The Teacher and the Student in All of Us

The rate a contractor can grow is the average speed the team learns and teaches at.

D. Brown Management

August 6, 2018 2 minute read

PDCA: Deming Cylce, the teacher and student in all of us.

We are all teachers and we are all students. There are many things that we can do to improve ourselves on both sides of that equation:

We are much better at the business of construction! Don’t laugh too hard at my capabilities at animation. :)

Learn more about how we help contractors accelerate their growth through strategy, structure and the development of their talent

Succession Planning at All Levels

If a construction company is growing at 15% per year, then it will double in size about every five years. Therefore, in general, every position must be training at least two people that will be capable of succeeding them within five years.

Organizational Development OrgDev Recruiting Succession Talent Talent Value Stream (TVS)

Cash Flow Tip 5 - Flowchart Your Cash Flow

You can only see the full value-stream of cash flow including the waste, the people and the opportunities for improvement by mapping out every step.

Time-on-Tools and Minimum Required Installation

Labor productivity IS NOT the biggest problem with project productivity. Under similar conditions the variation in how fast two crafts people actually “turn wrenches” is not that big. Focus on these three areas.