Organizational Strength (Quantifying Current State)
David Brown
July 13, 2025
Quantifying organizational strength visually allows you to both see and measure current gaps and opportunities. This helps contractors better allocate resources for recruiting, training, and development aligned with their business plans.
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Org Structure Planning (Current State)
D. Brown Management
August 25, 2024
Taking an objective look at your current-state organizational structure and the people in each role forms the foundation for your recruiting, development, and business planning.
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Org Structure Planning (50%)
D. Brown Management
August 25, 2024
Planning for a 50% organizational structure is valuable both for contingency planning and for highlighting growth opportunities. Constraints breed creativity, and there is no greater constraint than talent.
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From More Generalized to More Specialized with Growth
D. Brown Management
March 3, 2024
Job roles, tools, and equipment progressively get more specialized as projects and contractors grow. These changes must be balanced with versatility and talent development.
Organizational Development OrgDev Talent Value Stream (TVS)
Enabling Hierarchies are Critical for Success
D. Brown Management
September 17, 2023
Almost everything in life and business follows a hierarchy—people, principles, policies, strategies, plans, processes, and projects. These must evolve with growth and changing conditions while avoiding excessive control and ego.
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Contractor Organizational Structures and Performance
D. Brown Management
April 15, 2023
Effective org structures improve project delivery, accelerate team growth, and enable smooth successions. These five diagrams and insights from our team will help you see your teams and structure differently.
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5T Evaluation of Alignment for a Person and a Role
D. Brown Management
January 18, 2020
Your growth will either be constrained or unlocked based on how effective you are at getting the right people into the right roles - including yourself. Learn what 5 basic categories you should start with.
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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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Teams and Readiness for Growth and/or Succession
D. Brown Management
December 25, 2018
Whether you are focused on growing profitably or preparing for an ownership transition, the strength of your team and organizational structure is a major factor.
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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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