Resilience by Design: Leadership Strategies for Mental Health Protection in Construction Teams
- HEALTH, Leadership, Outlook & Trends
- October 2, 2025
By Dale Carnegie Staff Key Insights When psychological safety exists, team members are more collaborative and more comfortable taking the interpersonal risks necessary to be innovative and to successfully implement change. Teams that lack trust and psychological safety will struggle to be agile. Creating an environment of psychological safety relies heavily on the soft skills
READ MOREBy Leah Gradl, Kent Companies A tried-and-true strategy for young professionals in specialty subcontracting. I’ll never forget the way I felt when the board room door shut. I was on the outside, and the entire management team was in a closed-door strategic planning session. I knew I deserved a seat at the table. So, when
READ MOREWhen the problem is identified, and it is you By Gregg M. Schoppman, FMI Organizations can often be characterized by the “Goldilocks Principle.” Sometimes there is too much management, creating a smothering effect or micromanagement feel. In some cases, there is complete autonomy leading to hyper-dysfunction and a complete lack of control. Leaders wrestle with
READ MOREby Dale Carnegie Staff 2020 completely flipped nearly every industry on its side. It required professional training companies to step back and assess how they would be able to continue to best serve their customers under the new circumstances and help lead the new remote and hybrid workplace culture. It challenged them to be resourceful,
READ MOREThe dichotomy of bonus programs and the unintended consequences By Gregg Schoppman, FMI Compensation can be an icky subject. While icky might be the least technical adjective, many business leaders feel their skin crawl as base compensation and bonuses enter the conversation. Employers feel that this is one of the main impediments on why they
READ MOREby Dale Carnegie Staff As technology transforms the workplace, soft skills will be critical for organizational agility. An agile workforce, where learning is an ongoing part of work, will have the adaptability and confidence to step up to new roles and tasks that require high levels of social or creative intelligence. Along with trust in
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