Sue Dyer

Sue Dyer, MBA, MIPI, MDRF is president of OrgMetrics LLC. She and her team specialize in developing collaborative cultures for construction project teams and organizations, helping them to perform as One Team. OrgMetrics facilitates construction partnering using an array of collaboration tools that allow teams to develop the norms of collaboration, then holds the team accountable to those norms so project success becomes more predictable. Sue is also the founder of the International Partnering Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to changing the culture of construction to one that is more collaborative.

For more information please contact Sue at suedyer@orgmet.com or 925-449-8300. Please visit our website at OrgMet.com.

Articles by Sue Dyer

• 14 success tips for project partnering

  Tuesday, October 31, 2017

  We have facilitated partnering for more than 3,000 projects. This allows us to see patterns. We see what works and what doesn't work to really make partnering successful on projects. We hope that you will shorten your learning curve by utilizing these 14 tips when partnering your projects.

• Construction firm owners must drive collaboration

  Tuesday, September 19, 2017

  ​Inhale deeply and hold it. Keep holding. Your lungs begin to hurt, carbon dioxide is building up. Now, exhale and hold it. Keep holding. You begin to crave oxygen and begin to feel dizzy.

• 3 levels of successful cooperation

  Tuesday, August 29, 2017

  ​A growing trend in business is co-opetition. Co-opetition is a buzzword coined to describe cooperative competition (several people take credit for creating the word). Cartels and trade associations are well-known examples where companies work together despite the fact that they are fierce competitors.

• Becoming a trusted leader

  Wednesday, July 19, 2017

  If I were to ask you what makes a person a leader, you are likely to say that it is the person with the top position, the right title, or the authority or expertise; maybe it's the person with the right track record. A leader is the person in charge! These are the things we usually think of when we think of leaders. Here's a new perspective: There is no leader without followers, and following is completely voluntary.

• 10 tips for dealing with jobsite conflict

  Tuesday, May 16, 2017

  A project team was separated only by the locked doors to the two trailers that sat side-by-side on their wastewater treatment project site. Every day for six months the owner's team and the contractor's team filled their days with writing letters. Back and forth, they literally emailed more than 1,200 letters. The purpose of each letter was clear — to prove the other side was to blame.

• The root causes of poor communication on project teams

  Thursday, April 20, 2017

  For the past 10 years, I've asked project teams this question: "From your experience what it is that makes one project succeed and another fail?" Over 95 percent of team members said good communication was the reason for their success and poor communication was the reason for their failures. Clearly, communication appears to be the key to team success.

• Build a foundation of trust on your team

  Friday, March 24, 2017

  Have you ever worked on a team where it seemed like everyone was working against each other? Trust erodes into a war, and it's no surprise when such a project or initiative fails. Sometimes you just wish there were a way to get everyone on the same page.