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No Reward, No Performance in Construction: The Role of Transactional Leadership in Organizations
I would like to talk about a management model I observed in a British company whose name I prefer not to disclose. This company is known for undertaking extremely high-risk, high-cost construction projects, often in environments with serious safety challenges. Those familiar with the UK industry will probably guess the company already. What I want to focus on in this post is the leadership model they use and the motivation techniques built around it. The company defines criti
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Apr 53 min read


Field Cannot Teach It Alone—But You Can’t Learn It Without the Field
I wanted to share an anecdote from my Construction Project Management class today. Concepts like uncertainty, risk, decision-making, and leadership, which are crucial in construction project management, are either never mentioned or remain too "theoretical" for people working on real construction sites. To break this cycle, I first explained these topics in a classic theoretical way during the class: definitions, models, approaches… Then, I used an example from my previous ex
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Apr 32 min read
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