Construction Equipment Owner

The continued development of a skilled construction workforce was probably one of the - if not the - largest issue facing the construction industry before the economy went south. With a large constituent of aging construction workers set to retire and not enough young construction workers strapping up their steel-toed boots we were looking a severe shortage of workers. Well we all know what has transpired the past months and this issue has essentially taken a back seat. But when the economy comes around and construction again reaches the heights it was recently at, this issue will be once again be front-and-center for the industry.

To talk about the current state of the workforce in the construction industry and the importance of of developing skilled laborers, the Construction Business Podcast is proud to have Don Whyte, President of the National Center for Construction Education and Research, as its latest guest. Listen as Don shares his thoughts on how construction businesses can continue to develop their employees and the resources the NCCER has available to assist in this important task.

Guest: Don Whyte
Link to NCCER: www.NCCER.org

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If you want a workforce that performs work correctly and efficiently for every job, you will need two important components: proper work processes and timely feedback. Unfortunately, many owners and supervisors either say nothing – or too much – neither of which leads to the behaviors you want. In this Construction Business Podcast Jeff Stokes of Next Level Contractor Systems discusses how to provide timely and balanced feedback that both encourages your workers and improves their on-the-job behavior as well as feedback’s effects on younger workers.

Guest:

Jeff Stokes - Next Level Contractor System
Contact: jeffstokes@gmail.com

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Thanks to the struggling economy many small business owners are putting a freeze on raises and bonuses. According to this week’s guest Ed Hess, that makes it all the more critical to show your appreciation in other ways if you want them to stick around for the long haul. And lucky for you employees do not respond solely to cold hard cash. Listen to this episode of the Construction Business Podcast as Ed Hess provides some insights on creative ways to keep your troops happy with little to no money out of your pocket.

Guest:

Ed Hess
Contact: hesse@darden.virginia.edu
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Fights, disagreements, arguments or whatever you want to call them happen on a job site. This is just a common fact. But the real test of your leadership and overall work environment is what comes out of these conflicts. If it’s just hurt feelings and a lower work morale, well then you’ve got a problem. But if this conflict results in creative thinking, problem solving and an overall betterment of a project, then you’ve got something special on your hands.

Trust me though, this is no easy task ensuring that good will come from conflict that will inevitably arise. To discuss how to start turning the ship around is Lynne Eisaguirre. Lynne has appeared as a workplace expert on CNN Headline News, Bloomberg TV, ABC News and many other media sources and is joining the Construction Business Podcast to share how you can create an environment that consists of conflict and play.

Guest:

Lynne Eisaguirre
Link: www.workplacesthatwork.com
Contact:lynne@workplacesthatwork.com

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The benefits of conducting one-on-one meetings with your key employees was detailed in Les McKeown’s article “When Is Your Next Key Employee Going To Leave?”

So how do you have effective one-on-one meetings and take advantage of this valuable employee retention technique? We brought Les back to the Construction Business Podcast to explain. In this episode Les talks about how to have one-on-one meetings, what to talk about and what the take-away value should be.

Guest:

Les McKeown, President & CEO - Predictable Success
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Sarah Hawk, part of Fisher & Phillips’ Global Immigration Practice, provides an overview of where immigration enforcement is now – recent enforcement practices, what the current status of immigration laws, and examples of potential recourse of non-compliance.

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Jeff Wittenberg, Chief Leadership Officer with Kaye/Bassman International Corp. is our guest on this construction business podcast. Jeff discusses how businesses can avoid hiring the “least worst” candidate as well as resources to tap to find the next superstar hire.

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The culture you create within your business is one of the most important determining factors of how a business can retain employees. What’s the culture you’ve created? By providing a situation in which all employees have a stake in the success or failure of a business you will develop loyalties from your employees who will ride out the good and bad times with you.

Ty Freyvogel discusses how to implement this environment in your construction business and how it will have lasting effects in the second part of this two-part podcast.

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The focus of our Construction Equipment Owner Podcast continues to spotlight employee issues in the construction industry. With a shortage of skilled labor rearing its ugly head, retaining your current employees is becoming a necessity that every business is forced to face. So it is important that you keep your crew loyal to you and your business or they will have no problem finding work elsewhere.

The solution to this issue doesn’t have to be costly either. You don’t have to pay your employees huge salaries to earn their loyalty. There are several tactics small business owners can use to make sure its employees remain loyal to the business - and many are low- or no-cost. It’s more about the work environment you create as the business owner than it is about bumping up paychecks.

Listen as entrepreneurial expert Ty Freyvogel discusses a variety of ways to create loyal employees who’ll stick with you through the ups and downs in part one of this two-part series of podcasts.

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Linda Hanson, one of ForConstructionPros.com’s regular contributors, is our guest on this episode of the Construction Equipment Owner’s Podcast. Linda talks about how the shortage of skilled employees is affecting the construction industry and the factors that can contribute to reducing a business’ turn-over rate.

For more information on Linda and her company’s services - LLH Enterprises - visit llhenterprises.com.

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