Owner Concerns

Owner Concerns

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  Train to Gain: Investing in Training Leads to Increased Profitability

  VICTORIA DOWNING: Tips on inexpensive training resources that can make a difference to your business success.

   
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  Show 'em the Money: Preparation Is Key to Surviving a Workers' Comp Audit

  Orderly records will help make for a smooth, quick workers' compensation audit each year.

   
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  Occupy This! It's Time to Stop Playing the Blame Game

  MICHAEL ANSCHEL: A call for remodelers to do more than passively complain; it's time to become a force of change.

   
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  Likeable Expert: Raise Your Profile

  ALLISON IANTOSCA: Creating a higher profile in the community can make you better known as a "likeable expert" and lead to more clients.

   
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  Head Start: Gain Strength for the New Year

  PAUL WINANS: Rework, reward, renew, and remember — to get business moving again.

   
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  Business How-To: Hiring an Accountant

  Need expertise to handle your business's bookkeeping? Tips for hiring an accountant to wrangle your company's financial information.

   
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  New Legacy: Handling the Transition in Company Leadership From Father to Son

  Legacy Remodeling, a family business, is making its transition in leadership gradually.

   
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  Gripes of Wrath: Tips for Handling Unhappy Customers

  When a customer complaint goes viral online, your company is in trouble. Take these steps to ensure that doesn't happen.

   

• AT YOUR SERVICE: Floor Show

  When installing a basement floor doesn't go according to plan, empathy proves to be this remodeler's greatest tool.

   
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  Sleeper Cell: One Remodeler Opts to Get Rid of His Cell Phone

  If you think a cell phone is a business essential, think again. One Chicago-area remodeler does without.