Construction Career Growth in 5 Diagrams
D. Brown Management
April 8, 2023
Improve career development for every role in your company including your own with these five diagrams and short insights from our team.
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Mastering Job Role Transitions in the Construction Industry
Sue Weiler-Doke
April 8, 2023
For construction contractors, the challenges with role transitions are significantly worse due to changes in the construction process including technology, the shortage of talent, and the highly competitive fragmented nature of the construction industry.
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Thriving with a Difficult Manager
D. Brown Management
September 9, 2021
In the ideal situation, everyone would have a great manager - both internally and externally. In the real world, we will all have to work for someone we consider a difficult manager. Learn to thrive in these situations.
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Happy Labor Day 2021
D. Brown Management
September 6, 2021
Happy Labor Day 2021 | Celebrating 127 Hard-Won Years | Always Remember Why
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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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5C Troubleshooting of Performance
D. Brown Management
September 7, 2020
Ask great questions around the five interrelated categories that cause most failures in outcomes or process, including choice, capabilities, capacity, controls, and the conditions in which all those occurred.
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Setting Standards and the Feedback Loop
D. Brown Management
September 7, 2020
Set the standard. Train to the standard. Certify to the standard. Plan the work to the standard. Execute to the plan and the standard. Check against the standard. Make prioritized improvements to the standard, training, planning, and execution.
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Types of Trust - Breaking it Down to Build Effective Teams
D. Brown Management
August 16, 2020
Build your career, team, project, and company faster by learning to quickly develop trust, including being able to troubleshoot problems. Trust is a very broad term and too often misunderstood. Trust is a verb much more than a noun.
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Are You Solving the Right Category of the Problem?
D. Brown Management
August 15, 2020
Effectively prioritize, define, and solve problems in your organization.
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Contractor Profiles in Recession Management
D. Brown Management
May 24, 2020
3X your profitability during a recession. Look at how you performed during the last recession then evaluate your current readiness and plan your next steps.
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