Jason records from his shed office, back home from Hawaii with good internet again, and lays out one of his most personal leadership convictions: energy is the center of leading teams. He pulls in Sun Tzu's Art of War on military energy, the recent back to back superintendent boot camps he ran with Brandon Montero, a story about driving a smaller engine up the sand dunes with his son, and the recovery pattern he watched Weston Woolsey use at Oakland Construction on a project that needed turning around. He closes with the metaphor that has stayed with him since he drove cattle as a kid: keep the horse's head up and it won't fall, no matter how it stumbles.
What you'll learn in this episode:
Why energy (focus, physiology, words) is what every team's performance is built on
The Sun Tzu lens on the energy of an army applied to construction teams
The sand dunes principle: rev the engine on the flat so the team has momentum for the hill
The seven step recovery pattern: stabilize, break people out of cycles, drive to win, keep direction, reward and create proximity, stay consistent, showcase the wins
Paul Akers' practice of touring people through the project so workers can be proud of their work
The horse driving lesson: keep the head up and the team doesn't roll over
Leaders show up when the energy is down. Stay strong long enough that people get tired of fighting your consistent positive energy. That's how teams turn around.
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