Cranes and a Construction Business
D. Brown Management
May 2, 2024
There is a lot of intentionality around all aspects of every crane lift, including systems for double-checking and approvals. There is far less intentionality around the business equivalents for contractors and that dramatically impacts performance.
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3-Year Business Planning (Basic Overview)
Courtney Stearns
April 27, 2024
Your 3-Year Business Plan is the equivalent of a Short-Interval-Plan (SIP) on a construction project. It sets specific objectives and key results for the whole team. It allows you to plan your resources and know if you are on track or not.
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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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Definition - SITREP (Situation Report)
D. Brown Management
April 20, 2024
A standardized report originated in the military to provide a concise, clear update on the current situation, typically in a combat environment. The principles can be applied to projects and construction businesses.
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6 Progressive Levels of Standards Development
D. Brown Management
April 20, 2024
Standards progress through six basic levels as a contractor grows based on impact, frequency, and quantity of different people doing them. Optimum outcomes including scalability are based on choosing the right level - higher is not always better.
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Structure, Decision Rights, and Information Systems
D. Brown Management
April 15, 2024
Alignment of strategy, management structure, decision rights, and information systems creates consistently good outcomes for growing contractors and faster development of talent.
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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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Definition - Organizational Development (OrgDev / OD)
D. Brown Management
April 14, 2024
Organizational Development is an effort that focuses on improving the organization’s capability through the alignment of strategy, structure, people, rewards, metrics, and management systems.
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Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act (The OODA Loop)
D. Brown Management
April 14, 2024
The OODA Loop is a decision-making framework originally developed for the military to make agility a competitive advantage. The focus on fast, localized decisions in rapidly changing environments aligns well with construction projects and businesses.
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