Events
Built to Stay: Trades Are Booming. Talent Compounds.
October 28 @ 8:00 am - 10:30 am
$65.00 – $89.00Winning work isn’t your constraint anymore. Keeping the people who build it is.
Join respected executives Keith Brubacher (Brubacher Excavating Inc.) and Kristian Fields (KLOVER Inc.), both highly regarded ABC member companies, for a moderated conversation on culture, leadership, and people development, facilitated by Lacher Business Consulting. Then dig into your own retention challenges in breakout groups with like-minded construction leaders.
You’ll leave with actionable takeaways to bring back to your team: practical, reliable, and simple. Because retention isn’t an HR problem. It’s a leadership problem. Breakfast and networking included.
Who Should Attend
- Owners and executives
- HR and talent management leaders
- Project Managers, Superintendents, and other front-line leaders who manage and retain crews
- Anyone responsible for building culture or developing people at their company
Meet Our Speakers
Keith Brubacher brings over 30 years of construction experience to the conversation, currently serving as president of Brubacher Excavating Inc., a third-generation family-owned earthwork, underground utility, and paving contractor based in Lancaster County.
Kristian Fields brings a career spanning project engineering through executive operations, currently serving as president of KLOVER Inc., a Quakertown, PA-based construction firm specializing in prefabricated wall panels, metal stud framing, drywall, acoustical ceilings, and finish carpentry.
Facilitated By:
Lacher Business Consulting helps businesses build stronger leaders and healthier organizations through their proprietary BUILD assessment process, which measures organizational health across 13 key areas to pinpoint where focused effort pays off most. With more than 20 years of experience helping clients develop managers into confident, capable leaders, their team of advisors partners closely with clients to turn leadership development into measurable, lasting results.
Details
October 28 @ 8:30 am – 10:30 am
Historic Hotel Bethlehem, 437 Main Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018
Breakfast and networking start at 8:30 AM
Cancellation Policy: Registration is financially binding unless cancelled 1 week prior to the date of the class/event.
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