Trends

Happy employees, happy customers

A survey by Forbes, in association with Salesforce, found that 70% of business leaders agree that improved employee experience leads to improved customer experience, which in turn leads to rapid revenue growth.

Summer garden bounty

Benjamin Moore

Vegetable Patch 062

Behr

Oriental Eggplant PPU17-2

Sherwin-Williams

Kale Green SW 6460

PPG Paints Crushed Tomatoes PPG13-09

Dunn-Edwards Sweet Potato DE5201

Farrow & Ball Radicchio No. 96

Top 10 podcasts for pros

Here are this year’s most listened to PCA paintED podcasts (so far):

1. Two-Day Painting: ZK Live 2. A Family Business: ZK Live 3. Get Out of Your Own Way: PaintED Show 4. Profit First for Contractors: PaintED Show 5. Finding the Folks to Do the Work: PaintED Show 6. The Standard: Ask a Painter 7. The Leadership Flywheel: PaintED Show 8. Scaling Craftsmanship: SoundCloud 9. All About SEO: PaintED Show 10. Grow Your Painting Business NOW: Learn. Do. Grow!

All is not well

More construction workers die by suicide each day than all workplace-related fatalities combined.

SOURCE: NAHB.org

Suicide prevention resources

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

A hotline for individuals in crisis or for those looking to help someone else. To speak to a certified listener, call 1.800.273.8255. Free and confidential 24/7.

CrisisTextLine.org

A texting service for emotional crisis support. To speak with a trained listener, text HOME to 741741. Free and confidential 24/7.

ConstructionWorkingMinds.org

Dedicated to helping construction companies and professional associations build strategies for suicide prevention, mental health promotion and resilience. Provides leadership training, workshops, resources, and more.

PreventConstructionSuicide.com

Focused on raising awareness about the risk of suicide within the construction industry and providing suicide prevention resources and tools to create a zero-suicide industry. Resources include toolbox talk outlines, screening tools, workplace awareness materials, and more.

WorkplaceSuicidePrevention.com

Working to change the culture of workplaces to reduce job strain and negative, prejudicial thoughts, behaviors and systems regarding suicide and mental health while promoting psychologically healthy norms and environments. Information and programs related to screenings, response planning, gatekeeper training and more.