AI can streamline hiring—but it also has hidden risks. Learn what small businesses must watch out for.

Buying building materials in bulk lowers your cost per unit, cuts wasted labor hours, keeps the look of your jobs consistent, and prevents lead-time delays. It works best when you have several active projects that call for the same materials, room to store what you buy, and the cash flow to pay upfront. Get those […]

Greg Woleck talks with Jef Forward, founder, president, and owner of Forward Design Build Remodel in Ann Arbor, Michigan, about what it really takes to improve leadership from the top down. The conversation centers on self-awareness, vulnerability, and how Jef is using AI and DISC profiles to coach himself and his team in real time. […]

EPISODE SUMMARY If you pulled your last 10 change orders and sorted them into two piles — things you truly couldn’t have known, and things the client added or you didn’t nail down up front — which pile would be bigger? For most design-build firms, it’s the second pile, and Greg opens this episode arguing […]

Originally published July 29, 2014 | Last updated 2026 The best way to close a sale without pressure is to assume the sale: move forward as if the yes is inevitable. When you have done the work up front to qualify the prospect and match your solution to what they actually need, closing stops being […]

Why hiring is harder than ever—and what remodelers can do to fight the labor shortage.