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Would you like to overcome distraction and discouragement, and stay focused on executing your leadership responsibilities? Define a compelling vision and mission. Commit to a strong ethical code. Understand and leverage your unique skill set. Clarify your top initiatives, and be accountable for their execution. Cultivate relationships inside and outside your company, and continue to work on your own personal development.
If that sounds like a lot, it is! Fortunately there are resources available to help, like The Construction Leaders Dashboard.
The Dashboard is a simple tool construction executives use to clarify eight areas vital to their success. In this episode of Construction Genius, I'll explain each area of the Dashboard, and using a real-world example show you how you can take this tool and use it to enhance your leadership.
Interested to know more about the Construction Leaders Dashboard? Tune in to this episode now!
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There are several ways to describe an effective leader. A leader can be strong, passionate, and humble. While all of these traits are essential to leadership success, there is something in leader humility that makes it unique.
In today's episode, our guest, Marilyn Gist and I discuss what leader humility is and what it is not. Marilyn also explains how humility bridges the power disparity between leaders and employees by making their employees feel seen and heard. She cites real-world examples of how humility has been an effective aid in solving crisis situations in global companies such as Ford and Costco.
Learn more about humility and how you can display it in your leadership by listening to this podcast episode today!
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Marilyn Gist is an educator, speaker, and acclaimed author of The Extraordinary Power of Leader Humility. She is a sought-after speaker for topics on leadership effectiveness and impact. Marilyn's book about leadership humility brings insight into what is required from leaders to work together with their employees effectively.
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There is a rapid shift happening in the workplace today. Millennials are firmly established in leadership positions. While this proves to be useful for companies, some Boomers and GenXers find it difficult to adjust and see the good that the Millennial generation offers. Finding the balance between the strengths of each generation and how to put it to good use is crucial to get the workplace in order and more productive.
Today's podcast episode features ICF professional coach and author of "Unleash the Millennials and Save the World", Philip Zimmerman. Philip has extensive experience in handling and growing businesses before he ventured into teaching. We will talk about how this transition he went through in life helped him see and highlight the disparity between generations, how to effectively incorporate the younger generation to the company's executive team, and what these different generations can learn from one another.
Listen to this podcast episode and gain a lot of helpful insights about this issue.
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Philip Zimmerman is on a mission to help businesses achieve higher and sustainable levels of outcomes. He is the author of the groundbreaking book 'Unleash the Millennials and Save the World', which aims to build resilient and successful businesses by developing the next generation of leaders. His long years of experience in handling businesses and in the academe helped him bridge the generational difference in the workplace.
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Do soft skills have a place in hardened industries like construction?
Dennis Doran—CEO, speaker, and author of Soft as Steel—explains the value of soft skills and relationship building within the construction industry. In today's podcast episode, we will tackle how soft skills create leaders. We will also learn how soft skills are similar to a building's foundation and how it supports the structure that builds on it.
Learn more about the importance of soft skills in the construction industry by tuning in to this episode today!
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Dennis Doran is a leading expert in the construction industry with his more than thirty years of experience. Dennis dedicates his time to providing leaders, across all industries, with tools to be successful in business, life, and relationships. He highlights the importance of soft skills in the construction industry in his highly acclaimed book, Soft as Steel.
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Social unrest, widespread protests and riots, and a global pandemic. These are just a few of the crises that we are dealing with at present. When everything seems to be in a state of total unrest, what are the steps to take to maintain the equilibrium within your business?
Today's podcast explores the stance of Coinbase, an online platform that buys, sells, and trades crypto currency. I will point out how Coinbase has maintained a mission-focused outlook despite the current situation of the society.
Specifically, we will go over a blog post from Brian Armstrong, the co-founder and CEO of Coinbase and use it to answer the question: How should companies engage in broader societal issues while keeping their teams united and focused on the issue?
If you or those around you are struggling to maintain a sturdy footing during these times, this podcast is perfect for you.
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If you look back on your days as an employee at your first company, would you still be able to remember its core values and strategic focus? Most likely, not. How about if you surveyed your employees, do they know what your values and strategy are? Core values are what helps employees behave in a manner that benefits the company and strategic focus gives them a clear picture of how the business is going to succeed.
What does it take to ingrain the core values and strategy into your employees? That's what we're here to discuss in this week's Construction Genius episode with Bill Schultz, President of W.M. Schultz Construction. We talk about the measures he took to instill the core values and strategic focus in the hearts and minds of his people as well as what lead him into the creation of the 22 service standards.
