AGC Webinar: The Lean Experience: Turning Project Performance into Business Performance

Description:

Most construction firms have experimented with Lean tools, such as pull planning, daily huddles, and percent plan complete. Yet few have translated these practices into consistent business results.

Rather than focusing solely on tools, this webinar reframes Lean as an investment in operational performance that, when led effectively, drives measurable returns across projects and portfolios. Participants will gain a clear understanding of how Lean supports business goals, why results often vary across teams, and what leadership must do to create consistent, scalable impact.

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Connect Lean to Business Outcomes:  Analyze how Lean practices influence schedule reliability, cost performance, and profit velocity, in addition to project workflows.
• Recognize Why Lean Results Vary:  Identify the leadership and system-level conditions that cause Lean efforts to succeed on some projects and stall on others.
• Reframe Lean as an Investment:  Evaluate Lean initiatives using a return-on-investment mindset, including impacts on overhead, margin, and client value.
• Define the Leadership Role in Lean Performance:  Explain what executives and senior leaders must do differently to support consistent execution across teams.
• Identify Next Steps for Scaling Impact:  Explore practical ways organizations can move from isolated Lean successes to enterprise-wide performance improvement.

Featured Speakers

Tom Richert

RisingTerrain|Founder & Lean Construction Advisor