Nuts and Bolts Construction Career Days

1. Nuts and BoltsConstruction 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?

2. Developing a Team 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. 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

3. Passion –There are no Halfhearted Champions When interviewing for team members listen for their area of interest (they will mention it if you let them) Micaela Jean Equipment Recruiter

4. Local Recruiting • 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

5. Get in those meetings… Ok, Now what….. Research meeting dates Attend the open to public meeting try to have two people from your team visit Ask for availability to get on an Agenda to discuss Career Days Prepare your material – choose a visual media with hand outs 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 Have a question and answer time – 5 minutes or so Get a commitment Recruit interested parties Financial support Follow up/keep the vision alive! The person who is prepared has this battle half-fought

6. Forms 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

7. What can “I” doooooo? Team Task Participation Team Recruit participants Promote/Monitor Hands-on selections Waivers Education Team Recruit Schools Recruit Counselors Registration/Waivers Equipment Team Recruit equipmenthands-on and static Promotion & Magazine Newsletters School Media Public Relation Team Association mtgMedia Interviews/Radio Newspapers Correspondence Meeting minutes Federal / Local Association Reports Financial Team Funding Sources Monthly/Annual Budget Insurance Event Planning Team Layout Lunch ServiceElectricity needs Vehicle Traffic Waste Disposal Sample Site Design Registration Area Restrooms

8. Warning…Team Leaders beware Overwhelmed • 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!) Delegate Working Together Lack of inspiration

9. So you say you want to do it again 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 acceptedby…the few.