Session Type: Convention, Management Workshop
Location
Location: Convention Center
Available Dates & Times
Description
| In order to reach the highest level of management, you first need to build a solid foundation of knowledge and skills that will take you from being a mere “witness” to a hands-on leader. This program will discuss the foundational techniques necessary for managing a project from top to bottom, including defining a framework, creating a team mentality, communicating effectively, conflict management, and implementation of key job controls for each phase of the construction process. |
Speaker
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Norb Slowikowski
Norb Slowikowski is a Productivity Consultant who has been working in the Construction Industry since 1982. Prior to starting Slowikowski Associates in 1975, Norb served as Director of Manpower Development for McDonald’s Corporation. He has assisted over 350 Contractors in improving productivity and maximizing profitability by focusing on: training more than 20,000 foremen, superintendents, and project managers in management and leadership skills; working with contractor associations around the country in presenting supervisory skills development courses to their membership; serving as an organizational consultant to construction companies in the U.S.A. and Canada; helping them to reorganize in order to maximize productivity at all levels of the company; customizing training programs to meet specific contractor needs; and helping contractors implement basic productivity improvement tools. Norb is the author of the recently published book entitled, Hard-Hat Productivity: The 9 Critical Factors for Maximizing Profits. He is a graduate of Loyola University in Chicago where he received a B.S. in Psychology and an M.S. in Organizational Development, plus numerous post-graduate courses.