Other stories by Richard Steven

  • Shift Management Style and Structure to Help Your Company Grow

    The first big development step for many remodeling company owners is a transition from tradesperson to businessperson. They begin, as author Michael Gerber says, to work on their business not simply in it.

  • How Production Metrics Can Improve Your Company's Performance

    Business metrics provide objective data for making decisions that help you achieve your business goals.

  • Time management for sales administrative staff

    A full-service remodeling firm with annual sales of $3 million likely has a sales and office staff of six, including the production manager. Six people working 40 hours per week for 49 weeks per year (allowing 3 weeks for vacation/holidays) is a total of 11,760 hours.

  • Business metrics expose potential problems

    Just as you rely on your car's gas gauge to alert you to the need to refuel before your tank is empty, the value of business metrics is their ability to expose potential problems before they become crises.

  • Benchmarking your sales process

    Sales are the fuel of your company. Benchmarking your sales process can help you fine-tune your fuel efficiency. Sales process metrics are especially helpful for full-service remodeling companies because they have a unique sales process.

  • The path to improvement runs through metrics

    Want more effective marketing? Higher conversion rates? Lower non-billable sales hours? The path to improvement runs directly through the land of metrics.