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Preventing Slow-Burn Reputation Risks
The World Economic Forum reports that more than 25% of a company’s market value is directly attributable to its reputation. Yet, according to a Deloitte survey, only half of business leaders can identify reputational risk events and only 53% have the capacity to...
8 Expert Tips for Recruiting, Retaining Women in Construction
The U.S.’s historically low unemployment rate has elevated the importance of employee recruitment and retention for construction companies across the country. Human resources experts are relying on a range of best practices to entice the brightest and best workers to...
Here’s Why Your Change Initiative is Going to Fail
Let’s imagine that, as an organizational leader, you come up with the most fabulous idea ever. This idea is so good it stands to render all references to sliced bread obsolete. All you have to do is get your peers and the company on board with the changes necessary...
Are Prefabricated Foundations the Future for Onshore Sites?
Are prefabricated foundations the future for onshore sites? Rather than the six weeks it typically takes to construct a standard foundation, the prefabricated units "can be laid in just one day," according to the foundation's manufacturer, Artepref Renovables. The...
Leadership That Works: It’s All About The People
Douglas Conant was hired as CEO of Campbell Soup Company when the company was struggling to meet stakeholder expectations. Within a few short years, he led the company to deliver superior financial performance, world-class employee engagement, and become a recognized...
5 Construction Innovations Bridging the Labor Shortage Gap
The USG Corporation + U.S. Chamber of Commerce reported in December that 89% of contractors are having at least a moderate level of difficulty finding skilled workers. “As a result, contractors say they are asking skilled labor to do more,” the press release notes. As...
How to Take a Think Break
Before we dig into how to conduct a think break of your own, I want to give a huge shout-out to my friend, Mike Schmitz. I enlisted Mike’s help in writing this article, partly because he’s an advocate for think breaks, and partly because he discusses them often on his...
Your Company is Unfair. So what?
Months ago, a young man approached me after a speech: “I’m sorry, I’ve been stalking you.” John (an alias) explained his need to share his response to words I’d written in a blog about the tragic Wells Fargo case: “Too many people wallow in jobs that kill their spirit...
Leading in Our Uncertain Times: Be Real – Not a Hero
With 2020 in full swing, I wanted to sit down to try to make some predictions about the new decade. It only took a few days of headlines to show me just how foolhardy and futile this was. We are living in an era of pervasive uncertainty: Stunningly improbable events...