If you want to make money and grow your company in times like these, you are going to be hard-pressed to get people, let alone good people. The only way around this is to understand, leadership needs to lead and you need to build your people. Invest in training, invest in field leadership, invest in your people. Build your training program & create a culture of learning and mentorship. It will come back to you in the way of productivity and profit tenfold.

We need a major paradigm shift to be innovative and appealing as an industry in the future, we need to change the mindset of construction from blue-collar to professional regardless of how we look or talk. What we do is not in a cubicle, it gets you dirty, and it is hard work What we do requires skill and training. How else do you become a professional?

In my experience, I have found these topics to be at the forefront of developing the best workforce in the country.

• The skilled labor shortage
• Why it’s important to mentor and train up-and-coming leaders
• Your foremen want and need professional training
• The major benefits of taking time to teach in the high-pressure environment of the construction industry
• And, prioritize your people above everything else

For all the signatory contractors out there, this is what we are pushing in the apprenticeship. As a team in the construction industry, I need you on our side and have these goals in common!

The only way we survive in this industry is to be the best and this is what it takes!

If you have any questions or comments on this stuff, please leave a comment or reach out to me directly. I can explain the training our UA guys are getting in this area.

If you want to start a new career and get in on this training, no matter where you are in the country, visit UA.org today!