by Mitch Anderson | Apr 10, 2025 | Free Edit, Shop Talk
I recently had the pleasure of hearing my friend Chick Herbert speak. I’ve known Chick since college and back then I suspected he’d amount to something. He did. Chick is an executive leader, speaker, coach, and has authored the book It Begs the Question....
by Mitch Anderson | Dec 16, 2024 | Free Edit, Shop Talk
This past August I had the opportunity to attend a Men of Faith Retreat produced by Tommy Spaulding, someone I referenced in my President’s Perspective from this time last year. It was unforgettable in many ways. The attendees, speakers, learning, reflection...
by Mitch Anderson | Oct 21, 2024 | Free Edit, Shop Talk
I didn’t know how isolated I was until I wasn’t. One year ago I moved out of my office and into one of our open work stations. We had a new team member joining us as a staff recruiter, and she didn’t have a private place to do her work. We could have...
by Mitch Anderson | Aug 1, 2024 | Free Edit, Shop Talk
In the spring edition of our StoryLine Newsletter, we took you back in time to look at past editions of the newsletter and featured a few projects and developments that are significant to us still today. Those newsletters highlighted projects for Green Hills...
by Mitch Anderson | Mar 6, 2024 | Free Edit, Shop Talk
“This really isn’t fun anymore.” We began hearing this more and more frequently from our superintendents and project managers. These were guys with 20, 30, even 40 years of experience who were just not having very much fun running construction...
by Mitch Anderson | Dec 15, 2023 | Free Edit, Shop Talk
Earlier this month I attended the Ames Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Luncheon, which featured Tommy Spaulding as the keynote speaker. Tommy is an author and a speaker with the gift of storytelling, and it is a real gift. Many of his remarks from this event are...
