Pop quiz!
Since we know you didn’t study, we’ll keep it brief. Only two questions, graded on the curve.
Ok, ok, ok… Yes. One of them can be multiple choice.
QUESTION #1.
Name the 3 brands that make up YUM! Brands.
Blogs
19 weeks 2 days ago
By: Bradley Hartmann
19 weeks 3 days ago
By: Bradley Hartmann
People like to be recognized for their skills.
The holiday season, chock-full of family time, is a great atmosphere for positive recognition.
Like when your wife received a hearty applause for displaying the range of her double-jointed elbow.
Or when Uncle Jeff...
20 weeks 1 day ago
By: Charlie Scott
The market bottom is clearly behind us, and this is validated by three very reliable indicators. First, annualized home starts have more than doubled from the Spring of 2009. Second, consumer confidence (and therefore builder confidence) continues an upward trend, and for regular readers, you know these are good predictors of sales activity for the next 6-9 months! Third, and my favorite market turn around indicator, is that the Salesperson Auto Indicator...
20 weeks 2 days ago
By: Bradley Hartmann
It was the typical Fourth Quarter Push.
We all knew the drill.
Well, most of us did.
It was 2006, back before the meltdown. Back when homebuilders talked about “hiring well in advance of need” and financial analysts all agreed with the hiring philosophy.
This was...
20 weeks 3 days ago
By: Susan Bady
The luxury housing market is back, according to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal. Some of the properties mentioned in the WSJ report are off-the-charts expensive: $88 million for a condo in New York City; a one-bedroom home in Los Angeles that sold for $20.1 million; a record $47 million sale in...
20 weeks 3 days ago
By: Susan Bady
One of the world’s most influential architects, Barry Berkus, passed away at the end of November. While I didn’t know Barry well, I admired and respected him greatly.
At one time I also feared him. Back in the day when I was a newly minted associate editor at Professional Builder, I had to interview Barry for a story. In the course of our conversation he made a reference that I didn’t...
20 weeks 4 days ago
By: Denis Leonard
The Six Sigma methodology DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control) is used to improve an existing process.
Design for Six Sigma is used to design a new product or service.
The methodology used is DMADV (Define, Measure, Analyze, Design and Verify).
Define the goals and customer (internal & external) requirements. What is Critical to Quality.
Measure customer needs and specifications this should include...
20 weeks 5 days ago
By: David Barista
“You Can Buy More Land in an Afternoon…
Than You Can Get Rid of in a Lifetime.”
This simple home-building proverb sits framed, front and center, on Doug Yearley’s desk at the Toll Brothers corporate headquarters outside of Philadelphia. As Toll’s CEO and chief dealmaker, Yearley likes to keep the axiom close as a constant reminder of one of the most important lessons that legendary builder and company chairman Bob Toll taught him during his 22 years with...
21 weeks 2 days ago
By: Bradley Hartmann
MOPFI
(MOP-fee)
Make
Other
People
Feel
Important
The holiday season is rife with platitudes.
Things people say they don’t really mean...
21 weeks 6 days ago
By: Charlie Scott
There is no question that Lance Armstrong has one of the most unique comeback and sporting histories of all time. He was a little known triathlete, cancer survivor, turned seven time Tour de France winner, and founder of an extremely successful non-profit foundation, before dramatically falling from public grace by virtue of the U.S Anti-Doping Association (USADA). As a fellow cyclist and racer, I held Lance’s accomplishments in very high regard, adorning my office with Lance...
