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Why Emotionally Intelligent Leaders Build the Strongest Crews
Live with Eli Embleton
How your leaders show up emotionally affects every outcome on the jobsite. In this expert-led session, leadership coach Eli Embleton shares why emotional intelligence is the backbone of a high-trust, high-performance crew. From managing stress to navigating tough conversations, this session gives field leaders awareness and tools to lead with calm, clarity, and connection. Practical wisdom. Proven strategies. Built for the jobsite, not the classroom.
Session Format: 60-minute Zoom webinar
Speaker Bio:
Eli Embleton is a leadership coach at Zachry Corporation and a master trainer with REACH. Known for his grounded, practical coaching style, he equips field leaders to lead with presence and emotional strength, unlocking team performance, trust, and long-term loyalty.
Why Emotionally Intelligent Leaders Build the Strongest Crews
Date: March 10, 2026 | 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM PT
Cost: $129.00/attendee (Complimentary for Subscribers of Professional Construction Leader)
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Who Should Attend: Foremen, General Foremen, Superintendents, and Up-and-Coming Leaders
Speaker: Eli Embleton, Keynote Speaker and Leadership Coach
Key Takeaways
- How emotional intelligence impacts safety, trust, and retention
- Tools to respond—not react—under pressure
- The cost of unchecked emotion on jobsite performance
- A simple framework to build emotional awareness and influence
- Duration: 60 minutes
- Emotional awareness as a leadership advantage
- Stress and reaction management on the jobsite
- Creating psychologically safe, high-trust crews
- Modeling calm, connection, and clear leadership
EXCLUSIVE TO PROFESSIONAL CONSTRUCTION LEADER SUBSCRIBERS ONLY
- General Superintendents/General Foremen/Field Leaders
- Supervisors
- Regional Managers/Project Managers/Operations Managers
- Equipment Managers
- Project Engineers/Project Managers/ Assistant Project Manager
- Emerging Leaders
- Anyone motivated to take a successful path in personal growth in leadership
- Strengthens jobsite culture through emotionally intelligent leadership
- Reduces tension, reactivity, and miscommunication under pressure
- Improves trust, morale, and retention across teams
- Delivers practical tools for real-time leadership impact—no downtime
INSTRUCTOR, COACH & MENTOR
Mark Breslin
Mark Breslin is the 4th Generation of a construction family. He has served as CEO of North America’s largest heavy civil contractors’ association for decades. As a top-rated public speaker and trainer, he has spoken live to more than 400,000 construction leaders and workers. This includes providing leadership training to more than 20,000 construction leaders, including Project Managers & Engineers, Foremen, General Foremen, and Superintendents. His onsite programs have been presented live to construction leaders everywhere, from the Raiders Stadium in Las Vegas to the 9-11 rebuild in New York, the oil sands of Alberta, and the solar fields in the Mohave Desert. He works with the most successful construction companies in North America (dozens of the ENR 500), assisting in developing and deploying leadership programming, culture building, mentoring initiatives, and more. He speaks the language, knows the industry, and resonates authentically.
Top Companies Rely on Breslin Strategies
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