Current Issue

 

​

<
Vol. 13, No. 6: Speaking of Millennials

View the magazine on the Issuu bookshelf, on your computer or using the iOS* or Android app, or download the issue in PDF format. If you are using the issuu iOS app, follow Partners in Progress to get push notifications whenever we upload a new issue.

Recruiting Amidst Distractions

Epidemics and quarantines and protests and elections and economic uncertainty make it hard to think about recruiting. However, as leaders in the sheet metal industry, it is our responsibility to consider the bigger picture instead of only the many crises nipping at our bottom line.

Millennials and Speaking Their Language

With Millennials now comprising half of the American workforce, understanding how to speak
their language and what makes them tick is essential to ensuring the industry’s future success.

Generations: Why We Aren’t So Different?

This is not a generational issue. This is a communication/people issue.
We have to get to know our employees and co-workers regardless of their age,
accentuate their strengths, and help them with their development needs.

Spanning Generations: Benefits of Mentoring

SMART’s Joseph Sellers, Jr. and SMACNA’s Angie Simon have been talking about
the role of mentorship within the signatory sheet metal industry and how it can benefit
both those who are mentored and the people who do the mentoring.

Joe Demark: Leading the Industry to Safety

Local 25’s president and business manager, Joe Demark, a third-generation sheet metal worker who serves on the SMART-SMART Best Practices Market Expansion Task Force, has been tasked with ensuring that his 700 active members stay safe at work and also lending support and advice to the construction sector as the government-imposed lockdowns ease.

Lisa Davis: My Journey

Lisa Davis, an HVACR Service and TAB specialist for the International Training Institute, started as a   pre-med major, worked as a mechanic in a bowling alley, and then stumbled across Oregon Tradeswomen. Through learning about apprenticeships and the different trades and doing quite a bit of welding and machining, she applied for the Local 16 apprenticeship and I hasn’t looked back.

Play to Win: Herm Edwards on Leadership

NFL legend and Arizona State University coach Herm Edwards inspired leadership excellence at the 2020 Partners in Progress Conference with a simple principle: Stay humble, be hungry.