16 November Developing a Healthy Workplace Culture November 16, 2020By ICI Administrator Aspire 0 Since The Institute’s inception, Gladys Woods and Haslin Constructions have been a big supporter of providing continuing professional development in their workplace. Offering a wide range of courses suited to the needs of the people in the organisation and their career progression, hear how the team at Haslin are continuing their development. As a supervisor or manager in the industry, being exposed to a healthy workplace culture helps you achieve your best outcomes on the job and continue to grow and develop. Having access to a development program or plan in your organisation that provides specific, useful and up to date upskilling is key to achieving this. A leader in the industry in this regard is Haslin Constructions who, over the past 18 months, have worked with The Institute to provide specific career development options for their team to maximise their performance. While this “specificity” may seem daunting to provide for employers due to the breadth of capabilities and skills in any business, utilising the industry’s own CPD provider simplifies this process. Gladys Woods, General Manager of Haslin, explains how The Institute has provided this structure to support their workplace; “there are so many different roles and career paths in the civil industry it’s difficult for employers to be across all of the necessary training requirements and skill progression. ICI clarifies this for us by offering structured, sequenced training for all of our personnel.” “Not only do the courses offer technical skill progression, there is also strong focus on developing expertise in people management. Training our employees to manage others well, I believe, is critical to developing a healthy workplace culture.” If you are in an organisation that is looking to develop their workplace culture through upskilling team members and motivated staff through structured development plans, get in touch with the team at The Institute of Civil Infrastructure on 1300 424 287. Related Posts Is your workplace mentally healthy? The construction sector has some of the highest rates of mental ill health when compared to all industries in Australia. In fact, according to Construction Industry Culture Taskforce (CICT), the industry experiences: Manners and the Modern Workplace Once upon a time, things were a bit more straight forward when it came to manners and the workplace. The manners that our parents instilled in us prevailed, and we learnt to take our cues at work from the senior and the successful. We learnt about a term called “professionalism”, and generally it was applied and understood by all in a corporate environment. A Culture of Efficiency The type of life you lead is absolutely, one hundred percent, a direct result of the choices you make. There is nothing more annoying than someone continuously telling me they are ‘so busy’, ‘life is so crazy’, I can’t believe people keep ‘asking for more’, my staff are ‘on edge’ right now, it’s not if ‘they will break’ but when. Confused about COVID-19 requirements in the workplace? Read on as we unpack what the Building Award says Entering into our third year of the COVID-19 pandemic employees continue to ask questions about isolation and leave. How can the Building and Construction General On-site Award 2020 help? Solving staff retention rates through diversity We face a rising nationwide skill shortage across the infrastructure sector, with Infrastructure Partnerships Australia recently revealing that the industry will need to grow its total workforce by nearly 43.4 percent to meet the demands of the coming pipeline. Futureproofing the Civil Infrastructure Industry: Diversity and Inclusion Leaders and managers in the Civil Infrastructure Industry face people management challenges due to diversity issues. To be successful it is essential that team leaders understand the value of diverse teams and how to get the best from their teams. Comment (0) Comments are closed.