Throughout his electrical career Vincent has worked on many projects in the Colorado mountains, including local hospitals and resorts. He began with Encore Electric as a first-year apprentice and has since grown into his current position as a foreman. We need to recognize that the people working for us can be our greatest resource now and should be in the future.Ībout the author : Cody Vincent has been with Encore Electric since 2013. We need to guide them into the teachers we want to be and the teachers we wished we had. They bring life, accountability, and growth to our company. Kindness is needed when explaining expectations and patience is needed when we need to reinforce those boundaries to help the individual and the team.Īpprentices are Encore’s greatest asset. Teaching is being generous enough to share our knowledge even though it may cause delay, suffering or trouble, and we must remain friendly through it. Fortitude could be defined as patience repeatedly. Patience and kindness build relationships. These two subjects are easily overlooked, and their importance is even more overlooked. To be patient we must be able to tolerate delay, trouble or suffering without getting angry or upset. To be kind we must be friendly, generous, and considerate. I can show both to people I do not care for, but I always have an easier time showing these to those that I care about. Patience and kindness can be very closely intermingled and separated. We must communicate expectations verbally and through action. We must not become lazy and avoid those conversations. Even though it is a difficult task, this is necessary and in the end kind to the people you are teaching. I personally struggle with having hard conversations. This is a great way to teach electrical knowledge while also teaching fortitude, knowledge, exactitude, patience and kindness.Įxactitude can only be guided through clear expectations and correction. To gain personal investment we must share our thoughts and processes on a bigger scale and relate them back to the task that the individual is performing. I try my best to only help if I see major catastrophes or am asked, I also try and be as present and knowledgeable with the task while not taking away their personal investment. Using myself as an example, I give apprentices tasks that are slightly above their skill level. It is our job as foreman to teach apprentices, in whatever way best fits the two individuals. My personal teaching and learning style are full immersion. This also teaches others in the company how to become their own source of positive outlook, while also giving them an environment that allows for the inevitable failure with us as foreman to be able to lessen the damage. We must delegate to those around us to be successful. We are responsible for our job’s overall culture. There are many ways to do this, and it would be ignorant to layout a formula of two individuals connecting, what are some strategies that have worked for you? What are the defining factors of a perfect reciprocal relationship? The base of mentorship is a relationship, only after you have made that connection can you begin to teach.įortitude can only be taught under two circumstances, pain and adversity. All parties involved in the relationship must contribute. We must also acknowledge that a relationship must be reciprocal. In my opinion a relationship is built like everything else, through time, dedication and persistence. The question being posed in this discussion is how we are teaching apprentices those attributes and how well.Īccording to Merriam Webster the definition of a relationship is “the state of being related or interrelated”. The most accurate reflection of our fortitude, knowledge, exactitude, patience and kindness as foreman comes from the people that work for us. In our industry people start with being apprentices. Novem– Lakewood, CO - Encore’s greatest resource has always been it’s people.
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