Thirty days in, grade yourself on what the crew saw you do.
Did your best friend on the crew get anything you couldn't give all eight?
Have you said the hard thing to the guy who wanted the job, and do you check his work like everyone's?
The last time the apprentice cut something wrong, whose hands fixed it?
How many afternoons did you walk the site at 3:40?
Did the office hear about problems from you while there was still time to act?
Day thirty. You run the check on yourself. Your buddy got nothing extra, the office hears about problems early, and you walked the site most afternoons. But one carpenter's work has been slipping for two weeks, and you haven't said a word. What do you write down for this week?
The talk with that carpenter, and the day you'll have it.
Walking the site every afternoon instead of most. It's the quickest one to fix, so start there.
Nothing new. Most of the check comes out right, so the month went well.
The one you've been putting off is usually the one that needs an awkward conversation, and the crew has watched that slipping work for two weeks. Tightening up the walk is worth doing, but starting with the easy fix is how the hard one waits for month two. And a month that felt fine can still lose you the crew's vote.

