by Greg DeWeerd | Oct 23, 2018 | Articles
By Mike Novakoski -October 23, 2018 Each fall when my kids go back to school, I find myself traveling back in time to reminisce about when I started high school, as my daughter Faith did this year. It was a big change for me. I remember the excitement and anxiety of...
by Greg DeWeerd | Feb 19, 2018 | Articles
By Mike Novakoski – February 19, 2018 Are there any other business owners out there with a New Year’s resolution in place for their company? I know I have not always been as successful as I would have liked with my personal resolutions in the past, mostly...
by Greg DeWeerd | Jun 27, 2017 | Articles
By Mike Novakoski – June 27, 2017 Our construction firm had an opportunity earlier this summer to celebrate a significant milestone in our company’s history: We achieved 3,653 consecutive days without a lost-time accident on a job site. Yes, that’s 10...
by Greg DeWeerd | May 24, 2017 | Articles
By Mike Novakoski – May 24, 2017 There are times in our lives we can’t seem to see that we need to take a formal break from our work lives. We think we are somehow indispensable, and the show can’t go on without us (or at least not nearly as...
by Greg DeWeerd | Mar 8, 2017 | Articles
By Mike Novakoski – March 8, 2017 Over the years, I have had times when I questioned the titles chosen to label people in specific roles. A couple of years ago, our construction company discovered the value of referring to the external firms we hire as “trade...
by Greg DeWeerd | Nov 30, 2016 | Articles
By Mike Novakoski – November 30, 2016 Construction workers confer at a West Michigan job site. Courtesy Elzinga & Volkers On a recent business trip to Mobile, Alabama, I dined with some associates at a restaurant named Wintzell’s Oyster...
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