Hello again loyal leaders, it’s Capt. Fletch! Today’s forecast: sunny and hot with a 100% chance of another edition of Leadership Toolbox. Last month, we discussed the power of milestones and the major successes that can come from celebrating small wins. This month, we examine the antithesis to milestones. How do you react and recover when you and your team are overloaded?
Work sequencing is perhaps one of the most overlooked tasks in all construction. It sometimes seems daunting — particularly on bigger jobs — to look at work tasks in a schedule and determine the resources required and feasibility of success. Try thinking of a project schedule as simply a list of tasks to get from nothing to the project’s end goal. In other words, a schedule is a to-do list. I grant that this may overly simplify things. A project schedule’s to-do lists can get lengthy and highly complex. But it serves as a useful framework when we begin determining the order in which to complete these tasks.