Headcount, Management Structure, and Systems
D. Brown Management
March 23, 2024
Your management structure and systems must be able to support your forecasted 2-month peak headcount, including the ramp-up to that peak.
growth management talent
Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM) and Contractor Growth
D. Brown Management
March 16, 2024
A responsibility matrix is a simple but powerful tool for helping everyone on a project and in the company see who is responsible for what. With a few added columns, it can easily indicate when, what tools, and link to the "how-to" procedures.
business management talent Talent Value Stream (TVS)
Unicorns and the Growing Contractor
D. Brown Management
January 21, 2024
If you are having consistent difficulty finding the right person for a role, you may be looking for a unicorn. Requiring unicorns to grow is a bad plan. If you do find a unicorn, just ask them where the pot of gold is and forget about construction!
Organizational Development talent
Resource - Gottman and the Science of Relationships
D. Brown Management
September 3, 2023
There will never be a more intimate relationship than between life partners. Relationships at the executive level, including business partners, have many similarities. The Gottman's have spent their lives on relationships, trust, and processing conflict.
Organizational Development relationships talent
Planning for the Continued Decline of the Deep Expertise Age Band in Construction
D. Brown Management
July 16, 2023
Strategies and tactics for contractors to thrive despite the 25% decline in the "Deep Expertise" age band between 2015 and 2030. There are no magic bullets but there are proven processes that have been used before.
talent
Prepare Your Business - People
D. Brown Management
March 18, 2020
Your people are your business. This is especially true for contractors where nearly 100% of competitive differentiators are the experience of your people. Now we are faced with lots of unknowns and yet we must act decisively.
COVID-19 talent
Coachability and Capability Matrix
D. Brown Management
March 5, 2020
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.
coaching talent
Different Stages of Market Growth and the Types of People Required
D. Brown Management
February 1, 2020
Every contractor will experience different stages of growth as a company and within the markets they are competing in. Understanding the different types of people required at each stage will help the contractor navigate them smoother.
leadership market strategy sustainable growth talent talent development
Talent Alignment & Integration: Four Basic Layers
D. Brown Management
February 1, 2018
Talent must be aligned around four basic layers for contractors to achieve results. Integration of talent from the customer through to compensation creates optimum results for all parties over the long-term.
talent