Construction Leadership Success - The Construction Foreman's Definitive Guide for Running Safe, Efficient, and Profitable Projects

Construction Leadership Success - The Construction Foreman's Definitive Guide for Running Safe, Efficient, and Profitable Projects

by Jason C McCarty
Construction Leadership Success - The Construction Foreman's Definitive Guide for Running Safe, Efficient, and Profitable Projects

Construction Leadership Success - The Construction Foreman's Definitive Guide for Running Safe, Efficient, and Profitable Projects

by Jason C McCarty

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Overview

What do all successful construction projects have in common? A competent team of leaders...leaders who understand that safety, efficiency, and production are essential for completing projects of all sizes on time and within budget.

All Construction foremen are given the opportunity to lead crews based on work ethic, mechanical skills, technical knowledge, and reputation-and these attributes are extremely important towards getting the job done. But many other critical concepts and skills need to be fully understood and employed before it is possible to become a truly proficient, respected, and successful leader.

Construction Leadership Success provides industry-specific advice that encompasses the fundamentals of construction leadership and management, with topics ranging from understanding the inner workings of a contracting business to building trust, credibility, and the respect of your peers.

Apply the knowledge, tools, and techniques provided in Construction Leadership Success to ensure that:

1. Every project you manage will be run efficiently and effectively.

2. The management style you adopt will encourage and promote the success of those around you.

3. Those around you will become willing advocates in your own career advancement.

4. Your career in the construction industry will be one of ongoing achievement and accomplishment.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940013164086
Publisher: JM Publishing
Publication date: 07/08/2011
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Sales rank: 804,629
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Jason McCarty was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest and is a third-generation commercial/industrial electrician. His career in the construction industry began at the age of sixteen while working as a material handler and laborer throughout his high-school summers. After high school and two years of college he entered and completed a five-year electrical apprenticeship program in Portland, Oregon.

Over the span of his twenty-year career McCarty has worked on and/or managed multiple construction projects, gaining the experience and knowledge outlined in Construction Leadership Success. The scope of these projects includes hospitals, schools, manufacturing facilities, industrial plants, corporate high rises, multi-resident high rises, retail establishments, and other facilities. The diverse nature of this work has provided McCarty with countless opportunities for studying the different management styles that foremen employ to run and complete their projects.

McCarty’s professional career as a journeyman electrician and foreman continues to shape his leadership and project and management philosophies.
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