Elevate Your Leadership - A Monkey Management Journey

As a residential contractor, it’s easy to become overwhelmed by operational details and “putting out fires” day-to-day. This 2-hour online course provides invaluable techniques to enhance your leadership and time management - inspired by the classic HBR article “Management Time: Who’s Got the Monkey?” You’ll learn the art of avoiding “taking the monkey” by effectively delegating to and empowering your teams, so you can focus on high-level oversight. Whether applied to tradespeople, carpenters, or subcontractors, these teachings will transform how you delegate and lead construction crews.

 Upon successful completion of this course, the participant will be able to:

• Monitor progress and maintain communication
• Engage in planning and preparing for delegation
• Provide resources and support for success
• Restate the principles of effective delegation
• Balance individual and team accountability
• Establish clear expectations and agreements
• Monitor progress and measure success
• Utilize the principles of effective accountability
• Manage project workers effectively
• Communicate organizational goals and priorities
• Empower team members
• Ensure project worker success
• Manage teams effectively
• Make effective decisions
• Manage projects effectively
• Prioritize tasks and projects
• Balance support and accountability
• Employ effective communication
• Establish trust and rapport
• Practice personalized coaching

Megan Parker

Megan is an ICF-certified Executive Coach specializing in business and leadership development. Her company, Epoch Coaching & Consulting, delivers individual coaching and team development sessions, in addition to frequent workshops and presentations at industry conferences.

Prior to starting her company, Megan was the Director of Coaching at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. She spent over 5 years learning the academics of business to complement her 20 years of experience and academic credentials, which include a B.A. from Iowa State University and M.Ed. from Arizona State University.

Megan continues to create course and presentation content for various industry fields for large corporate teams, universities, and small businesses. This content often provides leadership training and guidance, process improvement, and staff development in addition to providing field-specific knowledge.