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Empower Your Newly-Promoted Project Executive: Tips for a Successful Transition

Empower Your Newly-Promoted Project Executive: Tips for a Successful Transition

You’ve just promoted a project manager to the role of a project executive. They are no longer responsible for building specific projects, they have to shift to building and leading a team of project managers. Navigating the Player to Coach Transition: Guide Your Project Executive from Managing Projects to Leading Teams As they transition into…

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Taming the Change Order Monster: Mentoring Project Managers to Excel in Dispute Resolution

Taming the Change Order Monster: Mentoring Project Managers to Excel in Dispute Resolution

Change order conflicts can damage client relationships. As a seasoned construction leader, it’s your responsibility to share your expertise with ambitious project managers grappling with change order disputes. Here’s how you can help them triumph: 1. Gear up 📋: Urge your project managers to gather all pertinent documents and information before jumping into discussions. This…

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Mastering the Shift: Guiding Newly-Promoted Leaders to Embrace One-on-One Meetings for Successful Team Building in Construction

Mastering the Shift: Guiding Newly-Promoted Leaders to Embrace One-on-One Meetings for Successful Team Building in Construction

Introduction: When you promote a Project Manager into a senior leadership role such as an Area Manager or Project Executive, they have to shift from managing projects directly to leading and building teams. This transition is difficult. A powerful way for them to successfully navigate this shift is for them to have regular one-on-one meetings…

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The Importance of Flexibility and Strong Leadership in Construction: What Amazon’s Delays Teach Us

The Importance of Flexibility and Strong Leadership in Construction: What Amazon's Delays Teach Us

Charles Erwin Wilson, President of General Motors in the 1950s, famously said, “As General Motors goes, so goes the nation.” Today, we can see a similar trend with companies like Amazon. The recent delay in the groundbreaking of the second phase of Amazon’s $2.5 billion headquarters project, and the company’s cancellations, closures, and delays of…

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Discover the Game-Changing EAR Framework for Leadership Success

Discover the Game-Changing EAR Framework for Leadership Success

As a leader, keeping your team motivated and focused can be challenging. With so many strategies to keep track of, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. Fortunately, there’s a solution – the EAR framework. What is the EAR Framework? The EAR framework is a simple and direct approach to leadership that can help you unlock your…

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Unlocking the Potential of Your Project Engineers: The Power of Tours of Duty

Unlocking the Potential of Your Project Engineers: The Power of Tours of Duty

Fresh-Faced Graduates: Potential and Passion, But What’s Next? It’s that time of year, when you hire fresh-faced college graduates who come in ready to take on the world as Project Engineers. They’ve got the potential, they’ve got the passion, but what’s the best way to develop them and unlock their full potential? Don’t Get Stuck:…

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