The Business of Building Series
D. Brown Management
April 7, 2024
Building projects requires technical expertise and resources. Building a construction business is about developing and aligning those capabilities with customers. Growth and time require different leadership focus, strategies, systems, and structure.
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Thriving with a Difficult Manager
D. Brown Management
September 9, 2021
In the ideal situation, everyone would have a great manager - both internally and externally. In the real world, we will all have to work for someone we consider a difficult manager. Learn to thrive in these situations.
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Deliberately Building Your Perfect Life
D. Brown Management
April 22, 2020
What did you do today to improve your value-add and do more of what you love? The foundation of all sustainably growing contractors is a team with each person individually strong, sharing common values, and aligned around a common purpose.
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Balancing Modes of Prioritization and Career Progression
D. Brown Management
February 18, 2020
If your workload prioritization seems impossible, try looking at it from a higher-level of prioritization. We all must prioritize in life and at work. Our outcomes are heavily impacted by how effective we are at prioritization.
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Evolving Focus with Growth and Leadership Levels
D. Brown Management
January 24, 2020
All contractors are built on the same foundation, which starts with the amazing crafts people. With growth in the business, project size, and your level of leadership, the time you allocate to different layers of the pyramid must evolve.
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5T Evaluation of Alignment for a Person and a Role
D. Brown Management
January 18, 2020
Your growth will either be constrained or unlocked based on how effective you are at getting the right people into the right roles - including yourself. Learn what 5 basic categories you should start with.
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Perspectives on Development - Focusing on Strengths AND Weaknesses
D. Brown Management
January 29, 2019
There are a couple of schools of thought on development. The highest performers tend to embrace both of them. Don’t ever let a weakness of yours or anyone around you become an excuse for not achieving your goals.
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The Leadership Vibrancy Curve
D. Brown Management
February 18, 2018
Leaders must navigate (1) the stages of contractor growth, (2) the phases of management team development, and (3) the arc of their own career and life. Maintaining the right levels of leadership vibrancy leads to sustainable scaling and succession.
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3 Critical Buckets for Life and Construction
D. Brown Management
January 27, 2018
The best advice for life, building projects, building careers, and building construction businesses boils down to three buckets.
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