Contractor Business Boot Camp - Additional Resources

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Engagement Leadership

1. Be an Engaged Leader, By Cmdr. Douglas Houser, USN (Ret)
MILITARY OFFICER Magazine, April 2019, p. 30

2. Assess Your Engagement Level
Engage Your Workforce, Linda and Jeffrey Russell, April 2019, Vol. 27, Issue 1004, p. 15

3. Job Engagement Practices
Engage Your Workforce, Linda and Jeffrey Russell, April 2019, Vol. 27, Issue 1004, p. 16

4. Temperament In Leading By Manager Type
Adapted from David Keirsey and Marilyn Bates, Please Understand Me (Del Mar, CA: Prometheus Nemesis Book, 1978)

Servant Leadership

5. Creating a Culture of Servant Leadership, By Rita Balian Allen
Chief Learning Officer, March 2019

6. 3 Soft Skills That Vets have and Employers Want, By Sean Mclain Brown
Military.com, March 25, 2019

7. So You Want to Be a Servant Leader”¦ Don’t Let Your Ego Trip You Up
By Ken Blanchard, Chief Learning Officer Magazine, July/August 2018

General Leadership

8. Top Characteristics of Future Leaders
Dennis Engelbrecht, The Family Business Institute, November 2018

9. Four Factors Make a Trusted Leader, By Lt. Col. Pete Kilner, USA (Ret)
MILITARY OFFICER Magazine, July 2018, p. 28

10. Eight Laws of Heroic Leadership, By James Walsh
Talent Management magazine, Sept 2010, p. 46

11. Principles of Naval Leadership
1994 Navy Leader Planning Guide, p. 6-7

12. Leadership Competencies
1994 Navy Leader Planning Guide, p. 8-9

13. The “Critical Skills’, By Charles c. Jett
Shipmate Magazine, October 1992, p. 26-27

14. Commanding Officer’s Policy Statement
Commanding Officer, USS Jefferson City (SSN 759), 25 July 1992

15. An Ocean Away, By Jim Stavridis “˜76
Shipmate Magazine, June 1990, p. 4

16. Organizational Habits for a Proactive Operational Framework

1. The 10 traits successful contractors have in common
By Kathleen Brown
Construction Dive, April 8, 2019
https://www.constructiondive.com/news/the-10-traits-successful-contractors-have-in-common/551990/

2. Change Management – The Change Model
Satir Institute of the Southeast, Inc.

3. The Top 10 Reasons Contractors Succeed
by Dennis Engelbrecht and Wayne Rivers
Family Business Institute White Paper, March 2018

1. Should You Let Employees Set Their Own Goals?
by Zoë Henry
Inc. Magazine, October 2019

2. The Many Moving Parts of a Great Place to Work
Created by Inc. Studio and commissioned by Pegasus Optimization Managers LLC
Inc. Magazine, July/August 2019

3. State of Your Employees
Inc. Magazine, September 2019

4. He Empowered His Way Through the Darkness
by Zoë Henry
Inc. Magazine, September 2019

5. Nothing to Chance
By Lois Webster
TD Magazine, February 2009
https://www.td.org/

1. The Ideal Construction Dashboard
by Dennis Engelbrecht and Wayne Rivers
Family Business Institute White Paper, December 2018

2. Bad Jobs – Avoidance and Mitigation Plan (SAMPLE)
by Dennis Engelbrecht

3. LEAN: Learning Resources

The Lean Builder: A Builder’s Guide to Applying Lean Tools in the Field
by J. Donarumo and K. Dandy
The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement
(A business standard for creating flow and lean process improvement)
by J. Donarumo and K. Dandy
The Lean Construction Institute (LCI)