Contractor Scoreboard: Key Results and Leading Activities (Disciplined Execution)
Joseph Irby
June 5, 2018
Defining what you want in quantifiable outcomes is extremely difficult. It's 10X harder to define those outcomes throughout the whole company from field to CEO. Defining the leading activities that create those outcomes is another 10X more difficult.
business management metrics
Diffusion of Innovations Curve - Leading Change
D. Brown Management
June 4, 2018
The contractors that dominate tomorrow’s market will be those that have built strong capabilities for identifying opportunities or problems and then rapidly making lasting changes throughout the organization.
business management change management leadership market strategy
Complexity of Thought and Planning Time Span
D. Brown Management
June 3, 2018
There are multiple dimensions of talent including personality traits, IQ, EQ, desire, knowledge and experience. One of the critical dimensions is what Elliott Jaques called “Time Span of Discretion” which is essentially a combination of:
Good or Bad is Just Perception
D. Brown Management
June 2, 2018
“There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.” - William Shakespeare It’s too easy to frame things that happen as good or bad. Try to frame things simply as events and accept that you can choose to perceive them however you want.
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.
Organizational Development OrgDev Talent Talent Value Stream (TVS) Team
The Stress-Performance Curve (Yerkes-Dodson Law)
D. Brown Management
May 31, 2018
Achieving maximum performance from yourself and your team requires understanding the stress-performance curve as it relates both to individuals and types of work.
business management
The Right People - Jim Collins
D. Brown Management
May 30, 2018
What differentiates contractors is their ability to execute basic strategies consistently. Effective execution comes down to people, process and tools - in that order.
Accurate Projections - The Tale of Two Project Managers
D. Brown Management
May 29, 2018
Few things will improve operational execution for contractors faster than a rigorous project review and projection process. Projections are really just continuous planning, learning, refining and adjusting.
project management
Construction Technology Integration Failures
D. Brown Management
May 28, 2018
More construction technology integrations FAIL to meet expectations due to alignment with the talent than the capabilities of the technology. If we looked at talent and technology the same way we look at equipment we would achieve a much better return.
Jack Welch - Any Jerk Short-Term Earnings
D. Brown Management
May 27, 2018
The ultimate measure of a leader is how well their business unit performs AFTER they are gone. With the construction industry talent shortages leaders must focus on building other leaders at an accelerated rate just to maintain market position.
