February 01, 2011

A Matter of Trust—and Leadership

A trip to the ER brings up a huge red flag for this trusting employer. Read more...

 
 
January 10, 2011

Bidding = Arguing with Idiots

Don't get dragged down to a fool's level by participating in a bidding competition with contractors who are beneath you. Read more...

 
 
December 21, 2010

My Encounter with Joe

Greg Antonioli sees an unexpected meeting with an unemployed concrete finisher as a rallying cry for remodelers and trade company owners to take their responsibility as employers ever more seriously. Read more...

 
 
 
November 04, 2010

They Are Telling Lies About You!

A lot of remodelers loathe the idea of networking. But if you don't get out there and tell your story, then you can't complain about the lies people are making up in the vacuum of your silence. Read more...

 
 

About the Blogger

Greg Antonioli

thumbnail image Greg Antonioli founded Out of the Woods Construction and Cabinetry Inc. in 1992. With more than $3 million in revenues in 2009, Out of the Woods is a design/build firm that does strictly residential remodeling, historically in the Boston suburbs and increasingly in the city. The company has 13 employees (eight in the field, five in the office), practices open-book management, and enjoys a company-wide bonus program. Greg is a long-time member of Remodelers Advantage Roundtables, president of the Eastern Massachusetts NARI chapter, and a Sandler Sales trainee. He is also an avid reader of business books and periodicals, a regular magazine contributor, and (some have said) a twisted thinker. Greg believes that his company’s #1 obligation is to its construction clients. He believes that company time and resources spent on sales is time that should be spent serving construction clients, therefore sales and design efforts must be very efficient. One of every three of the prospects with whom Greg meets becomes a design client, and 100% of those design clients convert to construction clients. Greg is a native of California’s Silicon Valley area and a graduate of Santa Clara University. He and his wife have three daughters and live in Acton, Mass.