Kabri Lehrman Schmid is a Project Superintendent at HENSEL PHELPS. Her 15 year career portfolio showcases her depth of skill as a superintendent across all project phases on highly-phased, active campus projects totaling over $1.9B. She deliberately builds a culture of psychological safety on her jobsites to drive team development and engagement. She has been Recognized as one of Construction Business Owner’s 2019 Outstanding Women in Construction and received the Washington Women in Trades' 2019 Workplace Leader Award. She is a champion for careers in construction management and the skilled trades. Kabri is an experienced public speaker, co-chair of the Seattle Construction Suicide Prevention Task Force, AGC Culture of Care Steering Committee member, and former Director on the NAWIC Puget Sound board.PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY RESOURCES:https://www.constructionexec.com/article/a-superintendents-case-for-a-psychologically-safe-jobsite https://preventconstructionsuicide.com/http://www.intheforefront.org/https://www.agcwa.com/culture-of-care-initiative/https://youtu.be/LhoLuui9gX8About the host: As owner and CEO of Lauri Rollings and Associates, Lauri provides consulting services and training to make businesses more profitable through strategic and data-driven diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts. You can reach her at lauri.rollings@gmail.com and learn more about her at https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurirollings/. Theme Music: Coffee and Conversation from https://www.podcast.co/music.

You won't want to miss this conversation with Pat Daniels, Executive Director of Constructing Hope, because that's exactly what her organization does. It builds hope for people coming out of incarceration, homelessness, poverty, and other disadvantaged backgrounds by giving them the skills they needs for a career in construction. Pat shares some inspiring stories of program graduates who have gone from being on the margins of society to owning their own construction businesses or having other leadership roles in the construction industry.Pat guided her organization from a former community development corporation to the Constructing Hope Pre-Apprenticeship Training Program. She developed training curriculum with industry partners at Northwest College of Construction, Hoffman Construction and Pacific Northwest Carpenters Institute, receiving state certification in 2007. Under her leadership, Constructing Hope has increased job placements from 16 to 83 annually. She has developed direct entry with carpenters, laborers, electrical, cement masons, sheet metal, ironworkers, brick layers and Northwest College of Construction apprenticeship programs.Pat was raised in Mississippi and NE Portland. She earned her MBA at Concordia College and, as an African American woman, worked her way up from secretarial duties to Executive Director. She is an active member of her church community. She has also received numerous awards, including most recently the 2020 Daily Journal of Commerce Icon Award Winner and the 2020 Business Diversity Institute, Inc Leadership Award of the Year RecipientYou can learn more about Constructing Hope at https://www.constructinghope.org/?gclid=CjwKCAjw7vuUBhBUEiwAEdu2pAlKqhHYwAN-LFgVJv4oCspTZy0fqsmde4iEU33DBxQz9HolL6hLyBoCMB4QAvD_BwEAbout the host: As owner and CEO of Lauri Rollings and Associates, Lauri provides consulting services and training to make businesses more profitable through strategic and data-driven diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts. You can reach her at lauri.rollings@gmail.com and learn more about her at https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurirollings/.Theme Music: Coffee and Conversation from https://www.podcast.co/music.

Earl Buford is the President of the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) and a lifelong champion of projects that improve job seekers’ and employers’ quality of life. He leads CAEL’s mission of providing solutions to promote sustainable and equitable economic growth in collaboration with workforce and economic developers, post-secondary educators, employers, industry groups, foundations, and other mission-aligned groups. In this episode, we discuss CAEL's work connecting adult learners to family-sustaining careers and connecting employers to adult learners who can help them replenish their workforces.Earl is an active board member of the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, Cleveland Federal Reserve Board-Pittsburgh Chapter, Bridgeway Capital, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Midwest Urban Strategies, and the Ready2WorkCoalition, among many others and a former member of Vice President Joe Biden’s Advisory Task Force on Effective Workforce Strategies, the Wisconsin Governor’s Task Force on Minority Unemployment, and the National Skills Coalition Advisory Board.You can learn more about CAEL and Strada Collaborative at https://www.cael.org/ and stradacollaborative.org. You can also contact Earl directly at ebuford@cael.org.About the host: As owner and CEO of Lauri Rollings and Associates, Lauri provides consulting services and training to make businesses more profitable through strategic and data-driven diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts. You can reach her at lauri.rollings@gmail.com and learn more about her at https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurirollings/.Theme Music: Coffee and Conversation from https://www.podcast.co/music.

