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Leadership

How To Stop Hiring The Wrong People

December 16, 2025 Obsidian Thorne, LLC
It’s not more hours you need. It’s structure. If you feel pressure every week, you are running the company alone. That stops when your systems start. Learn more
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Cash Flow

Pull Your Numbers, Track the Truth, and Stop Flying Blind

December 15, 2025 Obsidian Thorne, LLC
You can’t manage what you can’t see. Pull your numbers, track what’s real, and stop running your business on assumptions. When the truth is on the table, every decision gets sharper, and every
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Leadership

Only the Best Teams Are Measured

December 12, 2025 Obsidian Thorne, LLC
Average teams hide from metrics. Great teams seek them out. Measurement turns assumptions into data and effort into results. Email :
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Margins

Profit or Lessons: The Two Outcomes of Every Project

December 12, 2025 Obsidian Thorne, LLC
Projects always deliver a result: profit or lessons. Profit strengthens your company; lessons show you where to improve. The key is turning lessons into systems so future projects actually pay. Email
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Margins

Every project is its own business.

December 11, 2025 Obsidian Thorne, LLC
Every project is its own business. Its own revenue. Its own risk. If you’re not tracking profit per job, you’re guessing per job. The fastest way to protect your margin is to treat every project
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Leadership

Don’t Confuse Motion With Progress

December 11, 2025 Obsidian Thorne, LLC
Being busy feels productive, but it’s often just motion. Real progress requires intention, direction, and measurable outcomes. Don’t mistake activity for advancement. Email :
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Winning More Jobs

What is The Apple Effect?

December 10, 2025 Obsidian Thorne, LLC
What is The Apple Effect? It’s the playbook I wrote after years of working inside $1M–$50M companies that couldn’t see why they were stuck. I wrote it because every founder deserves a system
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Cash Flow

How to Spot a Business Dry Spell Before It Hits

December 10, 2025 Obsidian Thorne, LLC
You can see the dry spell coming, if you’re paying attention. Two months out from finishing a project and no new jobs in play? That’s not momentum. That’s a cliff. It takes 60–120 days to
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Leadership

Hard Decisions Protect Company Culture

December 09, 2025 Obsidian Thorne, LLC
Hard decisions protect culture. Every day you tolerate misalignment, you teach your top performers that standards don’t matter. Protect the vision. Lead with clarity. If they won’t align, they
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Margins

Why Estimators Protect Margin on Paper but Lose Control Once the Job Starts

December 07, 2025 Obsidian Thorne, LLC
Every estimator protects margin on paper but the moment that job starts, control shifts. If your project managers don’t own margin, they’ll spend it. At the Charlotte Build Expo, I broke down how
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