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.
Field Operations OrgDev Talent
Development Stages for Each Task Required by a Job Role
D. Brown Management
July 10, 2025
You can accelerate someone’s development with a consistent method for evaluating their progress from learning to consistent execution. Your growth is further accelerated by those who develop into multipliers of others.
development management talent
Project Actions Required (PAR)
D. Brown Management
June 22, 2025
Keep your project teams aligned and your projects on track with a shared Project Actions Required (PAR) list and workflow.
field productivity project management
Integrated Safety, Quality, and Production
D. Brown Management
June 8, 2025
Integrated safety, quality, and production improve all outcomes with growth. Silos force functions to fight over a “fixed pie,” driving trade-offs.
management production quality safety
Front-Line Job Role Progression (Leading Self)
D. Brown Management
June 8, 2025
Clarity around job role expectations, progression paths, timelines (min/max), and required resources is the foundation for building people, projects, and construction companies.
management Organizational Development talent
Box Breathing: The 60 Second Mental Reset Tool
D. Brown Management
May 25, 2025
Box breathing can be used to reset yourself or a team in as little as 60 seconds. Impacts include sharper focus and working memory, lowered heart rate and blood pressure, and reduced stress hormones, resulting in less anxiety and a better overall mood.
health
Building Your Target Talent Model
D. Brown Management
May 25, 2025
Talent is the most constrained resource in the construction industry through at least 2030. With the industry's growth outlook, the contractors with the best Talent Value Streams (TVS) will dramatically outperform. Sadly, there will also be failures.
business planning management talent
Emotional Intelligence: Building Inner Strength and Impact
D. Brown Management
May 24, 2025
Emotional intelligence competencies are the impact multiplier for your technical competencies. Daniel Goleman has spent his career focused on defining, evaluating, and building these capabilities.
emotional intelligence leadership management
Business Developer (and Management) Hurdles
D. Brown Management
April 13, 2025
Finding a customer that will pay you is the first thing a contractor does. Scaling the business development function with growth is one of the most challenging things a contractor must do for sustainability and succession.
business development growth
The Capability and Market Balance (The Chicken or Egg Dichotomy)
D. Brown Management
April 13, 2025
Sustainable growth for contractors requires balancing capabilities and capacity with the available market. Like balancing on the toes of one foot, balance is not a static relaxed state. It requires focus, continuous adjustments, and deliberate practice.
planning strategy talent