What Does Collaborative Leadership Look Like?
Effective leadership today looks very different than it did ten or twenty years ago. The days of company leaders tucked away in their corner offices [...]
Do Vacations Equal Better Employees?
Many employees don’t realize that taking vacations can make them more efficient and productive. Many employees believe by not taking their allocated time off, they [...]
Manage Your Fears on the Jobsite – and Beyond
Often, it is not a lack of ability or inspiration that stands between us and success, but fear. This can be what keeps us from [...]
Discover Hidden Talent with the 80/20 Rule
If you find that your construction job openings are taking too long to fill, consider looking for a candidate who may not meet all of [...]
Increase Trust and Productivity with Effective Team Building
Team building exercises have a tremendous number of benefits. The better your team knows and respects one another, the stronger the workplace culture and higher [...]
How to Start Making Better Workplace Decisions
On average, we make tens of thousands of decisions a day. Of course, not all of these decisions are conscious or difficult, but each and [...]
Factors that Can Increase Motivation on the Job
Recruitment in the construction industry is fierce. It is definitely a candidate’s market at the moment, with talent shortages and lots of competition. Once you [...]
Conduct Better Interviews with Effective Resume Review
With Baby Boomers retiring in large numbers and Gen X unable to fill the void, now more than ever, there is a smaller candidate pool [...]
How Should You Structure Performance Reviews?
There has been a lot of conversation about the best way to deliver feedback to employees in order to improve their performance and increase retention. [...]
Tried and True Retention Strategies
It is difficult enough just getting someone through the door and onto the construction site. Once you do, the real HR work begins. You need [...]