods, I am struck with how quickly nature adapts to the shorter days, the colder nights, and how easily everything in nature seems to shift into...

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