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...
by Mitch Anderson | Oct 13, 2023 | Free Edit, Shop Talk
“Ask better questions.” I have used this phrase many times with my family members. While they are simply looking to make conversation, I challenge them to ask better questions in order to get better answers. Sometimes this applies to simple salutations,...
by Mitch Anderson | Jul 10, 2023 | Free Edit, Shop Talk
By now if you are a friend of Story, you likely know that we transitioned ownership last fall from 31 employee-owners to a complete Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). We did not make this decision lightly; many factors were considered in deliberating, deciding, and...
