Jack Welch - Short and Long Term

We exist to help contractors build stronger businesses for the next generation.

D. Brown Management

May 10, 2018 2 minute read

That is not only our mission at D. Brown Management but should also be the mission of EVERY leader within a construction business.

Quote: You've got to eat while you dream. You've got to deliver on short-range commitments, while you develop a long-range strategy and vision and implement it. Jack Welch Retired Chairman and CEO of GE

Leaders must be focused on balanced execution across both functional areas and time horizons for truly sustainable growth.

Developing Your Talent
Winning Quality Work
Building Quality Projects
Keeping Score
Integrating Your Supply Chain
Leveraging Technology

Within each of those functional areas leaders must balance out short-term execution while investing in their long-term vision. This balancing act is extremely difficult when management teams are all stretched thin.

Jack & Suzy Welch do a great job of describing this balance in Winning and The Real Life MBA.

An experienced but unbiased 3rd party can be invaluable in helping your team remain balanced in their thinking and execution.

Evolution of Project Delivery Methods

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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Words of Wisdom for Leading Growth

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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Using a Vision to Create Desire and Context for Tasks

There is a whole lot of work involved in building projects and building a construction company. It is easy to get mired down in endless to-do lists, processes, and problems. The thing that holds this all together and accelerates performance is the vision.

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