<![CDATA[GovCon Builders Brief: Professional Development]]>https://www.govconbuildersbrief.com/s/professional-developmenthttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_vo4!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0921a903-d77f-43be-b369-bc2b5b1bf3af_600x600.pngGovCon Builders Brief: Professional Developmenthttps://www.govconbuildersbrief.com/s/professional-developmentSubstackSun, 12 Apr 2026 13:53:49 GMT<![CDATA[How to Protect Your Time Without Becoming a Jerk]]>https://www.govconbuildersbrief.com/p/how-to-protect-your-time-withouthttps://www.govconbuildersbrief.com/p/how-to-protect-your-time-withoutTue, 03 Mar 2026 18:02:17 GMT
Michael LeJeune, LinkedIn newsletter article

From the article:

One of my coaches asked me the other day if I had five minutes to talk about something. We were already at the end of a meeting. I had another call coming up. My brain was in transition mode, trying to wrap up one conversation and prepare for the next. My gut reaction was no, because I knew ex…

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]]><![CDATA[Building Resilience in a Tough Industry]]>https://www.govconbuildersbrief.com/p/building-resilience-in-a-tough-industryhttps://www.govconbuildersbrief.com/p/building-resilience-in-a-tough-industryWed, 18 Feb 2026 17:05:49 GMT

From the article by Fulton Cure at Well Built Construction Consulting:

One of the things nobody told me early in my career is that construction will test you in ways you don’t expect. Not just physically (although that happens too), but mentally. Emotionally. Sometimes even personally. This industry has a way of throwing you into situations you don’t fee…

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]]><![CDATA[The Quick Weekly Reset High-Performing Leaders Use to Stay Ahead of Disruption ]]>https://www.govconbuildersbrief.com/p/the-quick-weekly-reset-high-performinghttps://www.govconbuildersbrief.com/p/the-quick-weekly-reset-high-performingFri, 06 Feb 2026 04:31:48 GMT

Stuart J. Green, leadership consultant and author of The Regenerate Leap: How Leaders Transform Crisis into Enduring Growth, writes at Fast Company about how to set aside a few quiet minutes to reset weekly - and the three questions you can ask yourself to help you listen to, and learn from, the valuable signals the frenetic week has given you.

From the …

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]]><![CDATA[When You Have to Assign Work No One Wants to Do]]>https://www.govconbuildersbrief.com/p/when-you-have-to-assign-work-no-onehttps://www.govconbuildersbrief.com/p/when-you-have-to-assign-work-no-oneTue, 03 Feb 2026 17:43:48 GMT

From the article:

A manager assigns a team member to an unglamorous task. A senior colleague hands off a notoriously difficult client to a junior colleague. Someone must assume extra responsibilities to cover for a teammate on leave.

These situations are routine in organizations: Sometimes work simply needs to get done, which often means employees must do…

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]]><![CDATA[A Construction Leader's Guide to Positivity]]>https://www.govconbuildersbrief.com/p/a-construction-leaders-guide-to-positivityhttps://www.govconbuildersbrief.com/p/a-construction-leaders-guide-to-positivityTue, 27 Jan 2026 03:46:59 GMT

From the article:

Suffering is a shared human experience.

I especially notice that new leaders—or people who are striving to become leaders—can experience a fair bit of suffering along their journey.

I think of the new VP of Project Management who keeps getting yanked back into submittals and RFIs, even though they really want to lead their people and the …

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]]><![CDATA[Authority Beats Approval]]>https://www.govconbuildersbrief.com/p/authority-beats-approvalhttps://www.govconbuildersbrief.com/p/authority-beats-approvalThu, 15 Jan 2026 22:09:23 GMT

Some contractors win trust because they tell the truth about the work—others lose it by chasing approval. In Authority Beats Approval, Matt Verderamo shows why the real path to partnership is built through clarity, credibility, and the courage to say “here’s the better way.” If you want customers to stop directing and start asking, this one’s worth your…

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]]><![CDATA[Your Team is Trained to Bring You Problems]]>https://www.govconbuildersbrief.com/p/your-team-is-trained-to-bring-youhttps://www.govconbuildersbrief.com/p/your-team-is-trained-to-bring-youMon, 05 Jan 2026 21:03:12 GMT

In this insightful article by Gerard Aliberti, owner of Pro-Accel, he touches on a near universal challenge owners and senior managers face managing project teams, and how they might re-think their approach to free up their minds for more strategic thinking.

From the article:

“Tuesday morning. 7 am. Coffee’s hot. You’ve got your list.

Three estimates to re…

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