Facilities and Technical Leadership Bootcamp for Construction Executives

• Registration: Open until April 6, 2026
• Course Date: April 16, 2026
• PDH: 8
• Price: $1,499
• Location: 2127 Innerbelt Business Center Drive, St. Louis, MO 63114
  
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Learning Objectives

• Understand coaching versus mentoring distinctions
• Apply coaching to real leadership challenges
• Master feedback and development
• Evaluate insurance and bonding policies and how to handle disputes
• Understand and prepare for common legal procedures involving contractors

Thu, 4/16/26, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm, CST (incl. mini-breaks & 60-min lunch)

Welcome and Introductions

Session 1 – Coaching & Mentoring: Conversations That Build Future Leaders

This interactive, 4-hour workshop equips leaders with practical coaching and mentoring skills they can immediately apply on the job. Participants will complete a self-assessment to understand their current approach, then learn clear distinctions between coaching and mentoring and when to use each. They will practice a simple structured coaching framework and a practical, behavior-based feedback model through discussion, role play, and real-world project scenarios. Each leader will leave with ready-to-use tools, conversation guides, and frameworks they can apply with their teams and confidently share with other leaders in their organizations.

By the end of this 4-hour workshop, participants will be able to:

1. Understand Coaching vs. Mentoring Distinctions: Identify when to use coaching versus mentoring and recognize how each approach serves different organizational needs.
2. Apply Coaching to Real Leadership Challenges: Facilitate goal-oriented coaching conversations using a structured model to guide team members toward self-directed solutions and sustainable performance improvements.
3. Master Feedback & Development: Deliver specific, behavioral feedback that builds trust, clarifies expectations, and aligns team members around shared outcomes.
4. Actionable Frameworks to Coach and Mentor Others: Leave with ready-to-use tools, templates, and conversation guides that participants can immediately apply with their teams and teach to other leaders in their organizations.

(Lunch break at 12:00 pm CST)

Session 2 – Insurance and Bonding

• Common types of Construction Insurance and Normal Coverage/Exclusions
  1. Workers Compensation Insurance
  2. Commercial General Liability Insurance
  3. Property Damage Insurance, including “Builder’s Risk” Insurance
  4. Automobile Insurance
  5. Professional & Pollution Liability Insurances
• Insurance terminology and common contractual provisions
• Bonding for construction projects
  1. Performance Bonds
  2. Payment Bonds
  3. Warranty Bonds
• Indemnity vs. Insurance
• Example Case Studies

Session 3 – Going Through a Legal Procedure

• Relevant types of legal procedures
• Common steps in a legal procedure: Pleadings → Discovery → Trials
• Schedule expectations for dispute resolution
• Example Contractor Case Studies

Session 4 – The Practice of Construction Negotiation & Dispute Resolution

• Contract Negotiations:
  1. Objectives for negotiation of construction contract provisions
     1. Risk identification and mitigation
     2. Clear and unambiguous provision
  2. Role Play No. 1 – Negotiation of Liquidated Damages Provision
  3. Group debrief of results of negotiations
• Claim Negotiations:
  1. Objectives for project level resolution of construction claims
     1. Typical construction claim process
     2. Formal dispute resolution processes – mediation, arbitration, litigation
  2. Role Play No. 2 – Negotiation of Delay Claim
  3. Group debrief of results of negotiations