Field to Executive · The Missing Leadership Layer

Construction builds
everything.
Except its leaders.

We never take your people off the job. We coach them on it — solo with an AI coach, or inside a founder-reviewed cohort.

See both paths 12 weeks / web-based / zero field hours lost
Construction field leader reviewing plans and a tablet from a pickup tailgate on an active jobsite
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— DRAWING —
SET FOR
CONSTRUCTION
FOUNDING COHORT
DWG: LEADERSHIP LAYERSCALE: NTSREV: 01
~15%
of classroom leadership training ever produces lasting behavior change. The rest is forgotten by Monday.
80%
of construction firms can't fill salaried field leadership roles — the retirement wave is accelerating it.
0 hrs
of field time lost. No live sessions, no travel, no time off the jobsite.
Construction crew leader talking through plans with two crew members beside a jobsite trailer
Built around the conversations already happening on site
What Changes

Not another leadership course. A weekly field loop.

Varentum keeps the training close to the work. Leaders get a short framework, use it with their actual crew, then check in on what happened. The debrief is personal because the work was real.

  • MondayOne module unlocks. One jobsite assignment gets attached to a real person.
  • ThursdayThey report what happened in five to ten minutes, written or by voice.
  • Next DayThey get one clear push and one next action. Cohort adds founder review.
Why This Voice Lands

Built by someone who knows the work.

The promise only works if the debrief sounds like it came from the field, not an HR playbook. The founder review standard is the quality control layer.

Field
25 years in construction, leadership, and jobsite decision-making.
Compliance
Built alongside crane operator testing and safety authority, where standards matter.
Review
Cohort debriefs are drafted by the engine, then reviewed before they ship.
Founder-Reviewed Means Something

No generic praise. No corporate fog.

Every approved debrief has to pass the same test: one real observation, one direct push, one specific next action. If it does not sound like it belongs on a jobsite, it does not ship.

Solo uses the same debrief standard without founder review. That is why the price is lower, and why the distinction stays plain everywhere.

Built By Someone Who's Stood On The Iron
The Hidden Cost

Time away from the field is not free.

A three-day institute can be valuable. It also pulls leaders off the work, adds travel, and creates production drag. Varentum is built so leadership development happens without leaving the jobsite.

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$9,000
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Varentum field days away

This is a planning estimate, not accounting advice. Travel, lodging, and project disruption are not included.

Two Ways In

Same method. Same 12 weeks. Different depth of accountability.

Both paths run the identical weekly loop — framework, scenario, real assignment on your real job, check-in, written debrief. What changes is who's reviewing your work.

One Method
Founder
Reviewed
Cohort

The Founding Cohort

Track 1 — The Emerging Leader. A small cohort of 10-14, paced together, week by week. Every debrief is drafted by Varentum's engine and personally reviewed and approved before it ships.

$3,500$4,500
FOUNDING RATE / 12 SEATS / STARTS MON JUL 27, 2026 / APPS CLOSE JUL 24, 2026
  • 12 weeks, cohort-paced — everyone moves together
  • Peer accountability thread + your peer partner
  • Every debrief founder-reviewed before it sends
  • Varentum Leadership Index — baseline and outcome
Application, then a short call. No charge until you're accepted.
AI-Coached
Solo

Solo AI-Coached

The same 12-week method, built on the same curriculum and voice standard — coached entirely by Varentum's AI engine. No cohort, no call. Just you and the weekly loop.

$397$497
FOUNDING RATE, LOCKED IN · ONE-TIME PER TRACK · LAUNCHING WITHIN WEEKS
  • 12 weeks, paced — one module unlocks per week, not a library
  • Real weekly assignment on your actual job
  • Written AI debrief on every check-in — no founder review
  • Self VLI baseline and outcome tracking
Free to join the list. Nothing charged today.

Apply — Track 1 Founding Cohort

Takes about 2 minutes. We review applications on a rolling basis and follow up to schedule a short call.

Join the Solo Waitlist

We'll email you the moment it's live — founding-member pricing locked in for anyone who joins before launch.

Everything We've Built

The Full Curriculum, As It Stands Today.

All 36 weeks across three tracks. Track 1 and Track 2 are fully written and live. Track 3's structure is locked; the weekly modules are in build.

