National Academy of Construction
Transforming the Industry to Build a Better Nation
Apprenticeship programs have a profound impact on workforce retention, offering numerous benefits that contribute to higher employee loyalty and reduced turnover. This Executive Insight takes a closer look at some key ways in which apprenticeship programs enhance workforce retention.
This Executive Insight summarizes the major points (“Golden Nuggets”) from two NAC (National Academy of Construction) “Get The kNACK” podcast episodes on the “Value of College Internship Programs in Construction”.
In the business of engineering and construction, we face numerous negotiating settings.
Knowledge management (KM) focuses on how an organization identifies, creates, captures, acquires, shares, and leverages knowledge. Systematic processes support these activities, also enabling replication of successes.
This is a case study of my role as a consultant/executive coach/mentor. The task was to on-board a new CEO.
Key Points: Learning, Relationships, Communication, People, Networking, Opportunity
If you don’t believe in yourself and your ideas, who will?
Life has a way of happening when we are busy planning for other outcomes.
Large corporate organizations typically employ some form of matrix organization to share resources and ensure a consistent approach in key areas across the organization.
This Executive Insight looks at some cross-cultural factors that are encountered in the conduct of business and are written from a US perspective.
This topic is broad, crossing national, regional, and various subcultures. This Executive Insight is far from exhaustive.
Human factors are important on all projects. On large complex projects, however, the network of interactions grows in nonlinear ways.
One of the keys to strong client relationships, starting with marketing and selling and continuing throughout the project life cycle, is having a clear understanding of the client's wants and needs.
The current COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated a reinvention of business, creating a home-based reality. The social contract with employees is being modified as well as the economic model of business.
This Executive Insight looks at the failure of logic, or maybe better said, logical fallacies, in the conception, management, and execution of many large complex projects.
This Executive Insight will show the suite of human factors to be considered in large complex projects is much broader, takes on increased importance, and requires even more attention because of project size and complexity.
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