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Client Relationships
A close tie to communication, client relationships are critical to our bottom line.
Companies that don't acknowledge the importance of repeat business and the impact of client conflict are missing the boat.
Yet many employees have a hard time seeing things from the client's perspective and knowing what is most important in the process of developing.
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Communication Skills
It seems that these days we have more issues with communication than ever.
The biggest problems are the addiction to overcommunication as well as a growing lack of verbal communication skills.
Why talk face-to-face when you can send a passive-aggressive email.
For this reason and others, including practical communication skills training in your ove.
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Is enlisting and Managing Talent a challenge for the construction sector?
Enlisting and managing talent –it has long been a challenge for the construction sector, and is sure to become more so in the years ahead, as it will for many other industries.
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Is the construction industry doing enough to attract and retain talent?
In a recent construction-industry survey conducted for the World Economic Forum, with more than 100 respondents, 77% of respondents agreed that the industry isnot doing enough to attract and retain talent, and not one of the respondents fully agreed that the industry is investing enough in recruiting and retaining talent.
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Management and Leadership Skills
We all know that both management and leadership skills are important.
But do you have a strategic and planned-out approach to developing them in your staff.
Many managers think that they don't need to develop these skills in all their people.
They just want someone to put work in place.
Who needs leadership skills to lay pipe.
But that is a short-s.
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Productivity
In the business of construction, doing things faster and better is key to maintaining margins and being competitive.
I placed this last because many managers think it is the only issue.
I can't tell you how many discussions I have with managers who just want us to teach their teams how to be productive.
But productivity without the surrounding elem.
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Should talent management be a strategic priority in construction?
Make talent management a strategic priority Traditionally, workforce management in construction was equivalent to living a boom-to-bust cycle:
hiring and firing followed the general trend of the economy.
Winning the war for talent, however, requires a fundamentally different and longer-term approach. ,
Why should construction CEOs focus on people and talent management?
For construction CEOs, people and talent management has to become a top priority, becausefor students and young professionals it is already a key factor in their choice of employer. 2.
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