Construction Executive: Employee Empowerment Versus Happiness: How the Right Tools Can Help Contractors Succeed
September 16, 2021
The construction industry is known as being a field that inspires passion from those in it—and yet it is also known for its sometimes overly machismo resistance to sharing or acknowledging “feelings.” You’ll have a hard time finding a carpenter, welder or engineer that doesn’t have a few projects they’re proud to point out at any opportunity. At the same time, they’ll also have a laundry list of frustrations that accompany their jobs, including the paperwork they have to do, how they are managed by “the office” or how projects are viewed as either winners or losers while the daily challenges and victories go unappreciated.
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The construction industry is known as being a field that inspires passion from those in it—and yet it is also known for its sometimes overly machismo resistance to sharing or acknowledging “feelings.” You’ll have a hard time finding a carpenter, welder or engineer that doesn’t have a few projects they’re proud to point out at any opportunity. At the same time, they’ll also have a laundry list of frustrations that accompany their jobs, including the paperwork they have to do, how they are managed by “the office” or how projects are viewed as either winners or losers while the daily challenges and victories go unappreciated.
