Strength in Teams by BuildWorks Canada

STRENGTH IN TEAMS

Almost one year ago to the day as I write this, it was ‘all handson deck’ as we transferred data and information from our old platform to a new provider. Two weeks after the province went into a formal lockdown, this change was certainly not expected. Our unexpected change could be a case study in planning for the unexpected, but I look at it a bit differently. Rather than trying to plan for every unexpected outcome, I learned that we might benefit more from focusing on our people. Having a team that trusts each other and has strong interpersonal relationships allowed us to make a quick decision with consensus and manage a crisis with positive energy.

It was only 18 months prior to our transition that we partnered as 13 local construction associations across the prairies. In those 18 months, we focused on the idea of working together as a unit and collaborating to solve problems and improve our service. By sharing and learning from each other we built trust and formed relationships that were bigger than our daily jobs and weekly meetings. This trust and friendship allowed us to respond quickly to our platform crisis and work as a single unit toward the best outcome available. Without the trust and relationships built, who knows what the outcome would have been. Our platform is much improved, and we are leaning into memberfocused features as all of the ‘new car smell’ is off the platform. Soon you can look forward to improved bid matching, multiword search, Invitation to Bid, an improved Dashboard, and our reenvisioned Directory. Our team continues to work closely together constantly challenging the status quo and working to improve all aspects of our service.

Who knows what the future will bring; I’m not going to try to predict it. With a team that trusts each other and is focused on the same goals, I have learned it doesn’t really matter.

Good luck,

Curtis Griffith

Director, Business Development

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