by FLCC Team | Jan 6, 2022 | Career, Construction Industry, Holidays, Workplace Behaviors
Reflecting back and setting goals for 2022 included, for me, assessing the matches we made this year. Thankfully we had very few matches that didn’t work out. The “fall-offs,” as we call them, do, though, all have a common denominator. Bad behavior outweighs a...
by FLCC Team | Dec 9, 2021 | Construction Industry, Workplace Behaviors
Countenance as dictionary.com states is appearance, especially the look or expression of the face. Merriam-Webster states: facial appearance regarded as an indication of mood or feeling. The verb form countenanced or countenancing means to approve, support, permit,...
by FLCC Team | Nov 18, 2021 | Construction Industry, Workplace Behaviors
Leadership has been tested at an all-time high these past two years. Sick time, typically being at a minimum for hard-charging construction professionals, became the forefront of business planning and implementation. New technology implementations became necessary to...
by FLCC Team | Nov 11, 2021 | Career Clarity
We turned the calendar to November, officially ushering in the holiday season. This is frequently the time of year many in the workplace are in the celebration way, using remaining PTO, maybe looking forward to a bonus, and, as statistics show, a third acquiring debt...
by FLCC Team | Oct 21, 2021 | Career, Construction Industry, Hiring, Interviewing, Workplace Behaviors
This past year, more than years past, we’ve had more superintendents and field managers want to leave self-performing contracting firms for roles where the contractor subcontracts the trade labor. They state there is a shortage of qualified tradesmen and also a more...