Building leaders as intentionally as we build construction projects

Growing construction companies rarely struggle from a lack of technical expertise. They struggle when leadership development doesn’t keep pace with growth and their best technical people become bottlenecks instead of leaders.

Keynoting at CAWIC 2025

35+ YEARS IN THE FIELD

I've been in the room where leadership actually gets built.

Technical excellence doesn’t prepare people to lead others. I’ve spent my career in the room with the people who build things which is why leadership development, in my hands, is never generic.

HOW WE WORK TOGETHER

A simple path, built for growing organizations

Every organization is different, but most engagements follow the same three stages.

Discover

Find where growth creates bottlenecks

We identify where growth is creating leadership opportunities and where it’s creating constraints and bottlenecks.

Develop

Build judgment through practice

Through individual coaching sessions and facilitated team conversations, leaders build the confidence, judgment, and habits to thrive.

Multiply

Free executives to lead, not fix

As leadership capacity grows, executives spend less time solving problems and more time leading the business.

RECENT WORK

Currently working with growing firms in the construction industry

Half-day workshop

Facilitated a leadership workshop for all levels of project managers in an 11-50 person firm, focusing on accountability and difficult conversations.

Construction management firm · PM team

9-month engagement

Coaching six new middle managers and rising directors, building the bench strength for a 50-200 person general contractor’s next stage of growth.

General contracting firm · middle managers

Individualized attention

Exploring constraints to a leader’s approach to cross-functional collaboration, and customizing practices to expand competencies, perspectives, and responsibiities.

Construction fund · elevated manager

“Ann has a keen and unique ability to sift through the details and help you bring together your big picture.”

– Kedarious C.

“Ann helped me learn new ways to manage myself and taught me tools that I could use to help lead and transform conversations.”

– Ty T.