HeyJaredThe Construction Leadership Podcast: Executive Strategies to Build Elite Teams & Consistently Deliver On-Time, Under Budget
Are you spending more time solving problems than actually leading in your construction business?The Construction Leadership Podcast helps executives build high-performing teams, finish on time and under budget—without all the firefighting and babysitting—so you can lead with…
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576 :: Why Fixing the Incentive Matters More Than Fixing the Scoreboard for Better Team Performance (opens the original)
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Could the incentives inside your business be encouraging the exact behaviors you're trying to eliminate? When three out of every four grades at the University of Michigan are As, changing how freshmen are graded raises a much bigger leadership question: What happens when the system rewards behaviors you never intended? The same problem can show up inside your construction business. Performance reviews become meaningless when everyone "exceeds expectations." Honest feedback gets avoided because i
575 :: How Charlie Munger's "Too Hard Pile" Can Help Leaders Decide What's Worth Solving (opens the original)
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What problem have you been trying to solve for far too long simply because you've already invested so much into it? Leaders are taught to value grit, persistence, and the willingness to tackle hard problems. Those qualities can create tremendous value. They can also make walking away from a long-standing commitment incredibly difficult. In this episode, Bradley Hartmann explores Charlie Munger's famous "too hard pile," insights from investor Jeremy Giffon, and Peter Drucker's concept of intentio
574 :: Stop Defending Bad Decisions: What New Coke Teaches Leaders About Correcting Course (opens the original)
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What do you do when the data supports your decision, but reality proves you wrong? In 1985, Coca-Cola replaced its legendary formula with New Coke after extensive research suggested consumers preferred a sweeter taste. The backlash was immediate. Just 79 days later, Coca-Cola reversed course and brought back the original formula. The way Coca-Cola's leaders responded to that mistake provides a valuable leadership lesson. For construction leaders constantly evaluating new technology, processes, m
573 :: How One Annoying Book Changed the Way I Use AI to Make Better Business Decisions (opens the original)
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Are you using AI to save a few minutes or to make the decisions that could change your business? Many leaders are already using AI to summarize documents, improve emails, build meeting agendas, and handle other everyday tasks. But what if those applications are focused on the 80% of your work that creates only 20% of the value? In this episode, Bradley Hartmann shares his begrudging, but wholehearted, recommendation of Geoff Woods' The AI-Driven Leader . Despite a long list of frustrations with
572 :: How 15 Minutes a Day Can Help You Make Faster, More Strategic Decisions (opens the original)
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What are you doing every day to strengthen your strategic thinking or are you expecting to get strategically fit from one planning retreat a year? Construction leaders spend their days solving problems, answering emails, making decisions, and reacting to whatever demands their attention next. But when strategic thinking never gets the same deliberate practice, leaders can become the bottleneck, teams struggle to make decisions independently, and execution slows down. Bradley Hartmann shares a co
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