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How Respect and Communication Can Improve Efficiency in the Construction Industry

How Respect and Communication Can Improve Efficiency in the Construction Industryfeatured

by mtparadis on October 26, 2023
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Construction jobs are complex with a lot of moving parts. They often require multiple trades to collaborate, each contributing their unique skills to the job. With such a variety of different companies, subcontractors, and skill sets coming together, there’s plenty of opportunity for miscommunication, errors, and delays.  What does this mean for the construction industry?  Read more

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10 Reasons Why Women Should Work in Construction

10 Reasons Why Women Should Work in Constructionfeatured

by mtparadis on September 18, 2023
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Can women work in construction?  In short, the answer is yes. Working in construction provides an opportunity to join an in-demand industry with a consistent opportunity to progress and succeed. Surprisingly, women currently represent a small fraction of the construction workforce. After learning the advantages for women working in construction, you’ll wonder why more women Read more

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Empowering Women in Construction for a More Inclusive Industry

Empowering Women in Construction for a More Inclusive Industryfeatured

by mtparadis on September 12, 2023
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  Most people view construction as “men’s work.” With women holding only 11% of the construction jobs in the United States, it’s clearly a male-dominated field (1). But, it’s time to challenge this point of view and recognize the benefits of including more women in the industry. Empowering women in construction isn’t just about filling Read more

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What I had to implement to simplify my work

What I had to implement to simplify my workfeatured

by mtparadis on July 12, 2023
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All businesses depend on business processes to function properly and create revenue. Developing a business process was very important for me to invest in to improve my company’s inefficiencies. I had to gain a better understanding of my operations in order to correct errors, train new staff, and improve performance of existing employees and departments. Read more

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8 Ways I motivate my team

8 Ways I motivate my teamfeatured

by mtparadis on June 12, 2023
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I am stating the obvious – motivated employees or in my case, subcontractors are more productive and happy. I understand that there is only so much intrinsic motivation you can generate on a day-to-day. So everyone needs their boss to help them maintain the momentum. Here are 8 things that I do to help them Read more

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The joys of owning my own business

The joys of owning my own businessfeatured

by mtparadis on May 12, 2023
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Did you know that 600,000 new business are founded each year. I happen to be one who decided to take the leap of faith back in 2005. I am happierThe long hours I have invested in growing my business doesn’t feel like work because I actually am having fun while doing it. This was a Read more

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My Social Media Hippocratic Oath

My Social Media Hippocratic Oathfeatured

by mtparadis on May 12, 2018
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Even though we are not even halfway through the year, 2018 has been BIG! On top of starting this blog, I also started doing something called  #firesidechatswithMikki on facebook live. So far this year, I’ve been way more visible on social media than ever before and I have come to some huge conclusions!! First let Read more

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I am not for everyone… and that’s ok!

I am not for everyone… and that’s ok!featured

by mtparadis on March 16, 2018
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Hey there blog reader and hopefully vlog watcher! I plan on making most of my posts video blogs, but will—from time to time—post a good old fashioned blog.  This being my first post, I thought it might be a good idea to write it out and get the feel for things. The purpose of this Read more

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