In this episode I discuss the causes of the suicide epidemic in the construction industry and ways to prevent suicide with several members of UA Local 290's Apprentice Resource Community (ARC). My guests are Phillip Clark, Jake Klemsen, Henry Hendrix,  and Tori Geter. Some life-saving resources we discuss in this episode are:https://www.qprinstitute.com/https://www.gettrainedtohelp.com/en/Suicide Prevention Hotlines:1-800-273-8255 (TALK)Text "Hello" to 741741National Suicide Prevention Hotline 988 (https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/current-events/the-lifeline-and-988/)Other Resources:https://www.cpwr.com/research/research-to-practice-r2p/r2p-library/other-resources-for-stakeholders/mental-health-addiction/suicide-prevention-resources/https://preventconstructionsuicide.com/https://www.constructionworkingminds.org/https://www.sprc.org/settings/workplaceshttps://www.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/stress-coping/employee-job-stress/index.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fcommunity%2Fmental-health-non-healthcare.htmlhttps://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/stress/suicide.htmlAbout the host: As owner and CEO of Lauri Rollings and Associates, Lauri provides consulting services and training to make businesses more profitable through strategic and data-driven diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts. You can reach her at lauri.rollings@gmail.com and learn more about her at https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurirollings/.Theme Music: Coffee and Conversation from https://www.podcast.co/music.

Join me as I discuss Yelp's diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging efforts with Chief Diversity Officer Miriam Warren. Among Yelp's cutting-edge initiatives are leveraging its all-remote work policy to create greater employee diversity and holding individual department heads accountable for diversity and inclusion on their teams.Miriam is also Board Chair of the Yelp Foundation, which counts non-profits like La Cocina in San Francisco and Hot Bread Kitchen in New York among its grantees. Miriam joined Yelp in 2007, serving in a variety of marketing and operational roles, including leading the company’s expansion efforts internationally as Vice President of New Markets. Presently, she heads a team working at the intersection of culture, engagement, social impact and diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Miriam has been quoted in The New York Times, Fortune, Mic and Good Morning America online, among others. She's previously been published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review and Fast Company, and is a frequent speaker and moderator.Yelp’s annual diversity reports for 2020 and 2021 are at https://blog.yelp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Final-Yelp-Diversity-Report.pdf and https://blog.yelp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Yelp-Diversity-Report-2021.pdf.About the host: As owner and CEO of Lauri Rollings and Associates, Lauri provides consulting services and training to make businesses more profitable through strategic and data-driven diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts. You can reach her at lauri.rollings@gmail.com and learn more about her at https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurirollings/.Theme Music: Coffee and Conversation from https://www.podcast.co/music.

Bob Wendover is the President of Common Sense Enterprises, Inc. and an award-winning author who has been researching and writing about workforce trends for more than 30 years. Common Sense Enterprises helps employers improve the daily decision-making within their organizations. Its work is based on interviews with more than 3000 corporate leaders, business owners, and government executives. Bob has worked with firms ranging from the Fortune 500 to small companies seeking to improve their bottom-line results.This episode is Part 2 of a two-part series with Bob. In Part 1, we discuss proven strategies for recruiting, hiring, and retaining the best employees. In Part 2, we discuss concrete strategies employers and employees can use to prevent and overcome burnout, which Bob has researched and written about in his new book, Beating Burnout.Here's a link to Bob’s website, commonsenseenterprises.net, where you can find Beating Burnout and contact him about working with your company.About the host: As owner and CEO of Lauri Rollings and Associates, Lauri provides consulting services and training to make businesses more profitable through strategic and data-driven diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts. You can reach her at lauri.rollings@gmail.com.Theme Music: Coffee and Conversation from https://www.podcast.co/music.

Bob Wendover is the President of Common Sense Enterprises, Inc. and an award-winning author who has been researching and writing about workforce trends for more than 30 years. Common Sense Enterprises helps employers improve the daily decision-making within their organizations. Its work is based on interviews with more than 3000 corporate leaders, business owners, and government executives. Bob has worked with firms ranging from the Fortune 500 to small companies seeking to improve their bottom-line results.This episode is Part 1 of a two-part series with Bob. In Part 1, we'll discuss proven strategies for recruiting, hiring, and retaining the best employees. In Part 2, we discuss concrete strategies employers and employees can use to prevent and overcome burnout, which Bob has researched and written about in his new book, Beating Burnout.Here's a link to Bob’s website, commonsenseenterprises.net, where you can find Beating Burnout and contact him about working with your company.About the host: As owner and CEO of Lauri Rollings and Associates, Lauri provides consulting services and training to make businesses more profitable through strategic and data-driven diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts. You can reach her at lauri.rollings@gmail.com.Theme Music: Coffee and Conversation from https://www.podcast.co/music.

