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Management

Build stronger teams and better businesses. Discover leadership strategies, workforce solutions and operational best practices that help construction companies improve productivity, culture and long-term growth.

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    Guide Employees Through A Successful Merger

    Engage your employees in the transition process to create a unified company.
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    How to Develop Effective Training

    Use this guide to implement a process that yields lasting results for your construction business.
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    Put Paperwork in its Place

    How to reduce the time and money spent on HR tasks, payroll and healthcare.
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    Ask the Construction Expert, August 2011

    What incentives encourage employees to continue improving?
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    Effective Gifts to Give Customers

    George Hedley answers your business management questions
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    Win Public Works Projects and Stay Competitive with Prevailing Wage Benefits

    “Everybody’s going after it.” That’s what J.D. Mortimer, owner of Bedford, PA-based Mortimer Electric, says about public works projects like the ones being created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). “There are a lot of bidders and a lot of people looking for work.” Co-owner Tracey Mortimer concurs. “Bidding has been extremely competitive on the new government work brought about by the ARRA,” she says. “Sometimes jobs are won by just a few hundred dollars.”
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    Bad Employee Attitudes? Dangerous for Your Business!

    There’s a guy in the company who does great work but has a really sour attitude.When I talk to him about this, he gets insulted and angry, and it just makes things worse.
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    Why On-the-Job Training Isn’t Enough for Project Leads

    A guide to developing leadership skills for construction management
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  • Electronic Form I-9 Process: Signatures and Storage

    In the wake of the government’s crackdown on worksite enforcement, companies are looking to technology to be proactive in showing their compliance of employing a lawful workforce.
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  • Risks and Benefits of Hiring Foreign-Born Employees

    Construction industry employers often face critical shortages of skilled and professional employees. Many wonder if they can hire foreign workers to fill their needs. The answer is maybe.Employers who can anticipate workforce shortages in both hourly jobs-from foundation work to roofing-and in professional level jobs can use existing temporary guest worker programs if they meet applicable requirements and are not blocked by limits on the number of foreign workers who may be admitted under these programs. There are also special programs for temporary employment of college and graduate school students in part-time jobs and in co-op/work-study programs and for recent graduates. There is even a program specifically for Australian workers to come to the United States for temporary employment. Because most of these programs require…
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  • Human Capital Management in the Data Age

    Put yourself in the shoes of your human capital manager.
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  • Work Force Solutions: Using Employee Handbooks and Non-Compete Agreements

    It seems like just yesterday that business was booming.
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