Management Systems - 10 Principles for Effectiveness
D. Brown Management
January 21, 2024
Management systems are the glue that connects a contactor's strategies, plans, projects, people, and resources together to make progress toward its vision. Management systems are the foundation for growth and must evolve as conditions change.
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Rubber Ducks for Planning and Troubleshooting Effectively
D. Brown Management
January 21, 2024
"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." - Albert Einstein Wisdom that is as applicable to physics as it is to being a Foreman, Project Manager, or Owner of a construction company.
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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!
Organizational Development talent
Productivity Differences Defined
D. Brown Management
January 21, 2024
Improving field productivity starts with clarity on what individual productivity is and is not.
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Theory of Constraints (ToC) Basic Overview
D. Brown Management
January 14, 2024
You will never have enough resources to make every possible improvement to your company. The most important leadership question: If every other area of the operation remained the same, what is the one area where change could have the greatest impact?
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Technology and Results - Ensure Alignment
D. Brown Management
January 14, 2024
For some, change is exciting, and this includes technology. Technology has dramatically changed the construction industry but that does not mean all technology creates results. Are you achieving the results you want from your technology?
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Technology Systems – Seeing the Whole Picture
D. Brown Management
January 14, 2024
Construction technology systems from infrastructure through specialty applications are complex. Understanding all the major pieces, how they integrate, and how they help you achieve your strategy is critical for all levels of leadership.
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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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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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Evolution of Project Delivery Methods
D. Brown Management
January 1, 2024
Project delivery methods for contractors will become increasingly more integrated from project owner through all key parts of the supply chain, which is a return to models used in the early 1900s with some modernization improvements.
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