ClickCease

testimony

A Story...

A fairly new member with a civil engineering company in Group 6 had been experiencing losses for the last four years. The $5-6M Company had lost $800K, $400K, $200K, and $150K respectively. Morale was very low and seemed impossible to reverse. The member, being an engineer, is very analytical and was reluctant to act. The group had been advising him to right-size, but the pending work that could possibly come in was keeping him from cutting too deeply in manpower. Fear was ruling his decisions. It had come to the point where he would occasionally talk about going back to the farm in Tennessee and escape the whole problem. “I’m not cut out to be a leader…someone else should lead this company.” Finally, having a “father/son” talk with the member, I encouraged him to implement the advice of his group. A few critical moves would put him above the waterline on costs, and a little bit of profit would be a WORLD of difference from a bunch of red ink. After all, the employees had heard of nothing but bad news for so long, and they had lost hope of winning. Some of his employees had NEVER experienced a profitable year. He decided to make the moves.