Definition - Delegation
D. Brown Management
April 14, 2024
Delegation is the process of distributing and entrusting work to another person. This includes standards, resource allocation, follow-up, and quality checks to ensure the work is done correctly. Accountability for outcomes does not diminish.
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Definition - Organizational Development (OrgDev / OD)
D. Brown Management
April 14, 2024
Organizational Development is an effort that focuses on improving the organization’s capability through the alignment of strategy, structure, people, rewards, metrics, and management systems.
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Definition - Decision Rights
D. Brown Management
April 14, 2024
Decision Rights define the business decisions that need to be made, who is involved in making them, and how they will be made through processes, tools, and operating rhythms.
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Definition - Decentralization
D. Brown Management
April 14, 2024
Decentralization is the delegation of entrepreneurial levels of decision rights in an organization for leadership development, scalability, sustainability, and succession.
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TOOL: Growth Inflection Point Summary + Self-Evaluation Worksheet
D. Brown Management
March 25, 2024
At certain growth inflection points, you must re-evaluate your strategy, systems, structure, and leadership focus. Use this worksheet as a guide to help you determine if you are at an inflection point requiring change or focus on refinement.
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Succession Readiness at All Levels
D. Brown Management
March 16, 2024
Succession goes far beyond ownership transitions every generation or two. Succession readiness at all levels is what allows contractors to grow profitably and safely. How would you evaluate succession readiness across your team?
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Racing, Equipment, Heart Rates, and Contractor Growth
D. Brown Management
March 10, 2024
The fastest marathon runner used shoes costing $300 and is 2X as fast as an intermediate runner. The fastest 100-mile bicycle time is about 2.5X faster than the fastest marathon runner, going nearly 4X as far. Contractor and career growth is similar.
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From More Generalized to More Specialized with Growth
D. Brown Management
March 3, 2024
Job roles, tools, and equipment progressively get more specialized as projects and contractors grow. These changes must be balanced with versatility and talent development.
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Unicorns and the Growing Contractor
D. Brown Management
January 21, 2024
If you are having consistent difficulty finding the right person for a role, you may be looking for a unicorn. Requiring unicorns to grow is a bad plan. If you do find a unicorn, just ask them where the pot of gold is and forget about construction!
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Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (Human Motivations)
D. Brown Management
January 1, 2024
Understanding human motivation is critical for all levels of management and leadership, starting with managing ourselves. There is no single "Perfect Model" defining what motivates every person but there are some great models to help our understanding.
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