IS PERFECTIONISM GOOD OR BAD WHEN MANAGING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS? CONSTRUCTION PM TIPS NO. 43

In this video I answer a viewers question on perfectionism and its impact on your projects, the people you work with, and yourself.
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Tom Stephenson is a national award-winning professor (George Brown College, University of Toronto) and best-selling author whose background in education spans nearly three decades. His diverse teaching disciplines include construction project management, business management, human resource management, architecture, carpentry, and brick and stone masonry. As a dual-professional, Tom is called upon by industry leaders to translate knowledge, reinvigorate corporate culture, and inspire innovation in emerging and established companies across Canada. Before breaking into the academic realm, Tom acquired more than a decade of practical project-management experience, operating a mid-sized Toronto-based general contracting firm. He is also the author of the newly released Planning, Scheduling, and Control of Construction Projects with American Technical Publishers and the four best-selling editions of Understanding Construction Drawings for Housing and Small Buildings with Nelson Publishing Canada. Tom most recently received the Toronto Construction Association’s 2020 Chancellor’s Award for “helping his peers become more ethical, knowledgeable and professional.” A champion of change management, Tom takes pride in helping students and businesses navigate uncharted territories, take calculated risks and rise above the status quo. Some of the companies he’s worked with include Mattamy Homes, EllisDon, BIRD Construction, MCA, Maple Reinders, and Tucker HiRise, University of Toronto Project Managers.

[@gordonclark5899]

Thanks professor.I used to be perfectionist and I found there still impact my daily life.I contemplate for long period and I found the underlying traits are: lack of collaboration with people, tendency of avoiding extra action, fear to make mistakes and reluctant to embrace changes.But there is an old-saying C’est la vie in French. I think anyone want to success in their industry need to be okay with mistakes, brave to shoulder responsibility and embrace changes.The obvious example is your course named update schedule in ms project,our plan will change from day 1 and we need to adopt actions for continuous improvement, right?Listen, learn are so much important.

[@TomStephensontraining]

Thanks for your detailed comment and yes you will never have a perfect schedule that works exactly as planned. You need to build up resilience and be able to pivot and adjust and roll with things not running perfectly. Thanks again as always

[@josedomingosalvadorpinto1349]

Dear Professor, I am Chartered Member of the CIOB, Prince2 qualified, MSC in BIM, with more than 21 years of experience in the business, and you are one of the best lecturers that I have found on my way, thanks for your commitment, for your videos and your time

[@TomStephensontraining]

Thanks so Jose I really appreciate you taking the time to provide such kind feedback. All the best!!!

[@nathangilles2839]

I’m a generational construction principal in a small family owned construction business on an island near Seattle . No one in our company has any formal college construction planning so we have just organically struggled with all the points in your videos over the years . We build high end residential custom and have 4-5 projects at one time ongoing and we struggle every day and take it as a norm operating milieu

[@TomStephensontraining]

Nice Nathan Im happy the videos give you ideas for your business. I’ve traveled to Seattle many times and love it! Keep learning! Tom

[@jeromeandjoyceminor1952]

Great Content to go along with my Construction Management Cert course. Thank you for putting this dose of reality out there.

[@TomStephensontraining]

Thanks for the kind words Jerome or Joyce

[@andressaltarini4402]

Professor, I find your perspective on perfectionism in construction very interesting. When I started to manage construction works, I generally had high expectations of obtaining perfect results in the indicators of the work, quality, price, time and safety, however, perfection does not exist in this area, what one must be aware of is to tend to perfection, for example, regarding the quality of the finishes, it is necessary to understand that it is a product made by hand, due to this, it will not be perfect, so tolerances are essential to avoid creating false expectations and frustrations . Thank you very much for your videos, they are a great help, see you next semester in T161 at George Brown.

[@TomStephensontraining]

Wonderful, thanks for the kind words. I must have you in the site mgmt course then. See you on campus

[@mariadolormadriga6616]

Very happy to find your videos...this will help me....😇😇😇

[@TomStephensontraining]

Great Maria, I’m glad they help you.

[@chippy977]

Wow thanks Tom 😄😄

[@TomStephensontraining]

Thanks as always for watching!!!!

[@nathangilles2839]

Very very good perspectives

[@TomStephensontraining]

Let me know if there any topics that you would like discussed

[@laurencefarrugia431]

Thanks love the content ,MPM from Sydney Australia.Perfection in construction is always a compromise.

[@TomStephensontraining]

Thanks Laurence, yes there are always give and take’s. Great to hear from Australia, I bet construction is busy there like here.

[@elshafeiyousri9268]

With your permission, I want a complete project for designing a wooden building, architectural and structural, and structural calculations, so I can take it as a reference for studying and working.

[@udaychhabra4279]

Dear Professor, can you provide lectures on Primavera P6 software. I watched your MS Project lectures and it is really good.

[@TomStephensontraining]

Hi Uday, perhaps at some point, it has been a while since i used P6

[@Sali1investment]

It is very hard to work with Germans exactly. They are very perfectionist in an annoying way.

[@TomStephensontraining]

Gunther was a good guy overall just a perfectionist. I guess we all have our areas to improve on. Mine tends to be overthinking in some areas.