Crunch Time, BIG BUILDER, featuring Bill Carpitella. Current market conditions are no game and the stakes are nothing less than survival. You can't afford to ignore the fundamentals: hiring and hanging on to good employees, holding a customer's hand through sales, controlling jobsites, and building customer satisfaction.

Excel or Else, by LIsa Marquis Jackson, BIG BUILDER. How smart companies can improve their talent pool and help over-achievers rise to the top…even in a downturn.

Playing for Keeps, BIG BUILDER. Retention tactics for tougher times.

Think Different, BIG BUILDER. The road through rough times may offer safer passage if one drives more aggressively.

Sales and Marketing Respond to Hard Times Nation’s Building News, featuring Jerry Costanzo. Recommendations for weathering the lull in sales.

Change Agents By Steve Gnau, BIG BUILDER. As homogeneity hits a wall, builders need to transform their business models and designs to offer what buyers want.

Crack the Code on Indoor Air Quality Risk By Steve Gnau, BIG BUILDER. It may be unwise to delay adopting standards for acceptable indoor air quality levels, even if there's no code to enforce them.

A Crash Course in Culture By Lou Csabay, BIG BUILDER. Manage a successful merger or acquisition by balancing the human capital side of the equation.

Performance Art By Lou Csabay, BIG BUILDER. Creating a sound compensation program is key to profitability. When staff are correctly rewarded, they perform better.

Money Talks Excerpt from Performance Art by Lou Csabay. A list of middle-management salaries across nine departments integral to builder operations.

The Outsiders By Lew Sichelman, BIG BUILDER. The "Texas Rangers" of the building industry, veteran consultants can provide the insight needed to bring about real change.

The Run on Talent By Lisa Marquis Jackson, BIG BUILDER. As community counts rise, builders find themselves at the mercy of a “hire power” to find, motivate, and retain.

Fresh Blend By John Caulfield, BIG BUILDER. Northwest builder Ryan McGowen transforms his company by hiring outside counsel and big league talent.

Make Residential Construction the Industry of Choice By Bill Carpitella, Professional Builder. The residential constru-ction industry is beginning to understand that a company's only real competitive advantage in the marketplace is its people.

8 Tips for Builders of Any Size By Bill Carpitella, Professional Builder. Tips for best practices in any home builder’s human resources department.

Sharrow Consulting Group Expands to Help Homebuilders Manage Change (7/27/06)

Sharrow Consulting Welcomes a New Managing Director (2/1/06)

SCG Helps Homebuilders Optimize Mortgage Programs (06/16/05)

Homebuilding Veteran Brings Systems Analysis and Product Development Expertise to SCG Consulting Team (02/23/05)

SCG Adds Marketing Services (02/23/05)

SCG Introduces a Unique Recruitment Process and Adds to Team (02/23/05)

Stem the Flow: The Real Cost of Employee Turnover (02/14/05)

Finding and Keeping Great Talent (02/14/05)

SCG Organizes to Solve Homebuilders' Big Issues (10/15/04)

Newsletter: Finding and Keeping Great Talent (Feb/Mar 2005)
In today’s home building market, finding and retaining talented people is the difference between success and subsistence. Staff that meld high professional standards, customer service focus, and ongoing commitment to quality construction into efficient operations consistently deliver repeat buyers.

Newsletter: Ensuring a Path to Growing Your Home Building Company (Dec 2004/Jan 2005)
Serving your customers should be “job #1” for all home building employees. That’s because the surest path to growth is a strong customer base, and the surest path to a strong customer base is exceeding every perception of customer value.