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Labor & Workforce Development
4 Steps for Solving Your Problem
OrgMetrics LLC
Here are four steps to help you address the root cause of your problem so you resolve the underlying issue. Over time, if your team follows these four steps, it will begin to build “problem solving muscles" and trust will grow.
February 17, 2017
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Personnel Management
How Training Your Construction Employees Makes Change Easier
Construction Business Coaching
By involving many of your key employees in the effort to develop an ongoing training program, everyone will get onboard and make this program a success
February 15, 2017
Improvement requires people to change. Training is the best method to encourage and make your people change and improve.
Personnel Management
10 Ways Construction Leaders Can Ease Succession Planning
Ten proven, easy-to-use steps every contractor can use to start or advance the succession planning every company needs to implement
February 13, 2017
It’s never too early to get started on considering who your next generation of leaders and key performers will be.
Machine Grade Control, GPS, Laser & Other
How Do Employees Feel About GPS Tracking?
New research measures reaction to being tracked by GPS on the job for employees who don't have experience with the technology and those who do; the difference will surprise you
February 7, 2017
According to a recent TSheets survey, the number one concern of employees who don't have previous experience with workplace GPS tracking is data drain, and the number one concern for employees who do have experience with GPS tracking is battery drain.
Business Services
2017 Contractor of the Year
February 2, 2017
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Business Services
15 Employee Retention Strategies to Start Using Today
Employee turnover is a major problem, and there are many factors at work, including generational factors, the economy, sweeping changes in the workplaces and more
February 1, 2017
These 15 actionable strategies will help you reduce employee turnover and retain the talent you need to run your construction company.
Labor & Workforce Development
How Skill Training Plays Into Worker Retention
It’s important for contractors to recognize that providing educational opportunities, training classes and personal development for all levels of the workforce can directly impact the retention of workers
January 23, 2017
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Concrete
[VIDEO] Beat Labor Shortages by Changing the Way You Find Workers
Bradley University construction professor talks about how contractors supporting vocational education programs can help solve their labor challenges
January 19, 2017
[VIDEO] Qualified workers needed for the trades
Business Services
How to Start Each Work Day Faster and Smarter
Contractors who prepare crew leaders to consistently follow a sequence of preparation steps will empower the crew leader, and crew members, to perform better on every job
January 2, 2017
Contractors who prepare crew leaders to consistently follow a sequence of preparation steps will empower the crew leader, and crew members, to perform better on every job.
Personnel Management
How Written Operational Systems Can Improve Construction Businesses
Construction Business Coaching
Successful companies have written operational systems in place to allow managers to coach rather than micro-manage people
December 21, 2016
Construction business owners who an replace themselves with written operational systems will have time to find better customers, hire and train better people, and seek better opportunities.
Business Services
Designing a Hiring Program that Works
Cadillac Asphalt’s Future Paving Professionals Program showing promise in Michigan
December 19, 2016
Aaron Price says an unexpected benefit of the FP3 program is that it has helped Cadillac Asphalt improve its employment and employee development process. “Now we are much more embedded in the process and the system, which will ultimately raise the bar for us as an employer and organization,” he says.
Business Services
The Extra Costs of Paying Overtime
Businesses in the construction industry will need to spend the time and money to ensure they are in compliance to the new overtime rule
November 22, 2016
While there most certainly will be additional costs to your company with the introduction of the new overtime rule, it’s also an opportunity to assess employee classification and payroll costs, internal communications processes, compliance measures and other business operations.
Business Services
Making Sense of the New Overtime Rule and Its Impact on Construction Companies
Unlike other industries, construction has a unique blend of salaried employees, hourly workers and independent contractors, and the FLSA’s changes are structured differently towards each group
November 21, 2016
Thoroughly assessing your business, conducting a wage-and-hour analysis, and investing in the right advice and technologies, can ultimately save you a lot of time and money against costly and damaging noncompliance lawsuits in the future.
Business
[VIDEO] Trends in How to Find Qualified Skilled Laborers for Construction
AGC Chief Economist Ken Simonson talks about how contractors across the country are actively finding qualified skilled labor through working with local schools
November 1, 2016
[VIDEO] Trends in How to Find Qualified Skilled Laborers for Construction
Apps
[APP] Capture and Analyze Construction Field Productivity
The Productivity Capture and Analysis mobile app is designed to accurately help construction contractors capture field productivity on an individual or crew basis
November 1, 2016
Once the data is inputted into the app, the app measures, on an interval basis, the activities of the workday to analyze how much time is being put toward productive time, support time and wasted time.
Business
Apprenticeship: Proven Source of Construction Labor Surging with New Resources
More than 115,000 new apprenticeships started since 2014 and unprecedented federal grants support a tried-and-true source of labor that returns nearly $1.50 for every dollar employers invest
October 24, 2016
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Coaching & Consulting
The Honor in Leading Others
Leading others is not about how smart one is, how talented one is or how charismatic one is, it is more about the commitment the leader feels to be the best that they can be
October 18, 2016
For any construction leader, being given the opportunity to lead others represents the trust that their senior leaders have placed in the leader to make the right decision, influence the right behavior and secure the right building practices.
Business Services
Colorado Construction Careers Now Trains State Residents for Free
Colorado's Construction Careers Now is a pre-apprenticeship training program designed to train young adults just starting out and older adults changing industries
October 17, 2016
Launched in July 2016 as a joint effort by the Associated General Contractors of Colorado (AGC), the Colorado Contractors Association and the Hispanic Contractors of Colorado, Construction Careers Now is a pre-apprenticeship training program designed to train young adults just starting out and older adults changing industries.
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