A vital exercise for construction company CEOs In the world of sports, the best executives are always evaluating their roster of talent. They strive every day, season after season, to field a team of talented players that fit with their organization’s culture. Great construction CEOs do the same thing. They consistently assess the people in…
Three problems occur when you move a Project Manager (PM) to a new project, and another PM takes over their work: Production (and profit) decline because the new PM doesn’t understand the work. The field crews don’t have a relationship with the new PM and keep bugging the first PM with their issues. Customer satisfaction…
Project Managers (PMs) are considered successful if their projects are profitable. But think about that method of evaluation. How much control does a PM have over project profit? On a scale from 1 to 10, 1 being no control, 10 being complete control? They aren’t a 1, but they are certainly not a 10. That…
I have just finished building out my home gym in my garage. I’ve got a Squat rack, Olympic bar, and weights. I even installed a small sauna. I love lifting weights, and my goal is to increase (and maintain) strength without getting injured. Last week I was bench pressing, and my fourteen-year-old son was helping…
We are all familiar with how the military uses the principle of “tours of duty.” A soldier will rotate from one commander to another, spend time at the front lines, logistics, and technical areas to build their competencies and experiences. Do you know how to use this principle in your company to develop talent? Think…
Do you remember your favorite childhood Christmas gift? (Mine was a Star Wars blaster) What made that gift so special to you? As a child, you had no “purchasing power”, no ability to go out and get yourself that bike, video game console, or dollhouse. Do you remember your favorite childhood Christmas gift? As…