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#thankfulthursday This week, we’re highlighting Barriere Construction for its rising safety leadership. For over a decade, this heavy civil contractor has paved the way for developing infrastructure regionally. But true leaders never stop progressing. A year ago, they partnered to implement daily safety conversations for teams to connect, coach, recognize, and uplift one another through meaningful on-site conversations. Barriere began to utilize daily safety meetings to create an environment that enables leadership feedback loops while championing peer recognition. Their commitments and efforts drove engagement across all levels of the organization, especially highlighting their increase in leadership engagement with field crews. When their parent company, CRH, decided to recognize best practices around safety innovations across 29 countries, Barriere rose to the top. As their recognition shared, “By having them on SmartTagIt, we are seeing accelerated improvement due to the sheer number of constructive feedback comments left by all levels of management.” We applaud Barriere for pouring into their people with care and vision. Though the road ahead still winds, Barriere paves the way through progress made together. #safety #leadership #innovation #infrastructure #recognition #care #community #uplift #gratitude #partner #engagement #workplaceculture 

One of the major themes I've been exploring in my research into the AEC industry recently has been talent development to specifically address the experience gap from the entry to senior level. This article does a great job of outlining recommendations to address the above and related issues. Key takeaways: 1️⃣ Succession Planning: The article emphasizes the importance of long-range succession planning for civil engineering firms, highlighting how it ensures smooth transitions and firm stability 2️⃣ Leadership Development: It discusses the need for continuous leadership development at all levels, stressing the significance of technical, managerial, and business development skills. 3️⃣ Clarity & Expectations: The lack of a clear career advancement path is identified as a common issue, with the suggestion that firms should provide transparent and structured progression opportunities. 4️⃣ Flexibility and Adaptability: The article suggests that firms maintain flexibility in their leadership plans to adapt to the rapidly changing industry and to develop a diverse pool of potential leaders. Interested in hearing thoughts from those that work in the industry. #AEC #CareerDevelopment #ProfessionalGrowth

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Our Leadership coach Samuel Knight often reminds our management group Learnerbly about high performing teams and teamwork. With Project Aristotle defining this as Accountability, Clarity and meaning, Dependability, Psy safety and impact. Here is leadership and teamwork as defined by 1930s American teamwork. #eatyourheartoutgranddesigns The Empire State Building was constructed in a remarkably fast 1 year and 45 days from March 1930 to May 1931. This rapid pace was enabled by: - Using a steel frame that could be quickly erected - Precise planning and coordination - Efficient logistics and material delivery - A large workforce on multiple shifts - Motivation to beat other skyscraper projects - Fewer regulations than today - 32 different trades working together made this possible Despite the Great Depression, speed was prioritized to get the building operational and earning revenue quickly. The Empire State Building's construction timeline is considered one of the greatest achievements in American construction history. #leadership, #teamwork, #momentumprocesses

To the untrained eye, you can not even tell that its a modular build! Great to spend some time today with the leadership teams from Bird Construction and Stack Modular, checking out their template Long-Term-Care resident room. There are a long list of reasons why this makes sense! #StantecProud to be working on a number of modular and prefab projects around the world.

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We've all had them, great bosses and horrible ones. Next week I'll be attending the 2024 VAPPA conference and leading a discussion Thursday morning about effective leadership. We'll work together to identify the styles and traits of effective leaders and discuss why we should all strive to be a "good boss". This is a last minute change to breakout schedule so it may be a day or two before it's shown in the conference schedule. If you haven't registered yet, there's still some open spots and scholarships are available. https://lnkd.in/emNw66qa #facilitiesmanagement #highereducation #leadership

A few days ago, I had the privilege of contributing and speaking at the "Modern Stoicism for Life and Business" Seminar, hosted by the YPO and the Aurelius Foundation. I spoke about the influence of Stoic principles on modern leadership at the Academy of Athens. You may watch the full speech here. https://lnkd.in/gZEmJZQu #ModernStoicism #LifeAndBusiness #StoicLeadership #InspirationalTalk

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