Running a cabinet shop or millwork business means juggling sales, installs, staff, subs, and timelines. But if your project management strategy stops at sending a few texts or assigning tasks in software, you’re setting yourself up for stress.
On this episode of the Cabinet Maker Profit System, Dominic Rubino talks to Clint Padgett, a veteran PM pro who’s led billion-dollar projects — and who knows how to keep even the most chaotic job on time and on budget.
Clint runs Project Success Inc and has worked on major projects for Coca-Cola at the Olympics and FIFA World Cup. But he started in construction and engineering and still teaches PM principles that work for shops of any size.
Texting isn’t talking. Email isn’t a plan. One of the biggest causes of project failure is assuming someone understands your message — when they don’t.
Instead of making a schedule on your own, involve your team. When they help build the plan, they own the outcome.
Clint’s metaphor for the project manager’s role is spot-on: the PM buffers the stress, confusion, and pressure between clients, subs, and team members. That’s a skill you can train.
Clint shares the “time-cost trade-off” mindset — if you can do more jobs in a year by being more efficient, you make more money without raising prices.
If you’re tired of jobs going sideways due to miscommunication, or if your young PMs don’t “get it,” this episode will help you reset and refocus your project strategy.
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More about Clint: Website | Project Success Inc | The Conversation with Clinton M. Padgett
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