Description

Jason talks about a pattern he sees when department leaders, such as scheduling directors and general superintendents, move away from serving the company's direction and toward protecting their own tools and area. He uses Patrick Lencioni's "team one" idea to explain why directors do their best work when their first loyalty is the leadership team, and why a department exists to enable the people building the work. He shares a hammer-versus-carpenter picture for hiring, where we hire for a craft and not just one software or instrument. He also announces that he appears in Paul Akers' upcoming book, Impact of Two Second Lean.

What you'll learn in this episode:

• What "team one" and "team two" mean, and why leaders do better work when the leadership team comes first
• Why scheduling, survey, and other support departments exist to enable the field, because owners pay for the work and not for a schedule or a survey on its own
• The hammer-versus-carpenter picture: hire for the craft, not for one tool like P6 or a total station
• What a well-rounded scheduling director knows: CPM, Takt, Last Planner, Scrum, logistics plans, and how to work with the field
• How a company can set the direction, give support leaders time to learn, and keep the focus on serving the people

Is your department's work built around the tool it knows or the people it serves?

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Also, here are links to our YouTube Channels:

· Jason Schroeder YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4xpRYvrW5Op5Ckxs4vDGDg

 · LeanTakt YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/leanTakt

· LeanSuper YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzQDevqQP19L4LePuqma3Fg/featured

· LeanSurvey YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Ztn3okFhyB_3p5nmMKnsw