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Finding Your Next Generation of Workers

Rick Damato
Rick Damato
June 4, 2018
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Workforce development has been Topic A since the end of the Great Recession.
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value your employees

Roofing Workforce: The Care and Feeding of Employees in 2018

The most successful managers I’ve known were those who every day made their employees their paramount concern.
Richard Alaniz
May 14, 2018
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Despite the increasing difficulty and expense of recruiting and retaining suitable employees, little effort has been made by most employers to actually demonstrate that they truly value their employees.
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family roofing business

Non-Tax Related Rules for Business Succession

Blood may be thicker than water but blindly following blood lines can create a quagmire.
Monroe Porter
May 4, 2018
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Family business consultants and research estimates that 30 percent of businesses make it to a second generation, and only 12 percent to a third.
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Roof Safety: Just in Case

Rick Damato
Rick Damato
May 4, 2018
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This issue of Roofing Contractor focuses on safety.
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hispanic workers

5 Tips: Training Spanish Speaking Roofers and Overcoming the ‘Macho Thing’

Isaac Botbol
Isaac Botbol
April 11, 2018
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Providing a leadership training program for first generation, non-English fluent Hispanic employees can be challenging.
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aging workforce

An Aging Roofing Workforce -- Is 60 the New 40?

No company can afford to overlook potential employees that could help contribute to a successful operation
Richard Alaniz
April 4, 2018
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As the overall economy continues to expand and improve, in virtually every industry employers are finding it increasingly difficult to hire qualified employees.
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Tax Reform Could Increase Demand in Commercial Roofing

Rick Damato
Rick Damato
April 4, 2018
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As the leader of your roofing business, you must constantly be aware of where your business stands today and where it will stand in the future.
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#MeToo

#MeToo and You: Business Owners Big and Small are Facing Sexual Harassment Claims

Richard Alaniz
March 19, 2018
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These incidents are usually more mundane than the outrageous conduct reported recently involving Hollywood and the halls of congress.
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entitled roofing employees

Roof Labor: Dealing with Entitled Employees

Good leadership requires we address issues to protect our employees, and at times, save them from themselves.
Monroe Porter
March 12, 2018
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So how do star employees go bad?
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Roof Tools: Solutions to Productivity Problems

Rick Damato
Rick Damato
March 12, 2018
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The issue, however, of trying to solve productivity problems in the roofing trade remains the same. Only now the solutions are different.
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