The Operations Pathway.

From Site Manager to Operations Director

4 modules · 16 lessons · about 2 hours · free, with a certificate at the end

What this pathway teaches.

Sixteen lessons across four modules, each closed out with a ten question exam. Pass at 80% to unlock the next module. Complete all four to earn your certificate.

Four modules, taken in order. A 10-question exam closes each one; you need 8 out of 10 to pass, retakes are unlimited, and the next module unlocks when you do. Finish all four and your certificate is issued in your name.

The modules

01

The Toolkit

The site manager's toolkit reframed as leadership training: the plan you hold the site to, safety as the first credential, subcontractors as businesses, and telling the truth about progress.

  1. The Plan You Hold The Site To · about 7 minutes
  2. Safety Leadership as the First Credential · about 6 minutes
  3. Subcontractors as Businesses, Not Gangs · about 7 minutes
  4. Telling the Truth About Progress · about 6 minutes

Module exam: 10 questions, about 5 minutes.

02

The Project as a Business

The job seen the way the business sees it: margin arithmetic, prelims and cash, the commercial team as partner not police, and the client relationship that outlives the snag list.

  1. The Two Percent and Where It Lives · about 7 minutes
  2. How Slippage Becomes Money · about 7 minutes
  3. What the Board Actually Reads · about 7 minutes
  4. Design Information and the Long Game with Clients · about 7 minutes

Module exam: 10 questions, about 5 minutes.

03

The Management Layer

The step from running a job to running several through other people: appointing and backing teams, the operations rhythm that catches drift early, and building the people portfolio behind the numbers.

  1. The Transition That Breaks People · about 7 minutes
  2. Appointing and Backing Site Teams · about 8 minutes
  3. The Rhythm That Catches Drift Early · about 7 minutes
  4. The People Portfolio · about 7 minutes

Module exam: 10 questions, about 5 minutes.

04

Getting There

The route to operations director: what boards actually want, the first ninety days, the failure modes that stall good delivery leaders, and where the role goes next.

  1. The Route In and What Boards Want · about 7 minutes
  2. Being Seen, Being Trusted · about 6 minutes
  3. The First Ninety Days · about 6 minutes
  4. Failure Modes and Where It Leads · about 8 minutes

Module exam: 10 questions, about 5 minutes.

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