Do you count your steps each day? Not as a way to stay healthy, but as a way to track time? Imagine if it took you 45 seconds to walk through a maze of pallets and machines to reach material, only to reverse your steps to get to your work area. Now imagine if you could reduce the time by half just simply by placing the material closer to you. Sure those 45 seconds don’t…
For the last several months I noticed that Kelly has been leaving his door open all throughout the day – even when he is in meetings or at lunch. In my last two years of working at Jenco I’ve never known him to have his door open all day – he’d shut it during meetings or when he was super busy, but now it’s open 90% of the time. So I asked him, what gives?…
Lunch on Jenco has been a huge success! Kim and I are really enjoying visiting the sites, seeing what you guys are accomplishing, meeting those we haven’t met yet and catching up with those we’ve known for years. Based on feedback you guys all seem to be enjoying it as well! We plan to continue Lunch on Jenco, so keep an eye out for us. We visited 5 sites in July: Sunrise Elementary School, Drury…
Jenco has gone to great lengths to keep the jobsites safe. No matter the project or task at hand, safety remains our top priority every second of every day, which is confirmed by the fact we have one the lowest EMOD rates among our peers. So how do we do it? Every site and situation calls for different safety measures, but here are our top 10 practices we follow in prefab and out on the…
A study released in 2012 brought to light that professionals lose 31 hours per month on unproductive meetings. Think about that. Four work days per month are wasted! Another study found that 73% of professionals admit to working on something unrelated to the meeting during the meeting. Why bother even going? So what are these unproductive meetings costing? Well, time obviously. But what about the money that is drifting away? Check out this calculator to…
With the summer in full swing, Kim Anderson and I thought it would be fun to visit the guys out on the jobsites, bring them a nice cold lunch and lots of cold water of course. Last week we picked up Jimmy Johns and headed out to Desert Shadows Middle School. Thank you guys for letting us crash your lunch – hope you enjoyed! Jim Szoke is one of the Foremen on site and was…
According to a Gallup poll, fifty-nine percent of America is worried that they will not have enough money saved to retire. Are you? The dynamics of retirement have drastically changed over the last few decades. With defined pension plans now being a thing of the past, 401(K) plans are now the norm. Are you contributing to your 401(K) plan? Are you contributing enough? Here’s a scary statistic: nearly one third of all workers have less than…
Can you believe that summer is upon us again? The Arizona heat is more than just a nuisance-it can be lethal! Did you know that 2013 brought with it 1400 heat related illnesses to Arizona? Several hundred where hospitalized and many died. When the temperature rises so does the risk of heat related illness, but there are ways to beat this Arizona heat! Below are 5 simple summer safety tips to help you beat the…
Are your teams producing Shock and Awe or is the mood in your hallways more of resignation? As someone who leads teams to define the game of life worth playing for them, the biggest hindrance I find to success is resignation. To me resignation looks like: Heads down, limited interaction, the absence of caring…waiting…hiding…cynical. It isn’t a pretty sight. We live in a substantially more connected world now than even a couple of years ago so why is it…
Do you feel like you’re working your tail off and nobody notices? Do you need help having people notice your efforts to advance your career? Being proactive may be your first step. Every day we are presented with new opportunities. Sometimes noticing the opportunity and acknowledging the value of that opportunity can be tricky. At least that’s how I feel. My journey in the electrical industry first started in 2008 with Jen Electric. I was…