A Superintendent has an incredible opportunity to be an integral part of the maintenance of the schedule. Don't just sit there and let it pass you by.

In this podcast we cover:

• How to properly update and use a schedule
• The steps to implementation
• Why you should not just sit there

Question: What can you do to be a more integral part of the scheduling process?

If you like the Elevate Construction podcast, please subscribe for free and you'll never miss an episode. And if you really like the Elevate Construction podcast, I'd appreciate you telling a friend (Maybe even two 😊).

Also, here are links to our YouTube Channels:

· 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

In this podcast we cover:

• Why the purpose of an effort should be stated
• How to measure the success of an event or training
• How the energy of the few affects the many

If you like the Elevate Construction podcast, please subscribe for free and you'll never miss an episode. And if you really like the Elevate Construction podcast, I'd appreciate you telling a friend (Maybe even two 😊).

Also, here are links to our YouTube Channels:

· 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

Believing everything is your fault is not about seld-deprication. Its about being empowered to fix the situation!

In this podcast we cover:

• What it means to have a victim mindset
• What it means to have an accountable mindset

If you like the Elevate Construction podcast, please subscribe for free and you'll never miss an episode. And if you really like the Elevate Construction podcast, I'd appreciate you telling a friend (Maybe even two 😊).

Also, here are links to our YouTube Channels:

· 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

There are certain things you just cannot delegate as a leader, president, or CEO!

In this podcast we cover:

• What you cannot delegate as a CEO
• Why CEOs attempt to delegate those critical items
• Why you must check into the details and manage your business to prevent mistakes

What have you delegated in your business that will come back to bite you?

If you like the Elevate Construction podcast, please subscribe for free and you'll never miss an episode. And if you really like the Elevate Construction podcast, I'd appreciate you telling a friend (Maybe even two 😊).

Also, here are links to our YouTube Channels:

· 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

You do not have a resource problem, you have a resourcesfulness problem!

In this podcast we cover:

• The definition of resourcefulness
• Why people sometime blame failure or want to waste money on the excuse of a lack of resources
• What can happen when people are resourceful

Are you trying to fix problems with resources when you should be more resourceful?

If you like the Elevate Construction podcast, please subscribe for free and you'll never miss an episode. And if you really like the Elevate Construction podcast, I'd appreciate you telling a friend (Maybe even two 😊).

Also, here are links to our YouTube Channels:

· 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

Takt Planning works on all types of projects!

In this podcast we cover:

• Answers to questions brought to us in the 2 Hour FREE Takt course.

I you interrested in attending the Takt Production System Course, please click this link: https://www.elevateconstructionist.com/takt-fundamentals

If you like the Elevate Construction podcast, please subscribe for free and you'll never miss an episode. And if you really like the Elevate Construction podcast, I'd appreciate you telling a friend (Maybe even two 😊).

Also, here are links to our YouTube Channels:

· 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

"Be considerate, treat your subordinates right and they will literally die for you." General Arthur Hyman

In this podcast we cover:

• How you should treat your people
• The difference between consequences, respect, and punishment

If you like the Elevate Construction podcast, please subscribe for free and you'll never miss an episode. And if you really like the Elevate Construction podcast, I'd appreciate you telling a friend (Maybe even two 😊).

Also, here are links to our YouTube Channels:

· 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

Kanban helps visualize your work, limit work-in-progress (WIP) and quickly move work from "Doing" to "Done."

In this podcast we cover:

• The difference between Kanban and Scrum
• Key Kanban Mantras

How can you implement the concepts in this podcast and improve your project?

If you like the Elevate Construction podcast, please subscribe for free and you'll never miss an episode. And if you really like the Elevate Construction podcast, I'd appreciate you telling a friend (Maybe even two 😊).

Also, here are links to our YouTube Channels:

· 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

It takes considerable focus and commitment to become an expert. Four steps: read everything, study history, get 10 years in your role, join a community of like-minded people. Switching companies for a better paycheck and asking to be promoted to superintendent in three years is hurting the industry. What you say should be just the tip of the iceberg of what you know.

What you'll learn in this episode:

• Read everything: books, articles, case studies, constantly consuming content to build depth
• Study history: know what worked and failed, influencers without this get limited fast
• Ten years in role: 35-year-old general supers and five-year paths to superintendent are part of why projects tank
• Join a community: hang around people who share mistakes and push each other to get better
• Accountability fix: make the team fix their own crash landing, do not dispatch a closer to band-aid it

If you are going to aspire to greatness then you actually need to be great, and you cannot put yourself in a position where you say you can do something and you really do not know how to do it.

If you like the Elevate Construction podcast, please subscribe for free and you'll never miss an episode. And if you really like the Elevate Construction podcast, I'd appreciate you telling a friend (Maybe even two 😊).

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

Jason lays out the enhancements he believes the Last Planner System needs to actually create flow, quality, and respect on projects. He walks through the seven principles of the Last Planner System and, agreeing with most of them, offers specific corrections where he sees the industry going wrong: penalizing trade partners for finishing early, targeting anything less than 100 percent plan complete, ignoring trade flow across zones, comparing single zone pull plans in isolation, and treating percent plan complete as more important than roadblock removal. He uses the powerful analogy of a university student punished for turning in an assignment early to make the case that this practice is quietly burning out the entire construction workforce.

What you'll learn in this episode:

• Why finishing early should be marked green, not red, and why buffers are the source of quality

• The university student analogy that makes the "no buffer" culture obviously wrong

• Why quality, final inspections, sign offs, demobilization, and finish as you go all require buffers

• The seven Last Planner System principles walked through with what to keep and what to update

• Why the term "constraint" should be replaced with "roadblock" for clarity of action

• Why roadblock removal is a leading indicator and PPC is a lagging indicator

• Why single zone pull plans without cross zone comparison silently create trade stacking

Buffers aren't sandbagging. They're the source of every good outcome downstream. Update the practice and the trades finally get room to actually flow.

If you like the Elevate Construction podcast, please subscribe for free and you'll never miss an episode. And if you really like the Elevate Construction podcast, I'd appreciate you telling a friend (Maybe even two 😊).

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