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Why Do Construction Professionals Struggle to Be Effective Leaders?

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Most construction professionals have an engineering background.

They are comfortable with tools, detailed plans, black and white specifications, and hard work. But when they step up to leadership roles, and shift to overseeing people instead of projects, they struggle, and fail to reach the profit goals they are responsible for.

They know how to build projects, but they struggle to lead people.

They get stuck in the weeds solving specific project problems that others should handle, instead of playing at a higher level, accomplishing more through others, cultivating relationships with clients, and participating in the senior leadership team.

How do your construction professionals gain the skills they need to be great leaders?

They need practical, construction focused coaching and training that shows them how to communicate, motivate their teams, delegate effectively, and hold people accountable. All the things that great construction leaders do, every day.

They know how to build projects, but they struggle to lead people.
James Brett

Developing the leaders who report to you is time consuming and tricky.

You can be saying and doing the right things, but your direct reports hear your voice every day, and they can begin to tune you out, and your message loses its power. That’s why it can be helpful to get an outside voice. Coaching and training that provides real-world insights into how to be a better leader. An objective perspective from a construction industry expert who helps emerging leaders, established executives, and the C-Suite excel.

That’s where Construction Genius comes in.

We are dedicated to the construction industry. We help technically skilled construction professionals make the shift from building projects to leading people by coaching and teaching the practical leadership skills they need to learn how to achieve excellent project outcomes.

Client Results

Mike Barrow Toro Enterprises construction executive coaching testimonial
How Construction Executive Coaching Helped Mike Barrow Grow as a Project Executive After stepping into a Project Executive role, Mike Barrow worked with Eric Anderton to sharpen his leadership, communicate expectations more clearly, and lead his team with more confidence. This construction executive coaching engagement helped him make the shift from managing projects to leading...
- Mike Barrow, Project Executive, Toro Enterprises
Project Executive
To Whom It May Concern:  We have plenty of internal training to make people better construction professionals. What we didn’t have was a strong way to develop the softer skills that become increasingly important as people advance in their careers. That’s what drew our senior leadership team and me to Eric Anderton’s leadership training, The...
- George Cullen
Co-President
To Whom It May Concern: I am pleased to provide this letter of recommendation for Eric Anderton and his leadership development services. As the Learning and Development Manager at Teichert, I oversee professional development for our Project eEngineers at various career stages, as well as leadership training across the entire organization. We have partnered with...
- Joe Bean
Learning and Development Manager
It’s hard to know what kind of value you’re going to get out of a service like this. For me, the biggest question was whether the return on investment would actually be achieved. But working with Eric really exceeded my expectations. His coaching helped me develop a structured framework for how to think and interact...
- Cory Turney
Construction Materials Manager
Business Development Training Delivered Beyond Expectations When I decided to seek out sales and business development training for my team, the motivation was straightforward: I wanted to elevate our performance. What impressed me immediately was how simple Eric made the entire process. His pricing was fair, his schedule flexibility was exceptional, and getting all six...
- Jimmy Roth
President

What makes Construction Genius different?

The one thing that separates the work of Construction Genius from every other leadership company that serves the construction industry is practical tools. You and your leaders will find that the material is simple to understand and use so that you can get into action and improve your leadership.

Every topic, tool and insight contain powerful principles, which are straight-forward and implementable, presented in a no-nonsense way.

If you want to help your leaders improve their communication and their leadership impact, Construction Genius will provide all the practical tools they need. Working with us, you won’t get any jargon or fake motivational talk. Just time-tested, proven methods that they can use, right away to become a better leader, build killer projects, and make more money. To find out more about how Construction Genius can help you improve the leadership in your company, click the button below and book in a short 10-minute call. This is your first step in discovering if or how we can help.

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How We Develop Your Leaders, Together

Step 1

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10 Minute Call (FREE)

  • We’ll quickly figure out if/how Construction Genius can help.
  • If it turns out we can’t help you, we’ll let you know and point you in the right direction.
  • If we can help, we’ll go to step 2 and talk about HOW.

Step 2

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60 Minute Strategy Session (FREE)

We’ll focus on three things:

  • The progress you want to make in the next year.
  • How things are right now, what’s working, and what’s not…
  • Finally, once we know where you are, and where you want to go, we’ll identify the obstacles and put together a plan for overcoming them.

Step 3

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Executive Coaching Program (Paid)

  • The leaders you select will meet with Eric one-on-one
  • Coaching program will be tied to achieving specific, measurable objectives
  • Sessions are 1 hour 2-4x/month
  • Minimum coaching commitment is six months
Book a 10 Minute Call

PODCASTS

Selling to Your Employees: How ESOPs Work for Construction Company Succession | Ep. 394

Listen Now about Selling to Your Employees: How ESOPs Work for Construction Company Succession | Ep. 394

Question Everything: How to Innovate Construction Materials and Methods | Ep. 393

Listen Now about Question Everything: How to Innovate Construction Materials and Methods | Ep. 393

Get Off the Bid List: Build a Construction Business Development System That Wins Negotiated Work, with Matthew Neuberger | Ep. 392

Listen Now about Get Off the Bid List: Build a Construction Business Development System That Wins Negotiated Work, with Matthew Neuberger | Ep. 392

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