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L-101 · Track 1

The Emerging Leader

Foreman → Superintendent → Project Manager
COMPLETE

Field supervisors, foremen, and early-career PMs who were promoted for technical skill and need to lead people — without losing the respect of the crew.

Duration
12 Weeks
Format
Cohort-Paced · Web
Cohort Size
10-14
Investment
$4,500
FoundationWeeks 1–4
01 / 12

The Identity Shift

From Doer to Leader
Monday Assignment

Write down 3 things you used to do that someone on your team should own. Start the conversation with one of them this week.

Situational Leadership II (Blanchard)Identity Theory in Leadership Transitions
02 / 12

Authority Without a Title

Building Real Influence in the Field
Monday Assignment

Identify one person on your team whose respect you haven't fully earned. What's one thing you'll do differently this week?

French & Raven's Sources of PowerTrust Equation (Maister)
03 / 12

Communication That Lands

Saying What You Mean in a High-Stakes Environment
Monday Assignment

Run one conversation you've been avoiding. Use the framework. Report back.

Nonviolent Communication (Rosenberg)Crucial Conversations Model
04 / 12

Running a Crew vs. Leading a Team

The Difference Between Managing Work and Developing People
Monday Assignment

Pick one person on your team. What's their next step? Have a 10-minute conversation about their development this week.

The Coaching Habit (Stanier)Situational Leadership
ApplicationWeeks 5–8
05 / 12

Accountability Systems That Work

Creating Follow-Through Without Micromanaging
Monday Assignment

Set one clear expectation with a specific deadline for someone on your team. Track what happens.

The 4 Disciplines of Execution (McChesney)OKR Basics
06 / 12

Hard Conversations

The Ones Construction People Avoid
Monday Assignment

Have the conversation you've been putting off. Write down what happened and bring it to next week's session.

Fierce Conversations (Scott)SBI Feedback Model (CCL)
07 / 12

Managing Up

How to Work With Your Boss Without Losing Your Mind
Monday Assignment

Schedule a 15-minute check-in with your direct supervisor. Come with one update, one ask, one heads-up.

Managing Up (Tulgan)The Leadership Challenge (Kouzes & Posner)
08 / 12

Conflict on the Jobsite

Turning Friction Into Fuel
Monday Assignment

Identify a current tension on your team or with a sub. Apply the resolution framework this week.

Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode InstrumentInterest-Based Relational Approach
IntegrationWeeks 9–12
09 / 12

Your Leadership Brand

How Your Team Describes You When You're Not in the Room
Monday Assignment

Ask two people you trust: 'What's one thing I do well as a leader, and one thing I could do better?' Bring the answers.

Leadership Brand (Ulrich & Smallwood)360-Degree Feedback Frameworks
10 / 12

Feedback That Changes Behavior

Beyond the Annual Review
Monday Assignment

Give one piece of specific, behavioral feedback to a team member this week. Use the SBI model.

SBI Model (CCL)Radical Candor (Scott)Feed-Forward (Goldsmith)
11 / 12

Time, Energy, and Priority

Surviving the 60-Hour Week
Monday Assignment

Block 30 minutes every morning this week for planning only. Track what changes.

Eisenhower MatrixEnergy Management (Loehr & Schwartz)Time Blocking
12 / 12

Your 90-Day Leadership Plan

What You're Going to Do With All of This
Monday Assignment

Present your 90-day plan to the cohort. Get three commitments from peers for accountability.

90-Day Plan Framework (Watkins)SMART Goal SettingPeer Accountability Structures
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L-201 · Track 2

The Executive Transition

Project Manager → VP → President
COMPLETE

Senior PMs, project executives, and newly promoted VPs who came up through the field and are now responsible for people, profit, and company direction — with no formal business leadership training.

Duration
12 Weeks
Format
Cohort-Paced · Web
Cohort Size
8-12
Investment
$8,500
FoundationWeeks 1–4
01 / 12

The Executive Mindset

Strategic vs. Tactical Thinking
Monday Assignment

Map every hour of your last week. Categorize each activity: Strategic, Managerial, or Tactical. What does the ratio tell you?

The Manager's Path (Fournier)Work of Leaders (DiSC)Strategic vs. Operational Thinking Models
02 / 12

Financial Literacy for Construction Executives

The Biggest Gap Nobody Talks About
Monday Assignment

Pull your company's last P&L. Identify three numbers you don't fully understand. Bring questions.

Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA) FrameworkWIP Schedule AnalysisOverhead Absorption Model
03 / 12

Building Teams at Scale

Leading Leaders, Not Just People
Monday Assignment

Write a one-paragraph leadership assessment for each of your direct reports. Where is each one now? Where are they going?

9-Box Talent ModelDDI Leadership Development FrameworkSuccession Depth Analysis
04 / 12

The Art of Delegation

Letting Go Without Losing Control
Monday Assignment

Identify two responsibilities you're still holding that should belong to someone below you. Transfer one this week.

Delegation Continuum (Tannenbaum & Schmidt)The One Minute Manager (Blanchard)RACI Framework
ApplicationWeeks 5–8
05 / 12

Designing Culture Intentionally

The Culture You Build vs. The Culture You Inherit
Monday Assignment

Write down three cultural behaviors you want your team to exhibit. Identify three things YOU do that contradict them.

Culture Map (Meyer)The Culture Code (Coyle)Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI)
06 / 12

Executive Communication

From the Field Trailer to the Boardroom
Monday Assignment

Run your next team meeting using the structured agenda format from this session. Time-box every item.

Executive Presence (Hewlett)The Pyramid Principle (Minto)L10 Meeting Structure (Wickman)
07 / 12

Decision-Making Under Pressure

How Executives Decide When Everything Is on Fire
Monday Assignment

Recall a recent decision you delayed. Reverse-engineer it through the framework. What would you do differently?

OODA Loop (Boyd)RAPID Decision Framework (Bain)Decision Quality (Matheson & Matheson)
08 / 12

Multi-Project Leadership

Managing Complexity at Scale
Monday Assignment

Create a one-page project portfolio dashboard. What are the three leading indicators you need to see every week?

Portfolio Management Basics (PMI)Leading Indicators vs. Lagging IndicatorsException Reporting Systems
IntegrationWeeks 9–12
09 / 12

Developing Your People

The Executive as Teacher
Monday Assignment

Schedule a 30-minute development conversation with one direct report. Not about a project — about their future.

The Coaching Manager (Hunt & Weintraub)Feedforward (Goldsmith)Individual Development Plans (IDP)
10 / 12

Business Development for Executives

The Relationship Side of Construction Revenue
Monday Assignment

Identify three relationships that could drive future work. Schedule one lunch or jobsite walk with each in the next 30 days.

Business Development for the Construction Professional (SMPS)The Trusted Advisor (Maister)CRM Basics for Executives
11 / 12

Building a Leadership Pipeline

Your Succession Plan Starts Today
Monday Assignment

Map the top 5 critical roles in your division. For each: who could step in tomorrow? Who in 6 months? Who in 2 years?

Succession Planning Framework (DDI)Ready Now / Ready Soon / Ready Later Model9-Box Grid Application
12 / 12

The Executive Leadership Blueprint

Your First 90 Days in Every New Role — Forever
Monday Assignment

Present your Executive Leadership Blueprint. Include: leadership philosophy, top 3 priorities, people plan, and 90-day actions.

The First 90 Days (Watkins)Leadership Philosophy DevelopmentPersonal Board of Directors
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L-301 · Track 3

The Owner's Playbook

Founder / Owner / CEO - $5M to $75M
IN REVIEW

Construction company owners and founders who built the business from the field up, now managing $5M-$75M in revenue, and who recognize that the skills that got them here won't get them to the next level.

Duration
12 Weeks
Format
Cohort-Paced · Web
Cohort Size
6-10
Investment
$14,500

Full weekly curriculum in development.

The 12-week structural map is complete — phases, themes, and progression are locked. Week-by-week modules are being written now, on the same build timeline as the founding cohort.

The Varentum Method

The Same Loop Runs Every Week, In Every Track.

Only ~15% of classroom training changes behavior. We built the other 85% into the weekly loop itself — and none of it takes anyone off the job.

Construction leader recording a short voice check-in beside marked-up job plans
Say it. Do it. Report it.
01
Mon · 5:00 AM

Weekly Release

One module unlocks at a time. Cohort-paced or solo-paced — never a library to binge.

02
20–30 min

Framework Delivery

Construction cases, field language. Built for a truck cab, not a conference room.

03
~15 min

Scenario Work

A real jobsite scenario. You write or record what you'd actually say and do.

04
During the week

Monday Assignment

One real action on your real team. A person's name attached.

