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Elevate your impact and master the art of leadership with the McCoy Leadership Podcast. Join insightful conversations with global leadership experts as we explore strategies to empower executives, entrepreneurs, and team leaders alike. Whether you’re navigating the shift from manager to leader or seeking to refine your skills, our episodes offer actionable advice, inspiring stories, and expert insights to help you drive success in your business, team, or organization. Perfect for those who aspire to lead with confidence, authenticity, and purpose.
Creating Careers, Not Just Jobs: Leadership Development in the Trades
McCoy Leadership
25 minutes 30 seconds
3 months ago
Creating Careers, Not Just Jobs: Leadership Development in the Trades
On today’s McCoy Leadership Podcast, we dove into the art of closing the leadership gap in the trades with Traci Austin, an expert in HR and talent strategy. Traci shared how mentorship, strong onboarding, and creating clear career pathways are essential for retention and building leaders from within. We explored how exposing young people early to trade opportunities, aligning company culture, and challenging outdated mindsets can help solve the workforce shortage in construction. If you’re ready to elevate your impact and rethink your leadership approach, this episode is a must-listen!
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00:00 Mentorship and Diverse Career Paths
05:34 Promoting Trades as Career Paths
09:13 Calculating Employee Turnover Costs
10:56 Recruiting Challenges and Company Culture
19:09 Construction Contract Education Needs
21:35 Concrete Industry Hiring Insights
24:55 Future Workforce Development Episode?
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Here are my top 3 takeaways:
Retention is the Real Game-Changer: With hiring expensive and the talent pool shrinking, investing in retention and building a strong culture is more important than ever. Traci emphasized the necessity of mentorship, talent pathways, and ongoing development to keep great people engaged and growing within your organization.
Expose Youth to Career Options Early: Creating opportunities for middle and high school students to experience trades firsthand—and see what’s possible—makes a big difference. Traci shared how community engagement and hands-on exposure help reinforce that the trades offer not just jobs, but meaningful, long-term careers.
Mindset Makes All the Difference: Leaders can’t just accept high turnover and talent shortages as inevitable. Traci challenged organizations to shift their mindset—think creatively about internal career paths, training, and flexibility to meet both business needs and evolving employee expectations.
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Elevate your impact and master the art of leadership with the McCoy Leadership Podcast. Join insightful conversations with global leadership experts as we explore strategies to empower executives, entrepreneurs, and team leaders alike. Whether you’re navigating the shift from manager to leader or seeking to refine your skills, our episodes offer actionable advice, inspiring stories, and expert insights to help you drive success in your business, team, or organization. Perfect for those who aspire to lead with confidence, authenticity, and purpose.
