Tag: Construction Spanish
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5 MLB Players Who Can Teach You Spanish
Know someone who’d enjoy The Good to Excelente Newsletter? Forward this to them so they can subscribe here—and never miss a Wednesday edition packed with cultural intelligence insights and practical advice. With only thirty games left in the baseball season, we know which teams are good and which teams are cooked. As for me, I am still…
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The Great Mystery of El and La
Know someone who’d enjoy The Good to Excelente Newsletter? Forward this to them so they can subscribe here—and never miss a Wednesday edition packed with cultural intelligence insights and practical advice. Saturday Night Live recently tackled one of the great mysteries of the Spanish language: Why does every noun need to be a boy or a girl? In…
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What Kate from Oklahoma Can Learn from Johan Cruyff and “Skin Chickens”
Question: Kate from Oklahoma writes: “I took Spanish in high school and my mother is fluent. On the job site, I can get by, but as a woman I’m already feeling cautious. Other than completing your Construction Spanish course, are there things I can do to improve my Spanish? And second, how do I get over…
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From Confusion to Clarity—With a Little Help from Garth Brooks
Over New Year’s, my family and I went on a cruise.On this particular day, the port was Cozumel. The sun was out.The water was clear.The beach was largely empty. Life was good. Then my phone rang. It was my mother-in-law.She was spiraling. “Are you guys okay?” she asked, out of breath. She had just seen…
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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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