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2022 Partners in Progress Conference
Join SMACNA and SMART on March 1 -2, 2022 at the brand new Resorts World Las Vegas to bolster existing partnerCaptainstrengthen Mike Abershoff, Jim Abbott, general sessions, andwork! networking ships, the industry, and win more opportunities were among the top highlights from this year’s Partners in
Make the commitment to team Progress Conference in Las Vegas. up with your colleagues and counterparts for two days of “We can’t order excellence by sitting in the captain’s chair all networking where you can learn day,” said Captain D. Michael Abershoff, former commander more of theabout: USS Benfold in a keynote talk at the 2022 Partners in Progress Conference. “You need to find out what people are • Effective leadership skills
passionate about and connect and engage with them around
that.” When he took over the USS Benfold, it was the worse • Persuasive communication
performing ship in the US Navy. It had an 8% retention rate,
• Practical and when theteam former building captain left his post, the crewMike clapped Abrashoff
Jim Abbott Retired MLB Player Former Naval Commander and cheered. • Mentoring & nurturing emerging From his very first day, Captain Abershoff knew he had his work cut out for him. How did he turn the ship and crew leaders around to be an award-winning, best-in-class operation? By • Forecasting future economic, rethinking leadership. born without his right hand. His is a story of resilience and Captain Abershoffand met with every crew member individually adaptation, but not in the way you might think. Rather than technological, workforce to find out what inspired them. He made himself available speak on all the ways he overcame his disability, he addressed developments for communication, and he took on the hard jobs, just like instead the resourcefulness and generosity of his community everyone else. The moral of the story? To succeed, we have to in Flint, Michigan, who made sure he had opportunities to do the right thing, instead of what we have always done. play sports. He shared his feelings around being called to Another keynote address, Jim Abbott, former pitcher for meet children with disabilities again, and although DeWayne Ables time andDJ Allen Candie Beane Construction Performance Development the New York Yankees, discussed a numberLeadership of setbacks he he was pleased to do Business so, he was starkly reminded& that it Growth Expert Expert was being was always experienced in his life, the most poignant of which about what he didn’t have.Communications Looking back atExpert his
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