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Explore Kiewit's renowned leadership programs, traits, competencies, and craft training center for a successful career in construction and project management. Learn the do's and don'ts of leadership training and prepare for industry game changers.
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GLOBAL LEADERSHIP FORUM USC May 28, 2017
World Class Fabricator – Offshore Structures Engleside, TX
Supervisory Conference Began 1946 “ The Harvard of the Construction Industry” – Steve Forbes Field Supervisor School Now Kiewit Culture School Now
“THE BIGGEST INVISIBLE BUILDER IN THE WORLD” Fortune Magazine, 1966 From the mid-fifties to mid-eighties, Kiewit built more lane miles of theoriginally-planned Interstate System than any other contractor
Development Organization Formwork School Electrical School Mechanical School Welding School Piping School Field Engineering Quality Basics EMP I, II, and III Design Integration Temp Structures Deep Foundations Lead Estimating Technical Schools
Kiewit Foundational Leadership Traits • Unwavering Integrity • Self-Discipline • Initiative • Communication • Listening • Emotional Intelligence • Coaching Skills
Leadership Competencies and Development • Level 1 - FLS • Delegation • Accountability • Coaching • Collaboration • Level II - Superintendents • Innovation • Change Management • Agility • Level III – Project Managers • Teamwork and Teambuilding • Level IV - Sponsors • Transformational Leadership • Collective Leadership
Kiewit Craft Training Center – Aurora, Colorado • Foreman Training • Leadership • Communications • Teamwork • Integrity • Safety • Quality • Cost • Planning
Do’s and Don’ts Do’s • Talk about Leadership successes and failures • Mentor Student Leaders • Bring leaders into classes to share experiences – Sharing stories • Start a dialog with students about experiences with good and bad leaders • Create learning moments for students to get experience with leadership Don’t’s • Ignore setting clear leadership expectations for class projects • Teach a Leadership Class • Be a poor role model • Try to predict who will be future leaders
Looking Ahead • Game Changers in the Design and Construction Industry • Disruptive technologies and products • VR and AR applications in planning, forecasting and control • Artificial Intelligence and machine learning • Advanced sensing and control technologies • Collaborative contract arrangements and risk-sharing • Changes in Curriculum • Higher level “touch” learning and experiential situational analysis • Flipped classrooms – use of distance learning and blended approaches • Modern analytical skills and applications • Use of “Big Data” for decision-making • Competency based educational attainment models vs credit hours
GLOBAL LEADERSHIP FORUM USC May 28, 2017