Ep.311 - Owner's Representatives

Not all owner's representatives are created equal, and how you work with them can make or break your project. Some have high expectations that stretch you into becoming better, and you should thank them for it. Others create chaos, overburden your team, and slow the job down while thinking they're helping. And some are completely hands-off, which means you need to step up and take control. The question isn't whether your owner's rep is difficult. It's whether you're leading the project in a way that prevents problems before they ever need to get involved.

What you'll learn in this episode:

• The three types of owner's representatives you'll encounter and how to work with each one
• Why reasonable owner's reps with high expectations are a gift that makes you better
• How unreasonable owner's reps destroy flow by overburdening your team and sympathy voting designers
• Why you can't just do what the owner's rep tells you if you know it's wrong—you're paid to get it done right
• How to take control of the project and prevent situations from escalating in the first place

At the end of the day, it's not about what they told you to do. It's about whether you had the leadership to take charge and fix the job before they ever needed to step in.

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