Training for Advancement in Construction

I have been a part of other leadership training courses, but none hit the mark with how deeply one must go to understand who you are and what your tendencies might be. You have to know yourself to lead yourself, and you have to lead yourself before you can lead others.

My changes over these past couple of months have been exciting. I realized I wasn’t good at setting expectations with my team and communicating the direction we were heading. After identifying that, I am making a turn and feeling like the people that work for me are understanding my direction and expectations now, just within these few months.

In the exposure I had to [Inclusive Leaders Institute], I highly recommend people participating. It’s really good information and it got me excited about moving forward with this topic. I talked about it so much at work that people were lined up outside my office to sign up.

We’ve worked with other companies in the past to provide workshops on different DE&I topics, but the fact that AGC caters to the construction industry makes a big difference. Yuhi, the facilitator of our workshops, did a great job at breaking down topics that can be intimidating and related them to our industry specifically. We saw more engagement from our employees because she used terminology that was familiar to them. The format of the workshops made the environment less formal, which allowed for more conversations and questions rather than a structured ‘training’.