Running the work, written down.
Straight answers for small trades and service companies: how to run a crew of three to fifty without the job living in a text thread. Grouped by the problem you have today, and by the trade you run.
By challenge
- The group textWhy the crew thread breaks at three or four people, and what to run instead.
- Proof and getting paidPhotos, sign-off, and winning the "was it done right" fight before it costs you.
- Foreman schoolRunning the day from the field: huddles, handoffs, and holding a line.
- Working with subsCoordinating the people you count on but do not employ.
- Getting off the toolsDelegation, a second crew, and getting the job out of your head.
- Two languages, one crewRunning an English and Spanish crew without losing anything in the middle.
- Picking the toolChoosing field software with clear eyes, including why the last one failed.