What Are You Breeding In Your Company?

“Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.” - Dale Carnegie

Some great advice -- now what are you breeding in your company? Are you breeding doubt?  Do you wander around all day and talk like you have little to no hope left?  Are you giving off the feeling that you are afraid your company will not survive?  Stop doing this !!

Starting now stop having those doubts and start planning on what you can do that will help you get past these tough times.  People with plans survive -- people with no plans fumble and spend way too much money while they bounce from one thing to another and accomplish nothing worthwhile.

No matter what profession you are in, you need to stay focused, have a plan and be ready to re-assess your plan during the course of your business.  

• Accountants in construction need to be ready to update financial records quickly and accurately to reflect the most current position of the company.  
• Project Managers need to keep schedules of their projects up to date and know whether or not they are on budget and on time.  
• Office and support personnel need to make sure they are keeping track of all items necessary to keep the office functioning at top performance.
• Superintendents must be on top of all items and people coming and going from their job site.  They are the people who need to work closely with the Project Manager and Construction Administrator to keep a project moving forward from the field.  

Being prepared and positive in your daily job will help you overcome the doubt and fear.  It is good to have a healthy fear of the unknown but you have to have a plan to overcome that fear.  If you don't have the experience or knowledge to overcome the fear or doubt in business, make a point to find someone skilled in the construction industry to help you plan your next step.

The "Construction Administration Handbook" can help you with the knowledge necessary and help you get the experience while doing things correctly from the beginning.  

Stop fighting the doubt and fear and do something positive today for you, your company and your personnel.  Don't just sit there and feel sorry for your situation, get out and get busy !!

Charlene S Reed, Owner/Author

www.MyConstructionOffice.com