Required Leadership Focus Changes at Each Stage of Growth
D. Brown Management
July 29, 2023
At each stage of growth, the leadership focus at the top for majority Owners/CEO/President must change to continue navigating growth effectively. Concurrently, the leadership focus from the prior stage of growth must be transferred and expanded downward.
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8 Indicators That You May Be at a Growth Inflection Point
D. Brown Management
July 29, 2023
While there is no "Perfect Signage" about the growth inflection points that contractors must navigate through, these eight questions can help you evaluate where you are at.
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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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Words of Wisdom for Leading Growth
D. Brown Management
February 21, 2020
Develop a clear market strategy and set guiding principles that creates value for your customers and your business. Nurture and promote those on your team that take initiative to aggressively execute strategy while relentlessly following up on details.
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Balancing Modes of Prioritization and Career Progression
D. Brown Management
February 18, 2020
If your workload prioritization seems impossible, try looking at it from a higher-level of prioritization. We all must prioritize in life and at work. Our outcomes are heavily impacted by how effective we are at prioritization.
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Different Stages of Market Growth and the Types of People Required
D. Brown Management
February 1, 2020
Every contractor will experience different stages of growth as a company and within the markets they are competing in. Understanding the different types of people required at each stage will help the contractor navigate them smoother.
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Evolving Focus with Growth and Leadership Levels
D. Brown Management
January 24, 2020
All contractors are built on the same foundation, which starts with the amazing crafts people. With growth in the business, project size, and your level of leadership, the time you allocate to different layers of the pyramid must evolve.
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Two Critical Things Every Business Must Do
D. Brown Management
February 16, 2019
The business of construction is both challenging and exciting, with days full of risks and rewards. Jack Stack calls it “The Great Game of Business,” where he describes how to create a culture of ownership.
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A Business Exists to Serve a Customer
D. Brown Management
February 11, 2019
Without satisfied and growing customers, nothing else a contractor does will matter. Few things are more profitable for contractors than recurring work negotiated with a select group of project owners.
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Appearance and Experience of Management Control
D. Brown Management
February 5, 2019
As your career develops and you grow into roles of greater responsibility, one of the biggest challenges is what Jennifer Garvey Berger calls “The paradox of the appearance of increasing control and the experience of decreasing control.”
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