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ON THE MOVE MICHAEL SMITHSON JOINS TUTOR PERINI TO LEAD THE BUILDING AND SPECIALTY CONTRACTORS SEGMENTS Tutor Perini Corporation , a leading civil, building and specialty construction company, announced that Michael Smithson recently joined the company as an executive vice president to lead and manage the growth and future success of the Building and Specialty Contractors segments. Previously, Smithson was a senior vice president at Skanska USA for nine years, where he was responsible for Skanska’s heavy civil projects located within Los Angeles County and its underground heavy civil projects in the western United States. Prior to joining Skanska USA, he worked for Kenny Construction in Chicago for seven years. Smithson has earned a bachelor’s degree in geologic engineering from Purdue University in Indiana and a master’s degree in civil
engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Ronald Tutor, chairman and chief executive officer of Tutor Perini, commented, “We are pleased to welcome Mike to our management team and look forward to working with him to drive the next phase of the company’s growth.” Tutor Perini Corporation is a leading civil, building and specialty construction company offering diversified general contracting and design-build services to private clients and public agencies throughout the world. Tutor Perini Corporation has provided construction services since 1894 and has established a strong reputation within its markets by executing large, complex projects on time and within budget while adhering to strict quality control measures.
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MONTGOMERY SPILLANE & DILLON REIO, from page 1 the employee, a manager is laying the foundation needed for a successful relationship. Ultimately, this relationship is what facilitates the exchange of knowledge, ideas, and core values. With that said, we can’t talk about our favorite sports team all day; there needs to be a great deal of technical guidance behind these conversations. From the young person’s perspective, consistent and constructive feedback on work performance is the most beneficial to our development. Examples of this may be providing feedback on effectiveness in client calls and quality of deliverables. Take the time to explain why you steered the client in a specific direction or why you worded that sentence differently. If you share these details with us, it eliminates the guesswork on our end and promotes deeper understanding. We believe that managers who share the big picture and provide detailed feedback will better prepare their young professionals for the inevitable pitfalls associated with added responsibility, thus accelerating their employees’ growth. 3)Challenge. While we’ve discussed identifying the right people, we want to elaborate on what else managers can do to help employees progress. Not only should managers provide feedback to employees, but they should also actively seek to challenge their employees. A good place to start is by asking young professionals their perception of areas in which they excel and areas they need improvement. If you’ve correctly identified the right person, they will be humble enough to evaluate themselves honestly, because their improvement and the team’s improvement is paramount. Further, we want to work with managers who are willing to push us to expand in areas of excellence, but also willing to work with us in areas we are deficient. Challenge us to grow where we are weak, and be willing to engage when we have questions. This can be in technical knowledge or soft-skills. Nurturing young people for leadership roles does take time, even if after identifying those motivated young players at an early stage in their career. In our experience working with senior and seasoned professionals, it is remarkable how apparent it is when someone does take the time to work with us when we need help. It demonstrates that person has a vested interest in our growth as employees. If you’re willing to go the extra mile to help young professionals grow as professionals, they will also go that extra mile for you. MONTGOMERY SPILLANE, P.G. is a project professional at SCS Engineers. Contact her at mspillane@scsengineers.com. DILLON REIO , G.I.T. is a senior project professional at SCS Engineers. Contact him at dreio@scsengineers.com.
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