Nuts and BoltsNuts and BoltsConstruction Career DaysConstruction Career Days

• How to develop a winning team – Working together…but I work

better on my own• Matching the passion with the task

– I love that• Where do I get these people• What’s there for me to do

– Responsibilities• Forms & Formalities• Team Leaders –

– know it all…really?• Finish with a smile

– Is this the team we started with?

Developing Developing a Teama Team

This is our Arizona Team

Micala – 5 yrs Chaplin Acosa – 2 yrs

Peggy – 3 yrs Charmaine – 6 yrs

Rose Ann – 4 yrs Dave – 5 yrs

Jackie – 5 yrs Bonnie (not in pic) – 6 yrs

Developing a great team always begins with you

You cannot build a great team without great players

You need to recruit championship-caliber people with passion

Look for people who are …

Flexible - adapt to changes and thrive on new challenges

Teachable - are explorers and place a high priority on breaking new ground

Creative – bring new ideas and foster adaptability

Service Minded –strive to accomplish goals and are problem solvers

Working with the team

Completing one another is more important than competing with one another

Teammates need to be supportive, not suspicious

Remove discord immediately (24 hrs rule)

Convince teammate to focus on common goal not independence

Create victories through multiplication – releases and harnesses not only your skills but also those of everyone on the team

Inspire a win-win attitude with your teammates

Complement others – match someone who has strengths in area of weakness and vice versa. Seek out others on the team with complementary gifts and have them work together.

When interviewing for team members

listen for their area of interest (they will mention it if you let them)

Passion –Passion –There are no Halfhearted ChampionsThere are no Halfhearted Champions

Micaela JeanEquipmentRecruiter

• Federal Highways• Department of Transportation• National Association of Women in

Construction• Construction Partnerships • Department of Education• Association of General Contractors• Union Apprenticeships• State & Community Trade College• High School & Trade School Counselors• Trade related Associations• Media – Local Press

Local RecruitingLocal Recruiting

Get in those meetings…Get in those meetings…Ok, Now what…..

1. Research meeting dates2. Attend the open to public meeting try to have two people from your

team visit3. Ask for availability to get on an Agenda to discuss Career Days 4. Prepare your material – choose a visual media with hand outs5. Meeting date : presentation should be no more than 10 minutes

• Show the facts about the Construction Industry’s need for new recruits.

• Explain how Construction Career Days helps encourage student to think of Construction as a rewarding Career choice and show how we inspire students through hands on demonstrations

6. Have a question and answer time – 5 minutes or so 7. Get a commitment

• Recruit interested parties • Financial support

8. Follow up/keep the vision alive!

The person who is prepared has this battle half-fought

Forms and formalitiesForms and formalities

Insurance Forms / Restrictions / Financial Responsibilities

Waivers Schools / Participants /Volunteers / Location

Brochures / Registration Schools / Participants

Contracts / Agreements Location / Vendors / Equip. Rental

Team’s Responsibility list

Presentation Material Schools / AZ Dept of ED / Participants

What can “I” doWhat can “I” doooooo?ooooo?

Team TaskParticipation Team Recruit participants Promote/Monitor Hands-on selections Waivers

Education Team Recruit Schools Recruit Counselors Registration/Waivers

Equipment Team Recruit equipment hands-on and static

Promotion & Magazine Newsletters School Media

Public Relation Team Association mtg Media Interviews/Radio Newspapers

Correspondence Meeting minutes Federal / Local Association Reports Financial Team Funding Sources Monthly/Annual Budget Insurance

Event Planning Team Layout Lunch Service Electricity needs

Vehicle Traffic Waste Disposal Sample Site Design

Registration Area Restrooms

Warning…Warning…Team Leaders bewareTeam Leaders beware

• Continually be promoting the event• Communication is key….weekly email new ideas• Improving yourself will add value to your team• You need to model the behavior you expect from

your teammates to have• If you won’t change for the team, the team may

change you – be flexible• Get in the habit of learning new things (keep

informed to bring new light to each meeting)• Re-evaluate your role – can you be doing

something to lighten the load for the team (you’re not just the leader… you’re a teammate too!)

Overwhelmed

Delegate

Lack of inspirationWorking Together

So you say you want to do it again So you say you want to do it again next year…true success!next year…true success!

Success bases our worth on a comparison with others

Excellence gauges our value by measuring us against our own potential.

Success grants its rewards to the few but is the dream of the multitudes.

Excellence is available to all living beings but is accepted by…the few.