Category: Communication
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In the War for Talent, Leaders Cannot Make This Unforced Error
Brett Favre may be the simplest example. The NFL had Junior Seau. The NBA has Giannis Antetokounmpo and Victor Wembanyama. MLB has Shohei Ohtani and Xander Bogaerts. Even my low hockey IQ recalls Mark Messier and Jonathan Toews. And it’s not just men—Nadia Comăneci and Martina Navratilova qualify too. All share something: phonetically challenging names.…
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Where Are You on Your Journey from Good to Excelente?
Leadership comes down to two things: what you do and what you say. Your cultural awareness shapes your actions. Your awareness of language shapes your words. Together, they form the foundation of trust—the core of leadership, teamwork, and retention. When trust is strong, everything else follows. Productivity improves. Safety improves. So does profitability. But trust doesn’t happen by accident.…
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Leveraging AI to Attract, Train, and Retain Top Hispanic Talent
In yesterday’s episode of The Construction Leadership Podcast (Ep. 485: The Cost of Ignoring AI: How Leaders Risk Failing Their Teams), I argued that leaders who haven’t taken the time to understand artificial intelligence—and develop an informed opinion about it—are putting their teams at risk. Delegating the responsibility of crafting and communicating an AI strategy to the…
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Building Trust Through Alchemy: What Construction Leaders Can Learn from Advertising’s Wild Card
By a wide margin, my favorite book this year is Alchemy by Rory Sutherland. He’s the Vice Chairman of Ogilvy UK, one of the world’s largest advertising and marketing agencies. The “alchemy” Sutherland refers to is in the subtitle: The Magic of Original Thinking in a World of Mind-Numbing Conformity. In his witty, sarcastic, and insightful style, Sutherland…
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