Tasks vs. Key Results
D. Brown Management
May 2, 2018
“Life favors the specific ask and punishes the vague wish.” - Tim Ferriss Excellent advice from the book Tribe of Mentors that can be applied to the hiring and management process for contractors.
Seven Basic Project Team Objectives
D. Brown Management
May 1, 2018
Every construction project team has seven basic objectives. Expand on these to build great evaluation, development, and troubleshooting tools for your business.
project management talent development
Identifying and Eliminating Your #1 Bottleneck
D. Brown Management
April 30, 2018
Identify then eliminate your #1 bottleneck. This seems so incredibly obvious and simple but in reality it is very difficult to do for all but the smallest and simplest of contractors. Let’s dive into this a little.
Improving Team Morale
D. Brown Management
April 29, 2018
If morale on your team is low then it’s probably your fault. Those words sound harsh but let’s unpack them a little bit and see if we can improve team morale.
Bruce Lee - "Be Like Water"
D. Brown Management
April 28, 2018
Be like water - an amazingly simple and powerful piece of wisdom from Bruce Lee. As the construction industry continues to get more complicated sometimes it is important to back up and look at simplicity.
Feedback - Build up, Don't Beat Up
D. Brown Management
April 27, 2018
Talent development is often slowed down because people don’t know how to give productive feedback. The skills of giving, receiving and acting upon feedback can be developed.
Seven Drivers of Valuation
D. Brown Management
April 26, 2018
A significant number of contractors will be going through an ownership transition during the next decade. These transitions impact many people, especially the owners and the management teams.
GRIT - Building an Internal Drive
D. Brown Management
April 25, 2018
Great leaders build an incredible degree of cohesion, skill and sheer determination in their teams. What is critically difficult is striking that balance between helping and helping too much.
Leading vs Lagging
D. Brown Management
April 24, 2018
Clearly defining the outcome you want in clearly measurable terms is critically important so that you and everyone else knows exactly what winning looks like. As challenging as defining clear measurable outcomes is; that is the easiest part.
Doing Something is Worth a Lot
D. Brown Management
April 23, 2018
All things must be thought about before they can be built. For more complex ideas they must be talked about with a team to align everyone. Those are both critical prerequisites however without the act of actually doing something they are 100% waste.