05
Thu · 5–10 min

The Check-In

Voice or written. Did you do it? What happened? What's next?

06
Next business day

The Debrief

Personalized against your real history — founder-reviewed in Cohort, AI-coached in Solo.

Inside One Week

Make the work visible before they buy.

This is the shape of the product: a field order, a realistic scenario, one jobsite action, then a debrief that turns the week into a leadership rep.

L-101 / Week 03 / Communication That Lands
Releases Mon 5:00 AM
Field Order

Run the conversation you have been avoiding.

Before the workday starts, the leader gets one framework and one jobsite situation. The assignment is not complete until they use it with a real person.

Framework
Say the fact, name the impact, ask for the next behavior.Built for a truck cab before the morning huddle.
Scenario
Your best operator keeps rolling in ten minutes late. The crew sees it. You need the work to change without turning it into a public fight.
Assignment
Talk to that person privately before Thursday. Name the pattern, state the jobsite impact, and agree on what changes tomorrow morning.
Check-In
Did you do it? What happened? What are you committing to before Monday?
Sample Debrief / Track 1 / Week 03
Delivered next business day
Founder Reviewed

A debrief they can read on a tailgate.

You did the right thing by taking it private. That protected the man's dignity and kept the crew from turning it into theater. You also named the pattern instead of making it personal. That is the Week 03 framework doing its job.

The miss: you softened the ask at the end. "Try to be better" gives him room to nod and keep doing the same thing. The job needs a clear line.

The Push
Stop protecting the relationship by leaving the expectation blurry.
Next Action
Tomorrow at 6:45, ask Mike to repeat the new start-time agreement back to you before the huddle.
Not A Library
Weeks unlock one at a time. Pacing is how the behavior gets built.
Not A Webinar
No live sessions. The work happens on the job, with the people they already lead.
Not Generic AI
Debriefs use the participant's words, the week's framework, and construction-native standards.
Not Fluff
Every debrief carries one push and one next action. No corporate fog.
Participant Portal Preview

The product keeps the next action in front of them.

The portal should feel like a weekly job packet: what is open, what is due, what has been submitted, and when the debrief is coming.

Varentum / L-101 / Participant View
Week 03 open / Check-in due Thu
Current Field Order

Run the conversation you have been avoiding.

One framework. One realistic scenario. One real conversation before Thursday. The system does not reward passive watching.

01
Framework read
Done
02
Scenario response recorded
Done
03
Jobsite assignment in progress
Due Thu
04
Check-in not submitted
Open
Start Check-In Review Assignment
Side by Side

Which One's Right For You

Spec Sheet — Solo vs. Cohort
What you getSolo — AI-CoachedCohort — Founder-Reviewed
Weekly paced curriculumYesYes
Real weekly job assignmentYesYes
Written debrief on every check-inYes, AI-coachedYes, founder-reviewed
Peer cohort + accountability partner—Yes
VLI baseline & outcome trackingSelf-guidedGuided
Price$397 one-time (founding)$3,500 (founding)
StartRolling, on launchCohort start date — July 27
Founding Window

Put one leader through the loop.

The first win is not finishing content. It is watching someone run a conversation they were avoiding, report what happened, and get sharper before the next week starts.

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Straight Answers

RFI Log

Requests for information, answered plainly — before you apply.

No — that's the one thing we won't become. Solo runs on the identical weekly loop as the cohort: one module unlocks at a time, you do the real assignment, you check in, you get a debrief. Self-paced content is how most leadership training gets skipped. The pacing is the point.

Every cohort debrief is drafted by Varentum's engine against your history and that week's curriculum, then personally reviewed and approved before it's sent. We're not hiding the engine — we're standing behind every word that ships. Solo debriefs are drafted and sent by the same engine, on the same voice standard, without individual review on each one — that's what makes the lower price possible.

No. Nothing is scheduled or synchronous. Framework content runs 20–30 minutes on your own time — built to be read in a truck cab before the morning huddle. The assignment happens during your actual work week.

The founding cohort is small on purpose — 10 to 14 people, paced together for 12 weeks. The call is a two-way fit check, not a sales pitch. Nothing is charged until you're accepted.

Solo is finishing build now, on the same timeline as the founding cohort's start date. Joining the waitlist locks in the founding rate and puts you first in line — you'll get an email the day it opens.