Join us as we talk to Georgene Huang, the co-founder and CEO of Fairygodboss, the largest online career community for women. Fairygodboss helps women achieve their career goals by providing reviews of workplace culture from other women, connections, jobs, events, and more. It works with top employers who care about equity, diversity and inclusion. Georgene shares her perspective on a variety of topics including the Great Resignation and how to get more women into the talent pipeline. Check out Fairygodboss at https://fairygodboss.com/.About the hosts: As owner and CEO of Lauri Rollings and Associates, Lauri provides consulting services and training to make businesses more profitable through strategic and data-driven diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts. You can reach her at lauri.rollings@gmail.com. As owner and Principal Consultant for Good Company HR, Nicolle Farup acts as a VP at large, providing customized human resource guidance on policies and practices, management coaching and investigations, and a variety of training for companies of all sizes and industries. You can reach her at nicolle@goodcompanyhr.com.Theme Music: Coffee and Conversation from https://www.podcast.co/music. 

Mark Matteson is an inspiring speaker and the author of more than 10 books, including the international bestseller, Freedom from Fear.  Mark’s peak-performance tools have impacted organizations around the globe, igniting personal and professional success for clients including Microsoft, Honda, GE, Conoco Phillips, John Deere, Honeywell, and T-Mobile. Mark started his career as an HVAC service technician, completing his apprenticeship with UA Local 32 in Seattle. Mark recently published a new book, Old Light Through New Windows: 52 Questions That Will Change Your Life. These questions reveal how personal and organizational problems can be traced to the kinds of questions we ask ourselves and our organizations every day. He joins us today to share his insights into goal-setting, mentorship, and professional development.Mark’s website is http://sparkingsuccess.net/, where you can find his new book, his other books, and contact him about working with your company.About the host: As owner and CEO of Lauri Rollings and Associates, Lauri provides consulting services and training to make businesses more profitable through strategic and data-driven diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts. You can reach her at lauri.rollings@gmail.com.Theme Music: Coffee and Conversation from https://www.podcast.co/music.

The mission of Personnelity is to honestly approach the issues employers face in trying to create healthier, more just, diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplaces. We engage with guests to talk about workplace diversity issues and bring light to different perspectives. Through these conversations, we explore possible tools, solutions and resources for employers and employees alike.Join Lauri Rollings and Nicolle Farup while they discuss a report the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) recently released called “A Future Worth Building: What Tradeswomen Say about the Change They Need in the Construction Industry.” The report has some revealing insights into the challenges women face making a career in the construction trades. Joining Lauri and Nicolle is Oregon Tradeswomen’s Executive Director, Kelly Kupcak, and Oregon Tradeswomen’s Workforce Equity and Technical Assistance Director, Tiffany Thompson, who also discuss a model called RISE Up that offers solutions to the challenges the report identifies.Here's the report: https://iwpr.org/iwpr-publications/a-future-worth-building-report/Information on RISE Up:  www.riseup4equity.orgFor more information on the emerging best practices programs and models, here are links to information sessions with the existing practitioners of construction jobsite culture change.Additional resources:National Taskforce on Tradeswomen Issues public policy platform, memo to the White House, and Recommendations for Infrastructure investments. EEOC Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the WorkplaceIBEW Local 48 Maternity Leave Policy https://www.ibew48.com/blog/neca-ibew-maternity-benefit-plan-goes-extra-mile-support-familiesIronworkers International Maternity Leave Policy https://nabtu.org/news_center/iron-workers-contractors-announce-paid-maternity-leave-benefit/#:~:text=The%20Iron%20Workers%20Union's%20paid,weeks%20of%20post%2Ddelivery%20benefitAbout the hosts: As owner and CEO of Lauri Rollings and Associates, Lauri provides consulting services and training to make businesses more profitable through strategic and data-driven diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts. You can reach her at lauri.rollings@gmail.com. As owner and Principal Consultant for Good Company HR, Nicolle Farup acts as a VP at large, providing customized human resource guidance on policies and practices, management coaching and investigations, and a variety of training for companies of all sizes and industries. You can reach her at nicolle@goodcompanyhr.com.Theme Music: Coffee and Conversation from https://www.podcast.co/music.