Suffolk's Lessons in Leadership

Suffolk recently had the privilege of hosting television host and narrator Mike Rowe, a leading advocate for America’s builders and our skilled trades, at our Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Bus Maintenance Facility project. While he was there, Mike spoke to the essential role of America’s builders and talked about the future of our country’s workforce with our Chairman & CEO John Fish. With Bloomberg's Brooke Sutherland moderating, they focused on evolution of the construction and manufacturing sectors, the impact of tech and AI, and how to encourage the next generation to explore construction careers. 

You can hear the conversation in the season finale of our Lessons and Leadership podcast — it's an episode you won't want to miss. Thanks to Mike for taking time out of his busy schedule to celebrate our builders and for continuing to be a voice for our industry.

In this edition of our Lessons in Leadership podcast, retired Major General William Rapp joins Suffolk Senior Director of People & Culture Brandy Jenkins and Vice President of Operations and Project Executive Rory MacRae for a conversation on how trust forms the foundation of strong leadership. This episode is based on a retreat we held with Thayer Leadership at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where we explored what the U.S. Army’s method for developing values-based, agile and resilient leaders can teach us.

John Regentin, who serves as Vice President of Experiential Leadership and directs the Gettysburg Leadership Experience and Lewis & Clark program for the consulting firm FCCS, joins Suffolk General Superintendent Gary Haavisto and Superintendent Mackie Myers to discuss how we can prepare, empower and connect our teams for success. This podcast episode is based on sessions John led during our recent immersive leadership retreat at the Gettysburg National Battlefield in Pennsylvania.

Brigadier General Rebecca Halstead, the CEO of Steadfast Leadership and the first female graduate of West Point to be promoted to General Officer, joins Suffolk Vice President of Operational Excellence Kelsey Gauger and New York General Manager Tom Giordano to discuss steadfast leadership. This conversation is based on the capstone session to our leadership retreat in Normandy, France.

Suffolk National President and Chief Operating Officer Tim Stroud and Parker Mundt, Vice President of Platform at Suffolk Technologies, join host Jay Tangney to discuss what it takes to build a great team. This episode comes to you from Normandy, France, where Suffolk conducted an immersive retreat to explore what this sacred historical site can teach us about leadership. Later, Boris Groysberg, a professor of business administration in the Organizational Behavior unit at Harvard Business School and a longtime Suffolk partner, discusses a simulation exercise from the retreat and what he took away from the results.

Colonel Scott Snook, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers veteran and currently an Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School, joins Suffolk Chief Marketing Officer Katy O’Neil and EVP, Division Manager Pat Lucey to discuss authentic leadership. This conversation is based on a session we held during our leadership retreat in Normandy, France, the site of the World War II D-Day invasion.

Colonel Todd Woodruff, combat veteran and currently the director of the West Point Leadership Center at the United States Military Academy, joins Suffolk team members for a conversation about how to lead others in high pressure situations. This episode comes to you from Normandy, France.