Management Role Promotion Checklist (8 Steps)
D. Brown Management
April 20, 2024
Are you responsible for or involved in making the decisions about moving a person into a management role? Are you considering a move into a first-time, different, or higher-level management role? Use this 8-step checklist to help you evaluate.
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Construction Contracting, Materials Science, and "People Science"
D. Brown Management
April 14, 2024
Psychology is materials science for people. Engineers use materials science to design and build construction projects that are both safe and meet the needs of their owners. Organizational Development is the engineering of individuals into effective teams.
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Definition - Delegation
D. Brown Management
April 14, 2024
Delegation is the process of distributing and entrusting work to another person. This includes standards, resource allocation, follow-up, and quality checks to ensure the work is done correctly. Accountability for outcomes does not diminish.
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The Business of Building Series
D. Brown Management
April 7, 2024
Building projects requires technical expertise and resources. Building a construction business is about developing and aligning those capabilities with customers. Growth and time require different leadership focus, strategies, systems, and structure.
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Racing, Equipment, Heart Rates, and Contractor Growth
D. Brown Management
March 10, 2024
The fastest marathon runner used shoes costing $300 and is 2X as fast as an intermediate runner. The fastest 100-mile bicycle time is about 2.5X faster than the fastest marathon runner, going nearly 4X as far. Contractor and career growth is similar.
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Definition - Development (Talent)
D. Brown Management
September 10, 2023
Longer-term refinement of someone’s current capabilities Towards Mastery while preparing them for future roles and the ideal Career Path for them.
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Succession Planning at All Levels
D. Brown Management
February 28, 2019
If a construction company is growing at 15% per year, then it will double in size about every five years. Therefore, in general, every position must be training at least two people that will be capable of succeeding them within five years.
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Talent Development Quote - Jack Welch
D. Brown Management
October 5, 2018
From 1981 through 2001 under CEO Jack Welch, GE’s market cap (value) grew 18% compounded annually from $14B to $410B. A large part of this profitable growth was due to the rigor placed on their talent development processes directly from the CEO.
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Effective Job Role Descriptions for Organizing, Recruiting, Developing, and Retaining Talent
D. Brown Management
July 18, 2018
Clarity in job role descriptions is a foundational building block for successful careers and contracting businesses.
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Teamwork - The Five Foundational Stages to Results
D. Brown Management
June 1, 2018
Construction is the most complex TEAM sport there is and the teams that work best together win. It is that simple. The contractors who know how to develop the best teams are thriving in all market conditions including the shortage of construction talent.
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