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.
Two Restaurants on Saturday Night
D. Brown Management
April 22, 2018
Leaders of construction companies have to make many decisions with less than perfect information. Many times we are looking for perfectly formatted data in some sort of a report but there are indicators all over the place.
Fixing a Messy Teenage Bedroom
D. Brown Management
April 21, 2018
Most parents will teach their kids how to keep a clean bedroom through a combination of leading by example, training and daily management until the kids form their own good habits. Lean tools like 5S are the organizational equivalent.
Five Stages of Adult Behavior
D. Brown Management
April 20, 2018
The larger your team gets the more important it is to learn as much about talent development as you have learned about construction means and methods. These are not skills that can be delegated to someone in HR.
Budgeting the Right Time for New Tools
D. Brown Management
April 19, 2018
Have you ever created a tool or process for your company only to find that people aren’t using it effectively and some don’t even know about it?
Can't Learn to Swim Without Getting Wet
D. Brown Management
April 18, 2018
Most everything we learn to do in the field for construction comes down to hands-on practice. When we move people into supervision and management roles we often forget the need to truly practice hands-on to get great at doing something.
