001 - Stages of Construction Contractor Growth (Intro)
D. Brown Management
July 18, 2024
Every contractor grows through six general stages with each requiring different strategies, systems, structure, and leadership focus. 90-minute discussion covers the basic challenges with examples for all levels.
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Business Model Basics for Contractors
D. Brown Management
March 4, 2024
A contractor's strategic choices along with the supporting management systems and organizational structure must fit into a viable business model. A business model IS NOT a business plan.
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Strategic Foundations: What Is Unlikely to Change?
D. Brown Management
January 1, 2024
Like construction projects, construction businesses are only as strong as their foundations. Build your strategies around things that are unlikely to change in the long-term (10+ years).
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Talent Value Stream (TVS): The Basics
D. Brown Management
October 29, 2023
The business of building is largely about aligning projects and people. The Talent Value Stream (TVS) ensures talent will never be a constraint to your growth.
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Definition - Capacity
D. Brown Management
September 10, 2023
How Much of something (capability) a person, team, or company handle. Consider this in ranges of comfortable (sustainable) and peak (sprints).
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Definition - Capability
D. Brown Management
September 10, 2023
A team or company’s combination of skills, competencies, knowledge, processes, tools, and behaviors that allows them to Carry Out particular activities or achieve certain goals. Capabilities create the outcomes that customers are paying for.
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6 Phases of the Strategy and Planning Process
D. Brown Management
August 13, 2023
The strategy and planning process for a contractor can be broken down into six phases. Each phase is integrated but has a different objective and involves different people. These phases will help you create the right process for your stage of growth.
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4 Different Strategic Planning Objectives
D. Brown Management
August 13, 2023
Before moving into a strategy or planning session, understand which of the four broad objectives you are working to accomplish knowing they may be different for different parts of the company.
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8 Indicators That You May Be at a Growth Inflection Point
D. Brown Management
July 29, 2023
While there is no "Perfect Signage" about the growth inflection points that contractors must navigate through, these eight questions can help you evaluate where you are at.
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Owner Occupied Real Estate for Contractors - Lease or Buy?
D. Brown Management
December 23, 2020
There isn't a simple answer to this question. Much of the advice you will get has bias attached. Start your decision making process by building your own models and making general assumptions while looking into the future. Use this Excel model to start.
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