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What If: Fast Formulas for Profit Forecasting In Hiring, Pricing, Labor, Material, Marketing/Advertising and Technology

Your accountants work to make sure you are profitable, and your leadership team plans on turning your dreams into reality, but sometimes you need a fast calculator in front of you that helps you insta...

Contract Horror Stories

Is there anything scarier than not understanding your contracts and what you are signing? The truth of the matter is, whatever you sign in a subcontract will be used against you, and signing one bad c...

Building a High-Performance Culture

While trying to recover from COVID-19 setbacks and economic downfalls, contractors are now facing another hurdle: labor shortages. From skilled craftworkers to painters, the workforce is reporting an ...

Do Something Different: Soft Skills are the Difference

If you’re like many executives in the coatings industry, you’ve put a lot of effort into developing the technical and business knowledge (or “hard” skills) that you need to do your job well. But your ...

Creating Your Risk Mitigation Scorecard

In following up with his recent feature in Commercial Painting, and his presentation at the inaugural CPIA Leadership Conference, Laurence Pearlman will discuss what goes into making a risk mitig...

Coatings Panel: A Look Ahead

Earlier this year, the Commercial Painting Industry Association hosted its inaugural CPIA Leadership Conference in conjunction with Technology Publishing Company’s hosted-buyer event, Commercial Contr...

Commercial Painting Magazine

2025-26 Issue 4 Commercial Painting Magazine – 2025-26, Vol. 5, Issue No. 4 CPIA members from Magnum’s leadership team share how they grew a drywall company into a mega drywall, painting, wallcovering...

Recruiting & Selection Strategies

Hiring committed and skilled talent is imperative for business growth. Employers are having to get more creative with their sourcing methods and also ensure they have objective and consistent processe...

Differentiated Performance & Long-Life Architectural Coatings

Learn about how the coatings industry has come to rely on weatherable coatings to provide long-term weather protection to buildings. Presented by Ron Partridge, Sr. Account Manager Fluoropolymer Coati...