Construction Leadership – Dimensions

27 Sep 26

Hire the Curiosity. Train the Software.

Jack Enfield

That is how a principal at a well-run Phoenix GC opened a leadership conversation I was attending. We were in his conference room, the one with the framed aerial of their first ground-up job from the nineties, and he was talking to his lead estimator. We will call him Marcus.

08 Sep 26

Your Estimator Isn’t Slow – Your Calendar Is Full

Jack Enfield

21 Jul 26

A Healthy Jobsite Isn’t the Nicest One

Jack Enfield

His client had signed a cyber policy the year before at around $6,000. During that policy year, they got hit twice. Not by ransomware, not the kind of story that ends up in a newspaper. Just two of the everyday breaches every business is dealing with now. When renewal came…

03 Jun 26

Every Reason to Complain

Jack Enfield

The gas prices. The economy. The workforce. The architect. The owner. The interest rates. The submittal sitting on someone’s desk for three weeks. The GC who won’t sign. The sub who keeps missing buyout. The price of steel. The price of copper.

21 Apr 26

You Can’t Steal a Play Without the Playbook

Jack Enfield

Someone in your orbit: a peer group, a conference, a conversation with a founder you respect is getting incredible results with a tactic. A platform. A process. A sales approach. You bring it home and try it.

08 Apr 26

Dark Visor Down: What a Fighter Pilot Taught 1,800 Contractors About Showing Up Ready

Jack Enfield

Dan Rooney's session at ABC National Convention in Salt Lake City last month was one of the best keynotes I have seen in twenty years of doing this. No slides. No gimmicks. Just a fighter pilot from Wasilla, Oklahoma standing in front of 1,800 contractors and telling the truth about…

11 Feb 26

One Great Hire vs. Three Mediocre Ones: The Math Arizona Contractors Keep Getting Wrong

Jack Enfield

Budget's tight, projects are stacking up, and you need bodies. So you post the job, skim the resumes, and hire the first person who seems "good enough." I've been there. Most of us have. Here's what nobody told me until I learned it the hard way: hiring three mediocre people…

03 Feb 26

The $31 Billion Conversation You’re Not Having

Jack Enfield

I almost got fired from my first IT job. Not because I couldn’t do the work. Because I didn’t tell anyone I was stuck. What should have been a two-hour job turned into an all-day disaster, not because the problem was hard, but because I sat on it. My boss…

21 Jan 26

Stop Shooting Your Team with Idea Drive-Bys

Jack Enfield

Maybe it’s a new project management platform. A different RFI process. A shiny estimating tool someone mentioned at the ABA mixer. The idea’s probably good. But here’s the problem: last month’s good idea still isn’t implemented. And neither is the one from before that.

24 Dec 25

The Goals That Will Sabotage Your 2026 (And How to Set Ones That Actually Work)

Jack Enfield

Most construction firms are about to make the same goal-setting mistakes I’ve made over 20 years. The kind that seem harmless in December but destroy momentum by March. And here’s the thing: you can’t set goals properly in January. January is when you’re already executing. The window is now.