Workforce Development Archives - The Building PA Podcast

Building Better Construction Teams: Insights from CEO Whisperer Robert Hargrove

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Construction business

Character Over Credentials: Rethinking Team Building in Construction with Robert Hargrove

Building PA Podcast December 3, 2024

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Work Culture

Cleveland Brothers’ Innovative Approach to Training and Recruitment in the Construction Industry

Building PA Podcast September 25, 2024

In this Cleveland Brothers Series episode of the Building PA Podcast, hosts Jon O’Brien and Chris Martin are joined by Matt Curry and Chad Stokes from Cleveland Brothers Equipment Company to discuss workforce development and their innovative strategies for recruiting and training future technicians. Matt, who oversees Technical Training and […]

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Workforce Development

Building a Recovery Ready Workplace with Envoy’s Salomon Moreno-Rosa

Building PA Podcast September 17, 2024

In this episode of the Building PA Podcast, hosts Jon O’Brien and Chris Martin are joined by Salomon Moreno-Rosa, Managing Director of Strategy and Philanthropy at Envoy, to discuss the idea of “Recovery Ready Workplaces” and the significance of fair chance employment in the construction sector. Salomon explains that fair […]

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Talking with KCA Scholarship Recipient James Fretz

Building PA Podcast July 30, 2024

This week’s podcast delves into the KCA’s scholarship program, showcasing its effectiveness in nurturing the future leaders of the construction industry in Pennsylvania. James Fretz, a scholarship awardee and a construction management student at Penn College, recounts his progression from participating in a high school carpentry program to his current […]

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Minority Recruitment

Meet the author of “Hire Better People Faster!”

Building PA Podcast July 23, 2024

In this week’s podcast episode, Jon and Chris interview Ryan Englin, the author of the Amazon best-seller “Hire Better People Faster!” Englin, who has spent over a decade assisting service contractors and construction companies in improving their hiring processes, draws his passion from watching his father’s challenges as a construction […]

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Construction business

Importance of culture to a successful organization

Building PA Podcast May 7, 2024

In the most recent episode of the Building PA Podcast, hosts Chris Martin and Jon O’Brien are joined by Justin Neagle from the Building Scale podcast. Together, they explore the essential elements of scaling businesses and cultivating a robust organizational culture. Neagle underscores the significance of three key components: people, […]

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Workforce Development

Podcast Replay – Improving Workforce Development In Pennsylvania.

Building PA Podcast January 17, 2023

This podcast replay was recorded in January 2022 with President, Pedro Rivera of Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology. The podcast remains relevant in our current state of workforce development. Take another listen. Original Content –Listen as President Rivera shares insight into industry trends related to workforce development beyond traditional construction-related […]

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A Year in Review

2022 Podcast Wrap Up

Building PA Podcast January 3, 2023

During 2022 the Building PA Podcast has had the pleasure to interview some extraordinary individuals. Architects, engineers, economists, construction professionals, attorneys, legislators, state and local authorities, authors, insurance agents, CEOs, construction specialists and mental health and wellness experts, and association presidents. Of the 50-plus individuals we’ve interviewed, we want to […]