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Al Levi: Managing your business
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The 7-Power Contractor

Al Levi: Hire willing people, provide skills or pay the price

How to build techs from scratch.
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Al Levi
June 23, 2020
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“Hire willing people and provide them the skills — as opposed to hiring spoiled, experienced people with skills and behavior problems.” 


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Al Levi: Urgent versus important

Play offense and be proactive in your business.
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Al Levi
May 21, 2020
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Everything in business is important! Not everything in business is urgent — thank heavens!


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Al Levi: It was working when I left!

Watch your callback ratios.
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Al Levi
May 4, 2020
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It was working when I left!” 


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Al Levi: The secret bonus of documenting how you do business

Operating manuals help boost ethical sales.
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Al Levi
April 1, 2020
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There are only two types of companies I’ve ever worked with in my 18 years of being a consultant to the contracting industry.


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Al Levi: Mastering the master project list

Create a process to get your staff on-board with new policies and projects.
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Al Levi
March 4, 2020
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Why is it that your staff isn’t quite as excited as you are when you discuss a new project, a new process, new policy or a habit you want to change?


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Al Levi: Loaves of bread, not slices

Get to know your financials and what the numbers mean.
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Al Levi
February 5, 2020
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I’ll admit it. I’m not a giant fan of reading financials and management reporting.


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Al Levi: 10 things to think about company culture

Ensure you’re thinking about the right things.
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Al Levi
January 6, 2020
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One of the nice things about my job is I’m usually busy. I like when I look up at the end of the day and see that the day has flown by. 


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Al Levi: It’s a drug and we’re hooked: social media world company culture

Ensure your company is pursuing the right jobs for the right money.
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Al Levi
December 4, 2019
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"It’s a drug and we’re hooked!” is what I said to my brother, Richie, about the fix I felt we got from doing the really big monster commercial and residential jobs for what we felt were lots of dollars.


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Al Levi: Money from the scrap heap

Contractors have several options when it comes to handling scrap metal.
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Al Levi
November 6, 2019
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A client called me awhile back because he wanted to know what my family did with the scrap metal from jobsites, and he wanted to know what the other companies I work with do on this matter too.


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Al Levi: Behavior in the new social media world company culture

Protect your company from bad publicity going viral.
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Al Levi
October 2, 2019
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The old adage goes, “Do something good for someone and they’ll tell 10 people. Do something bad to someone and they’ll tell 100 people.”


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