Definition - Discipline

Consistently Doing what needs to be done even when you don’t want to do it. Motivation is doing what needs to be done when you want to do it – related to desire.

D. Brown Management

September 10, 2023 1 minute read

EXAMPLE

Deliberate Practice of running five miles every morning at 5AM, even when it is below freezing or raining.

Definition - Normalization of Deviance

Normalization of deviance happens when shortcuts become the standard. At best, it slows capability growth. At worst, it creates catastrophic safety risks. In between is wasted money, time, and people.

Definitions

Resource - Stratified Systems Theory (SST) and Timespan 101

All contractors navigate through very predictable stages of growth, delivering larger and more complex projects. Business complexity evolves requiring different capabilities at all levels. Tom Foster lays out some of these key differences very clearly.

Organizational Development

Balancing Training and Coaching Effectively

Every contracting business is made up of many jobs that need to be done, ranging from relatively simple and short-term tasks to complex, ambiguous, and long-term objectives.

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