If you are struggling with making sure your employees share your vision and adhere to your company's values, then tune in to gain incredible insights now!
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About the Guest:
Bill Schultz is the President of W.M. Schultz Construction, Inc., a company based in Ballston Spa, New York, providing services for water and wastewater treatment facilities to bridges, site work, industrial facilities, cast in place concrete, and design-build. Being in business for more than 20 years, it has become one of the dominant players in the construction industry in New York.
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LeBron James is in the NBA Finals again. It's amazing the level of performance he's sustained for over 15 years. We all know he's incredibly talented, but his success is not due primarily to his natural abilities. Hard work, dedication, and understanding how to succeed is far more critical to LeBron achieving consistent excellence.
Today, let's learn some lessons from LeBron and other top-performing athletes and take a deep dive into the 99% perspiration that goes into excellence, and what you can do to get into the habit of greatness. We discuss:
Don't settle for mediocrity. Keep striving for excellence and tune in to this episode!
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Every day construction companies produce a treasure trove of information: Bidding benchmarks, production metrics, accounting data. There is a vast amount of value to that data if it is managed and utilized effectively.
This requires the efficient implementation of technology and an understanding of the strengths and limitations of various technology solutions.
Unfortunately, this is where many companies fall short and as EOS Group CEO, Nick Papadopoulos says "Contractors produce gold and throw it away."
In today's episode Nick and I discuss:
If you want to learn how to implement and leverage technology in your business, this episode is for you.
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About the Guest:
For the past 25 + years, Nick's drive and passion stems from being able to help companies in the AEC/O industry implement cost estimating technologies so they can work more efficiently. Nick strives to continue to create better solutions for process optimization along with developing software for benchmarking and predictive analytics.
As technology has changed, so has Nick. The lens that he views upstream and downstream solutions for the AEC/O industry taking into account data architecture, metrics, analysis, and process design. Even with the digital disruption of the AEC/O industry, Nick has stayed true to his focus, which has resulted in over 2,000 successful integrations by developing award-winning and industry-leading commercial software applications and knowledge bases.
Nick has become a trusted advisor to many of the largest AEC/O firms in the world and he has worked with many of ENR's top 400 firms, Fortune 1000 companies, and US Federal Agencies. He is very proud of the long-term and multi-year, multi-platform relationships he built. Nick is also actively involved in AACEI, ASPE, and ASTM.
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Do the math they said. Math is the stronghold of business they said. They're not wrong. But while there's no denying that learning to count in more ways than one determines game-changing decisions in construction.
Numbers are crucial for very obvious reasons, especially when it comes to changing gears from strength or growth to a business's impending survival mode. Got more than what you spent? Awesome! Make sure to keep it that way. Noticed code red signs on your cash flow? Time to get the data out and rein the cash in. Easier said than done, and that's why we have GrowthForce's Stephen King in today's Construction Genius episode, Cash King: 5 Ways to Master the Flow of Money in Your Business.
When it comes to math, it pays to listen to the real deal, so get ready to manage your cash flow better by tuning in to this very timely podcast!
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GrowthForce President and CEO Stephen King has been highly-rated in the industry for his knack of visualizing the future of accounting, leading GrowthForce to become one of the fastest-growing companies in America. Boasting nearly three decades of credentials at the forefront of technology development and accounting system design, Stephen continues to be one of the leaders in the nation's largest outsourced accounting services for small businesses.
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The construction industry is one of the major contributors to the US (and global) economy. But schools are putting less priority on technical education for young adults who will soon occupy most of tomorrow's workforce.
People now have the choice to either get a 4-year degree from a college or immediately join the workforce right after graduating from high school. However, without having any practical skills, being able to find a fulfilling career (and build wealth) can prove to be challenging. So how do we address this kind of situation? That's what we're here to discuss in this week's Construction Genius podcast with Kevin Dobson from Capital College & Career Academy (CAPCCA). He'll share with us how CAPCCA intends to take a different approach in solving these education problems.
Help shape the future of the construction industry by tuning in to this episode!
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Discovering his passion for teaching since high school, Kevin Dobson is dedicated to helping students excel in their studies and perform well by the time they enter the workforce. However, he has seen a dilemma in the current education system that seems to remain unaddressed to this day: despite the rapid advancements in technology and the world, the way of learning still stays the same. That's why he founded the Capital College & Career Academy, a free public charter school dedicated to accelerating high school students in terms of career. It is slated to launch this coming January 2021 and offers technical education to its future students.
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