Nina Winans

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A Good Friend: Take the Time to Nurture Friendships

Industry consultant Paul Winans remembers a good friend and the value of making the most of every day. More

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Couples' Retreat

This retreat can help married business owners make both their working and personal relationships with each other successful. More

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Preparing for the future of your business

Succession planning, a rarity in the industry just a decade or two ago, has become a serious priority for many remodelers big and small. More

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Second Look: Paul and Nina Winans

As exit strategies go, Paul and Nin Winans' was both specific and open-ended. In 1998, 20 years after founding Winans Construction in Oakland, Calif., "we agreed that by December 31, 2008, we would be out of the business," says Paul. This summer, well ahead of schedule, the couple sold the highly regarded, $2.4-million-a-year design/build company. More

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Up the Engagement Level With Your Staff by Making Meetings Fun

Winans Construction company meetings are about more than just business—and the staff love it More

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Computing total compensation

Do you know how much you really spend on your employees? More importantly, do they know? In the final installment of our benefit series, REMODELING explores the idea of total compensation -- the true cost (and value) of employment at your company. More

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Challenges involved in managing benefits

In the second installment of our three-part series on benefits, REMODELING examines the challenges involved in managing benefits, as well as the pros and cons of the most common approaches. More

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First Contact on the Web

Here you'll find our Web site primer. In that story, we briefly mention an inquiry form that you can post on your Web site as one way prospective clients can initially contact your company. More

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Becoming friends with clients

We have developed more than client/provider relationships with many of the people we've worked with. More

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Engineering the client experience

Self-described remodeling neophytes Susan Parker and Ed Hynes “lived to rue the day” they almost hired another contractor instead of Greg Antonioli. The Boston-area couple, a college professor and a library director, had a substantial project in mind when they interviewed a remodeler we'll call Roger, as well as Antonioli, president of Out of the Woods Construction and Woodworking, a $1.5 million design/build firm in Arlington, Mass. More

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