Many leaders in key positions are becoming eligible for retirement. There is a great sense of urgency to plan to replace an essential talent proactively. The expense and risk of bringing in candidates from the outside are high. Compounding this problem, the supply of job-ready replacement candidates is often limited. If you’re unsure where to begin or are looking for a fresh approach to speed up the process, this webinar can help.
An extraordinary example of the human spirit pushed to the extreme, Aron’s legendary tale of survival and post-traumatic growth personifies resilience, perseverance, and the power of our minds. Using evocative detail and bright humor, Ralston captivates and transports audiences into the intense darkness of his entrapment through to the euphoric release of his amputation. In his adept storytelling, the boulder that crushed his arm becomes a metaphor for the adversity we all experience in our personal and professional lives.
Molly Bloom shares her playbook for winning, derived from her experiences skiing for the US Ski Team, running the largest poker games in the world, writing a bestselling memoir, and making an Oscar-nominated movie. Throughout her presentation, she breaks down her philosophy for growth and success into seven major points, which audiences will leave invigorated, informed, and primed for their own success.
In this engaging course, attendees will learn to identify personal stressors and their impact on well-being, develop effective time management techniques, and create boundaries in an era of constant connectivity.
The workshop will introduce mindfulness practices to reduce stress, along with personalized self-care routines that incorporate sleep, nutrition, and exercise. Participants will also explore flexible work arrangements and build resilience to navigate workplace challenges.
This class is all about strengthening your business by taking relationships seriously, inside and out.
This is a no-fluff, action-oriented workshop where you’ll roll up your sleeves and learn how to assess, improve, and sustain the key relationships that matter most. You’ll walk away with practical steps to build trust, add value, and set up a network that works as hard as you do.
Jointly hosted by United Contractors and AGC, this webinar will examine the expiration of the Construction Trucking Exemption at the end of 2024 and expl
When you start your career, you have no skills and no friends. You have to get busy acquiring skills and building your network. This session will show you how to craft a realistic career goal. Understand where you are in your career journey. Figure out the roadblocks to achieving your goals, and build a plan to overcome the roadblocks, so you make yourself indispensable and build a rewarding career.
Project Managers and Superintendents are the glue that binds construction companies together. To succeed, they must grasp the essentials of leadership: How to communicate with their teams, have difficult conversations, and tap the creativity of their teams to solve challenging project problems. This session will teach PMs and Superintendents how to improve their leadership to build their projects safely, efficiently, and profitably day-in, day-out.
Up to 25% of a manager’s time is spent dealing with conflict – in construction, that number is even higher. Different people have different approaches to conflict – some want to charge and fight, while others want to run away. This course will cover strategies for approaching difficult conversations, teach you how to think like a mediator and share tips and techniques for breaking down team conflict into its parts so that you can work through them.
Do you struggle to focus on what matters most? The Construction Leaders Dashboard is the right tool to help you clarify what's most important to your leadership, so you can stop struggling, stay grounded and focused, and maximize your leadership impact. Learning how to use the Dashboard will help you understand eight critical areas that have a tremendous effect on your leadership effectiveness: Vision, Mission, Values, Edge, Performance Metrics, Initiatives, Relationships, Development Opportunities. No project gets completed without identifying and using the right tools.
Every organization strives for greatness, which comes from the level of engagement and performance of its employees. Psychological safety is not about “being nice” or “being comfortable.”
Rather, it is creating a culture where input is encouraged and recognized. It is an environment where people are unafraid to ask for assistance or admit to making mistakes. It is a space where ideas can be challenged constructively in the desire to pursue continuous improvement.
This workshop will provide construction professionals with a practical understanding of 'Imposter Syndrome' and its impact on their professional and personal lives.
Participants will gain valuable insights into the causes and manifestations of Imposter Syndrome, and leave with actionable strategies to overcome self-doubt and cultivate greater confidence.
Carpenter Funds Administrative Office is hosting a free Webinar “Cybersecurity in the Construction Industry” for NorCal Carpenters signatory Employers.
We’ve all heard the stories, someone in the office clicks on a link and unleashes malware that leads to ransom threats or worse. Maybe you’ve been attacked or had a close call…
So, as an industry, what can we do to protect ourselves?
With the emergence of new technologies delivering comprehensive data to contractors, the future of risk management is bright. Implementing these technologies is not only good practice, but insurance companies as well as the DOT are beginning to require reporting on these leading indicators to ultimately save lives.
AI has become the engine for innovative companies across industries looking to maximize the impact of their ideas.
With the explosion of ChatGPT and the democratization of generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications, and overcome some of their business’s toughest challenges.
However, when we look back at use cases for any emerging technology to market, there's a common denominator among the most successful adaptors of these technologies, gleaning the highest ROI.
Predict and Prevent Turnover: Using AI to Assess Employee Retention Risk
This class will equip you with the tools to proactively assess and address employee turnover risk using AI-driven insights starting with key workforce sentiment fundamentals the session provides a simple repeatable process to measure employee vulnerability and take targeted action before turnover happens.
It caps off with four essential questions you can ask to identify risks early and specify steps to mitigate them helping you maintain a more stable and engaged Workforce.
Most people agree that they could stand to take more risks in work and life. Of course, doing so in a thoughtful and calculated way is the key because it reduces the likelihood of getting harmed. This workshop is about getting an edge so that when faced with situations and decisions involving risk, you stack the odds in your favor. Bill Treasurer, the facilitator of this workshop, has been writing about risk for a long time. His first book, Right Risk, drew on his experiences as a former professional high diver and fire diver!
Construction is a team sport. To succeed, leaders must understand how to build and lead high-performing teams that execute safe, high-quality projects on time. This session teaches leaders the mindset that leads to high-performance, how to achieve excellence by identifying and improving the execution of their most important tasks, and how to teach their teams to achieve consistently high performance on every project they build.
Women make up more than 50% of the workforce, but less than 4% in construction. As construction faces massive job shortages, the industry must transform to attract and retain this talent source. Join us as experienced panelists detail their careers and identify barriers and solutions to inclusion in the male-dominated construction industry.
Becoming a leader doesn't happen overnight; it is a process of learning and growth, both personal and professional.
Although the early days of a new leadership position can be stressful, it is key to both the individual and the organization that they are successful.
In this course, you will learn some of the issues that confront new managers and how to meet the goals of becoming a successful team leader.
Participants will learn how to navigate the challenges of leadership, build strong teams, and foster a culture of collaboration and growth.