Yes. Yes it can and it does. Unfortunately, that is not the experience most people have in the construction industry. In 2004, I was a...

When I ask industry leaders if they listen to their employees, nearly all of them say, "yes, absolutely." But when I talk with their...

How many times have you heard someone say, "if you do what you love, you will never work a day in your life"? How great does that sound?...

Let's give credit where credit is due! I took the title for today's blog post from this Ted talk because what Julie Turney has to say in...

Nike is a HUGE employer in the Portland area, where I live, but even if you live outside Portland, you've no doubt heard of this colossal...

Does this sound familiar? "Here's your employee handbook . . . and here's your copy of the safety guidelines . . and here's a one page...

September is wrapping up and we're getting ready to head into Q4. I bet, for many of you, performance evaluations are right around the...

There's a new term circling the internet: quiet quitting. If you haven't heard of quiet quitting before, it's a notion that's really...

In another blog post recently, we discussed how to attract the incoming Gen Z to the construction industry. This week, let's talk about...

Another morning, another cup of good coffee. Have I mentioned that we get a monthly coffee delivery from Blue Star Coffee in Twisp, WA? ...

Hi, I'm Christi's teammate Catherine! If we haven't met, I've been on the ALTA team since January, and I often help out with these blog...

Just a couple weeks ago, I put out a blog post titled One More Thing. The suggestion in that post was to implement a rhythm at the end of...

Summer is drawing to a close. Yep, you read that right. This summer went by way too fast! Somehow, my son is going into high school this...

For all of the benefits of the internet, it definitely has made recruiting harder. Gone are the days where job seekers looked in their...

Close your eyes... oh wait, you need them to read, scratch that... OK, imagine you are in a room... with all your competitors. The 60...

I'm about to say a series of words that you may have not heard lately: I saw something on the news that I really liked. I know; it felt...

How do you know if your employees are engaged? An engaged employee is attentive, committed, enthusiastic, and passionate. Unfortunately,...

So we've all heard the phrase about "I don't just talk the talk; I walk the walk" by now, right? Do you want that phrase to apply to your...

Do you ever struggle with fully checking out? No, I'm not talking about checking out your attractive bartender without getting caught,...

Ciao! I received a fantastic out of office auto-reply to an email last week: I am currently in the United Kingdom, walking the streets of...