The Teacher and the Student in All of Us

The rate a contractor can grow is the average speed the team learns and teaches at.

D. Brown Management

August 6, 2018 2 minute read

PDCA: Deming Cylce, the teacher and student in all of us.

We are all teachers and we are all students. There are many things that we can do to improve ourselves on both sides of that equation:

We are much better at the business of construction! Don’t laugh too hard at my capabilities at animation. :)

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Quote about Winning - Bob Knight

There is an excitement about winning and definitely a need to instill that vision and passion in your team. This however is just the top of the mountain and reaching the summit is momentary. It's the discipline of preparing to win that is critical.

Coachability and Capability Matrix

Sustainable growth over time in your career and as a company has to do with being coachable and capable. Optimum growth occurs when we are stretching ourselves and others just beyond our current capabilities and then developing the needed capabilities.

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Different Heights Require Different Skills and Gear

As contracting businesses grow the leadership focus, strategy, org structure and processes must change. Think about building a business the same as you would hiking up a mountain with each different phase requiring different skills and different gear.