Should You Join a Peer-to-Peer Group?

Over the last few decades, educational opportunities for aspiring builders have proliferated, writes business guru David Gerstel in his latest JLC article, “Your Best Opportunity for Business Education Might Be in Your Hometown.” Gerstel notes that even though contractors have numerous magazines, books, podcasts, websites, YouTube channels, and conferences to share information and resources with other contractors, the most powerful networking opportunities may well come from “peer-to-peer” learning groups, where builders get together to help one another up their game. Here’s the inside story on what a peer-to-peer group can do for your contracting business.