Jason interviews Mike Truelove from Plano Texas, 24 years construction experience. Mike worked cleanup gopher framing crew, KB Homes superintendent 45 to 60 houses at time, Hensel Phelps field engineer to superintendent 10 years. Main topic transparent leadership. DPR block game with pull planning, different teams plan differently, swap team members mid-exercise to cause disruption on purpose. Mike does gut checks with people, how did I come off in that meeting. Five dysfunctions of a team book recommendation. Challenge: recognize where you are as leader today versus where want to be tomorrow, check ego humble yourself ask trusted people how am I as leader.

What you'll learn in this episode:

• Mike Truelove background: 24 years construction, cleanup to KB Homes superintendent 45 to 60 houses, Hensel Phelps 10 years
• Transparent leadership topic: Building trust teams through transparency
• DPR block game: Pull planning, different teams plan differently, swap members mid-exercise cause disruption
• Leadership gut checks: How did I come off in meeting, am I leading or just commanding controlling
• Five dysfunctions of a team: Must read if leading team
• Challenge: Recognize where you are as leader vs where want to be, check ego ask trusted people how am I

Maybe I'm the problem, maybe it's not this individual, need to check yourself first.

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