b'Yes, You Can? Lead!Brad Humphrey, Pinnacle Development GroupIncredibly, I find many contractorsproject or task. For the more ?challenged? workers you will totally inept when it comes toneed to camp out a bit on what are your expectations for leadership. Talk abouttheir performance and behavior and for your company?s equipment? Great! Discuss directreputation for quality, safety, and organization. Likewise, costs? Got It! Perform job layout??Inyou will need to develop measurable goals that can be my sleep, pal! ?But lead today?s worker?monitored and integrated into daily and weekly The move to the ?back of the class.? conversations and meetings to help keep the entire workforce focused and on the right path.Look, you can lead. ?Yes, you can!? Certainly, there are many challenges for#4 Practice the ACTS of Leadershiptoday?s concrete contractor; we must move positively ahead as it relates to leading our workers. This simple acronym stands for Accountability, Consistency, Teachability, and Strategy. Briefly, being an effective leader Let me briefly share three key ingredients to more effectivebegins with you being accountable to doing your job each leadership. day. Consistency recognizes that you must practice good leadership, show respect to others, be thorough in decision #1 Establish Your Own Clear Leadership Vision making, etc. over and over and over again? thus Coaching construction leaders over the past twenty-years hasconsistency!displayed many examples of how ?not to do? this leadershipTo be ?teachable? is to always be in a mode to learn. When thing. In every situation that I observed great leadership beingyour followers see you learning, and enjoying new lessons, effectively demonstrated, there was always a contractor orthen you may inspire your followers to also want to grow field leader who had a clear viewpoint of his (or her)and learn. Finally, leaders must be more strategic in their leadership presence. decision-making, their scheduling, and their planning. Most More importantly, their vision was also observed, received,laborers in construction are quite short term in their view and embraced by those following. If you want to take yourand tactical in their approach.Whatever is the easiest to do is next step in leadership then you would be wise to begin bywhat many workers will choose? . Leaders must be strategic clearly establishing your vision and then living it daily. and capable of making the best decision, even though it may be the toughest decision to make.#2 Get Rid of ?Me? There are countless other leadership techniques that exist. One of the realities of leadership is discovering that just as youHowever, without establishing the leadership efforts have ?made it? to the leadership ranks, you must now realizepresented here in your daily walk you will be leading as if that ?it is not about me anymore!? Boy, this discovery is quitewalking on thin ice. Deepen your foundation and core as a sobering for anyone who has worked hard to become theleader by possessing a clear vision for your leadership, senior leader. taking yourself out and refocusing on your followers? needs, project clear expectations and objectives, and? practice the The best leaders in construction recognize that acquiring theACTS of a leader!leadership role, whether through promotion or purchase, that you must quickly and consistently lead via taking yourYes, You Can Lead? Now Lead!personal pride, wants, and benefits out of the picture first andBrad is President of Pinnacle Development Group, a consulting company refocus greatly upon those whom will reward your leadershipspecializing in the construction industry. Sign up for Brad?s weekly column at with performance success. Therefore, getting ?rid of me? mustwww.thecontractorsbestfriend.com.be replaced with giving more to others in your time, availability, support, expectations, boundaries, and wisdom.#3 Set the Expectations & ObjectivesFor the ?Thoroughbred? employee all you need to do is to share your expectations about how you want to see work performed and the clear and measurable objectives for a www.ohiomasonry.org 3'