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What is the Power of People Skills Leadership Program?

Time and time again we meet with Millenial and Gen Z construction owners who tell the same story.
 
They’ve worked in the industry and seen the way the previous generations ‘led’.
 
“DO THIS BECAUSE I TELL YOU TO. SHUT UP AND WORK.”
 
Now, these owners have established their own businesses and are committed to changing the culture of the industry.
 
These owners:
  • Value their employees
  • Want to provide opportunity for their best people
  • Want to keep their people engaged
  • Want their employees to take pride in and love where they work
  • Want to reach the next level in their business

This isn’t a top-down approach to team development. Instead, it’s providing a foundation to build up your company. After all, in construction we always start with the foundation. Why shouldn’t we do the same with our business? 

The program was developed from the best selling book, “The Power of People Skills” by Trevor Throness, and has been used by small to medium sized construction companies that are ready to take their business and team to the next level! 

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The Power of People Skills Tools:

DISC Personality

Understand how you are wired, how you can understand others, and how you can apply it to your team to increase alignment.

Core Values

Discover your most important HR tool, define the behaviors that will make your culture great, and see those values come alive in your organization.

One-Page Plan

Take a step away from the day-to-day to engage in a strategic planning session that is entered onto a simple one-page plan. Figure out exactly where you are going and the values that drive you.

StarChart

We teach you a simple process of how to assess your team based on values and productivity.

Coach & Connect

Once you are able to assess your team, we teach you how to communicate with them in a clear and kind way.

Business Meetings

Put your tools into action by establishing a frequent meeting rhythm, with meaningful, useful meetings to align your team.

How to Delegate

Increase your impact, build a stronger team, and do what you love to do rather than what you have to do.

Ready to elevate your business?

If you’ve been steering the growth of your business and find yourself at the stage where your employees are eager for their next career steps within your company, then this program is tailor-made for you!

Numerous business leaders, much like yourself – overseeing teams ranging from 10 to 250 employees – have embraced this program to foster a culture with top performers in every role. Their employees are not only embracing the vision and culture but are also propelling it to the next level.

In the ever-evolving construction industry, owners of construction companies that work with us are seeking to disrupt the status quo of top-down management. They aim to invest in their people, instilling a sense of pride in where they work and envisioning a solidified future within the company.

Our program is crafted to empower you by tackling the most prevalent people challenges that may impede your business progress. We provide you with a clear roadmap to unlock your business’s true potential.

We specialize in extracting your vision and bringing it to life, fostering unity within your business to achieve shared outcomes.

With PLI, you’ll gain the confidence to make impactful people decisions that can potentially double your business results, alleviate your stress levels, and elevate team morale to unprecedented heights. You’ll naturally attract and retain top-tier talent while simultaneously repelling those who do not align with your company’s values.

Discover how Justin Bontkes from Caliber Projects utilized our program below.

 
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Why the Power of People Skills Program Works:

Hundreds of construction business owners are utilizing the PLI Power of People Skills Program. Their owners are seeing results with assessing their teams, being able to communicate via go-forward plans and building out their vision. What is it about the Power of People Skills Program that makes  it work so well in a small business?

What Makes us Different

Expert-Led Courses

Trevor Throness, the author of the Power of People Skills, leads the online micro-learning training. He has coached thousands of people and shares his expertise via on-demand micro-learning courses.

Personalized Coaching

Our program requires that you receive coaching to keep you on track, apply the tools and answer your biggest people questions. We guide you in the steps you need to take to achieve your goals! 

Proven Results

 Over the years, we’ve helped numerous organizations transform their team dynamics, improve their performance, and achieve their objectives. But don’t just take our word for it. Our track record of proven results speaks volumes about our commitment to helping teams excel.

Testimonials

Our Clients Love the Professional Leadership Institute

Your team will, too! Check out some reviews from our students.
Group 89
The PLI program was invaluable to our network.
The range of topics delivered, the open dialogue, experience, and examples that PLI brought to each session were outstanding and provided a path for our Franchisees and Managers to look at leadership, coaching, and connecting with their teams in a new light. Many have implemented these strategies in their bakeries and have seen immediate results.
Michelle C.
COBS Bread
Group 89
Highly recommend to help your team move forward
We have locations around BC and Alberta, so getting people on the same page can be very difficult... Until now. Our entire management team and location managers take the same great courses and then meet monthly online with our coach to apply it to our situation. People are engaged, the courses are excellent, we love our coach, and we are all learning together!
Jason Fawcett
President, Kelson Group
Group 89
The result has been a transformation of our culture. 
We decided to implement PLI's strategies across the country in over 150 locations and over 3500 employees.  The result has been a transformation of our culture.  People's lives have been positively impacted - professionally and personally.  Morale is high and sales and profits are up as a result.
Daryl Verbeek
Daryl Verbeek
Group 89
We’ve learned how to fix ongoing personnel issues once and for all
The roadmap laid out set our business up to quintuple in sales.  We've learned how to fix ongoing personnel issues once and for all, attract top talent, and spend our time focused on results, not internal staffing problems.  I highly recommend PLI to you - it's worked for us!
John DeJong
Satisfied Client
Group 89
I had no idea that running a business could be this fun!
In less than 18 months of working with Trevor, he has transformed my business from being average to exceptional, where mediocrity is not acceptable, where being great is standard.  Working with PLI has allowed me to realize my dream of not simply owning a job, but owning a business.
Justin Bontkes
Principal, Caliber Projects
Group 89
Our culture has taken major steps forward this year
Our culture has taken major steps forward this year with Trevor’s help.  He is funny, relatable, and his tools are very very practical and have helped us focus and upgrade our teams throughout our retail network. Trevor recently spoke to an employee group, and one person remarked, “I could listen to Trevor all day.”   We would highly recommend Trevor.
Stan Pridham
Founder, KMS Tools
Group 89
The results have been remarkable
At first, we resisted, “This just won’t work with a law firm.” But we persisted and the results have been remarkable: our client base and profits have steadily improved, and staff engagement and morale is the healthiest its ever been.
Doug Lester
Partner, RDM Lawyers
Group 89
Helped our fast-growing business become what it is today
I've experienced PLI's approach first hand and it's been crucial to sustaining our growth.  I can't imagine a business that wouldn't benefit greatly from his help.
Brian Antenbring
Founder, TEEMA
Group 89
Provided practical ways to make positive changes
Trevor was incredibly well-received by the entire organization. He was able to articulate people issues that many of our franchisees were experiencing and provided them with practical ways to make positive changes. We have implemented the Star Chart tool across the organization and see it as vital to building happy, effective teams.
Aaron Gillespie
President, COBS Bread
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