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Below you will find a curated selection of articles on a variety of topics for your reading pleasure.
Artificial Intelligence / Technology
AI in Home Building ... What Now? What Next?
Harnessing AI's Potential While Navigating Its Limitations
Why Digital Transformation Is More About People Than Technology
Can the Construction Industry Be Disrupted?
How Home Builders Integrate Technology Into Current Systems
How One Marketing Team Made AI Part of Its Daily Work
Understanding the Benefits of Digital Transformation
The Insurance Risk of Not Embracing Technology
Builder of Choice™
Attract Top Talent and Improve Buyer Satisfaction as the Builder of Choice™
Builders Reap the Benefits of a Builder of Choice™ Strategy
10 Steps to Becoming a Builder of Choice™: Your Production Teams Role
Business Management
Transformations That Work
Dear Business Owners: It's Time to Work on Your Business, Not in It
5 Internal People Every CEO Needs
15 Management Systems to Help You Avoid the High-Speed Wobbles
What Makes Leadership Development Programs Succeed?
How to Stay Calm in a Crisis and Lead Your Team Through Anything
Incentive Compensation Programs: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Getting Employee Buy-In for Organizational Change
David Drees: Best Practices for Managing a Private Home Building Operation
Build-to-Rent
4 Key Elements for Build-To-Rent Communities
Standard Build-to-Rent Nomenclature: A Path to Greater Acceptance
Economic Outlook
2023 Update: Home Builders Fair Better Than Anticipated
Recession Roulette
America is Stuck in a Greased-Pig Economy
It’s official: The housing market is turning millennials into their parents. A Fortune 500 economist says it’s a déja vù market that is replaying the 1980s
Prices of New Houses Drop Further, -18% Year-over-Year, Sales Drop, High Inventories Rise Further, Supply Jumps
Home Design
5 Ways to Boost the Curb Appeal of New Homes
Designing Incredible Outdoor Experiences
Over-Engineering and Inefficient Design are Profit Killers
IBS Recap: Kitchen Features High in Demand Among Homebuyers
Those Few Extra Inches
Labor
Construction’s Age Problem: A Foreboding Exodus of Experience
Marketing
5 Timeless Storytelling Strategies to Use in Your Next Marketing Campaign
The Importance of a Positive Online Presence for Executives
Two North Carolina Builder Brothers Find the Secret to Social Media Success
Navigating Economic Uncertainty
Uncertainty is the Name of the Game
Advice for Home Builders Navigating a Housing Market in Flux
Housing Downturn Demands Tough Decisions
3 Ways to Adapt and Grow During a Recession
5 Ways To Accelerate Your Business During The Recession of 2023
How to Be An Accountable Leader During an Age of Layoffs
Why Maintaining Growth While Reducing Costs Requires a Shift in Mindset and Culture — and Lots of Data
What business leaders are spending more on in 2023—and where they are cutting back
Making A Recession Work For You
Personal Development
5 Effective Ways to Improve Concentration and Cognition
Productivity Skills to Help You Gain Time Back
Feel Stuck? Use the Rule of 5 Little Things to Start Being More Productive, Focused, and Happier
Small Habits That Rewire Your Mind to Be Better
Purchasing
Reducing Direct Costs: The Value of Unitized Pricing
Purchasing: The Forgotten Department
Sales
Top 3 Lessons for Success in Todays Market
Selling New Construction Homes: Strategies for Success
Supply Chain
Supply Chain Disruption 'Likely to Outpace Resilience'
