Construction Genius
25 - How to Avoid Losing Money (Lessons from a Construction Giant)
- Autor: Vários
- Narrador: Vários
- Editora: Podcast
- Duração: 0:37:50
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According to a recent Bloomberg article: "Last year was a tough one for the Swedish construction giant, with operating income hit by project writedowns, goodwill impairments and restructuring charges totaling 3.1 billion kronor ($327 million)." To put it another way, they took on projects that they couldn't execute profitably. This damaged their reputation, and caused them to take a hard look at themselves and make some changes. What can you learn from the failures of one of the world's oldest, largest and most successful construction companies? Your profitability depends on: Picking the high-quality people, using excellent processes, to build the right projects safely, efficiently, with high quality. Highlights from the Show What caused Skanska's struggles Your profitability depends on: people, processes, projects Your people must be energetic, smart and ethical 3 ways you can maintain your energy Why technical, relational and strategic intelligence is essential How to build great teams by blending p