Operations Articles

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Why You Keep Setting The Same Goal And Never Getting There

You set that goal again this year. Roughly the same one as last time. Build a company that runs without you standing in the middle of it, so you stop ...
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The End Of Day Routine That Decides How Good Tomorrow Will Be

Most working days end rather than being deliberately finished.
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How To Tell A Team Member Something They Don't Want To Hear

The second time it happened you told yourself it was a bad week. The fourth time you started routing the work around them instead, giving the important ...
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What Should A Building Company Owner Actually Delegate?

Most builders already know they're holding on to too much. The trouble is that "delegate more" isn't something you can act on at 6am on a Tuesday, when ...
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How Should a Building Company Structure Staff Bonuses?

Trevor Anderson didn't come up through the trades. He studied finance at university, then spent years working for the government doing business ...
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Why the Best Builders Hire for Character, Not Experience

For years, Dornford Building Group hired the way most companies do, weighting experience and how well someone interviewed. Looking back, Jake and Nico ...
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What's On at APB Summit 2026: Day Two

If your notebook is already full from yesterday, you might want to grab a second one. Doors open for day two of APB Summit 2026 at 7:30am, and it starts ...
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What's On at APB Summit 2026: Day One

At 8:15am this morning, Russ Stephens and Sky Kolade walk out on stage at Sofitel Sydney Wentworth to open APB Summit 2026. What follows is one of the ...
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The APB Summit 2026 Starts Tonight

The main doors at Sofitel Sydney Wentworth don't open until 8:00am tomorrow. But APB Summit 2026 actually starts tonight... Because while most attendees ...
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