Five Mountains - Where Are You At?
D. Brown Management
May 2, 2024
As you think about your career and business, there are five basic mountains to climb. Each has its own challenges and rewards. Each has its own peaks and valleys during the climb. Each progressively adds more value to the next generation.
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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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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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Enabling Hierarchies are Critical for Success
D. Brown Management
September 17, 2023
Just about everything in life and business have hierarchies including people, principles, policies, strategies, plans, processes, and projects. These must evolve with growth and changing conditions while avoiding stifling levels of controls and ego.
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Talent Funnel - The Macro Viewpoint
D. Brown Management
August 20, 2023
To better cope with some of the talent shortages that growing contractors are facing, it is important to look at talent through a similar lens as we would sales, putting them into a funnel and approximate timelines. We have to start with the big picture.
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Governance Structures Enabling Ownership Transitions
D. Brown Management
May 21, 2023
Governance structures including the board of directors, policies, information flow, operating rhythm, and decision rights must continually evolve through each stage of growth and ownership transition. The first board is typically driven by a transition.
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3 Facts About Ownership Transition Deal Structures
D. Brown Management
May 20, 2023
The Deal Structure including dollars, timing, terms, legal entities, taxes, and contractual documents is the most tangible part of the transaction. The Deal Structure WILL NOT do three very critical things - Cash, Capabilities, and Trust.
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7 Major Stakeholder Groups in Ownership Transitions
D. Brown Management
November 21, 2018
As contractors plan for ownership transitions, there are seven major stakeholder groups that will sometimes have competing wants and needs that must be identified and brought into alignment.
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The Basic Math of Ownership Transitions
D. Brown Management
November 17, 2018
Ownership succession for a construction business is complex. Sometimes it is best to back up and look at a really simple model to keep the three primary parties focused on what is truly important.
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The Contractor Scoreboard - A Contractor Must Do 3 Things
D. Brown Management
August 11, 2018
This outcome-based scoreboard keeps everyone focused on what matters. Avoid metric overload and diffusion of resources. All other metrics throughout all levels of the organization fall into a hierarchy below these with priorities changing over time.
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