Mentoring: Our Industry Succession Strategy (Gen X and Millennials, You’re Up!) If I objectively analyze the foundation of my construction career, I find that my leadership success can probably be…
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Have You Set Your Foremen Up To Succeed … or Fail? On average, foremen receive zero formal professional leadership and management training to prepare them. And the role of a…
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Construction Dream Team host Sue Dyer speaks with Mark Breslin, the CEO of Breslin Strategies and Executive Director of the United Contractors Association, author, speaker, and influencer. He’s spent decades…
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Booking Now for 2020: Field Leader Training Program We’ve received such amazing feedback from our new Five Minute Foreman Ongoing Education Series, The Field Leader Training Program and wanted to…
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In a high pressure workplace the learning environment can be killed off by pressing urgency and lack of patience. When you were starting off your career, did people take the…
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Question #1 The Know It All Supe: What To Do? Q: What would your way be to approach a deal with a General Supt. that honestly does not have the…
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10 Things Your Foremen Won’t Tell You I bet you think you know most of your foremen pretty well. You don’t. Really. They’ve been working for you forever, right? They…
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Most of the union employers I know have at one time or another complained about the quality of their apprentices. For sure the reviews over the last few years is…
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Most field supervisors engaged in the construction, energy, utility, or other traditional blue collar role do not self-identify as professionals. That is inaccurate. That is lame. That is a failure…
read moreHow much does it cost to develop a top foreman or supervisor? I am not asking what you spend, I am asking you what it costs. First, let’s look at…
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