http://www.forconstructionpros.com/interactive Bringing you the voice of the construction equipment owner. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:19:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en ©Sam Simon sam.simon@cygnusb2b.com (Sam Simon) sam.simon@cygnusb2b.com 1440 construction, construction equipment, equipment owner, construction equipment owner, construction business, contractor, contractor business, heavy equipment Podcasts for construction equipment owners. Sam Simon Sam Simon sam.simon@cygnusb2b.com No no http://www.forconstructionpros.com/Podcasts/Podcast-Banner-iTunes-Small.jpg http://www.forconstructionpros.com/interactive 144 144 http://www.forconstructionpros.com/interactive/2008/08/22/identifying-top-talent/ http://www.forconstructionpros.com/interactive/2008/08/22/identifying-top-talent/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:41:51 +0000 Sam Simon http://www.forconstructionpros.com/interactive/2008/08/22/identifying-top-talent/ http://www.forconstructionpros.com/interactive/2008/08/22/identifying-top-talent/feed/ 6:21 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 ... 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. hiring,,employment,,Jeff,Ittenberg,,Kay/Bassman,,construction,employee,,construction,business,,employee,recruiter,,employee,search,firm Sam Simon no No http://www.forconstructionpros.com/interactive/2008/02/27/operation-employee-loyalty-part-deux/ http://www.forconstructionpros.com/interactive/2008/02/27/operation-employee-loyalty-part-deux/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:56:28 +0000 Sam Simon http://www.forconstructionpros.com/interactive/2008/02/27/operation-employee-loyalty-part-deux/ http://www.forconstructionpros.com/interactive/2008/02/27/operation-employee-loyalty-part-deux/feed/ 6:00 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 ... 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. employee,loyalty,,retaining,employee,,construction,,construction,business,,worker,shortage,,employee Sam Simon no No http://www.forconstructionpros.com/interactive/2008/02/19/employee-loyalty/ http://www.forconstructionpros.com/interactive/2008/02/19/employee-loyalty/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:48:14 +0000 Sam Simon http://www.forconstructionpros.com/interactive/2008/02/19/employee-loyalty/ http://www.forconstructionpros.com/interactive/2008/02/19/employee-loyalty/feed/ 12:20 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 ... 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. construction,employee,,employee,loyalty,,construction,skilled,labor,shortage,,employee,retention,,keeping,employees,,retaining,employees,,employee,work,environment Sam Simon no No http://www.forconstructionpros.com/interactive/2008/02/08/employee-retention/ http://www.forconstructionpros.com/interactive/2008/02/08/employee-retention/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:33:29 +0000 Sam Simon http://www.forconstructionpros.com/interactive/2008/02/08/employee-retention/ http://www.forconstructionpros.com/interactive/2008/02/08/employee-retention/feed/ 7:28 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 ... 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. employee,loyalty,,retaining,employees,,employee,turn,over,,employee,matters,,keeping,employees,,employee,retention Sam Simon no No