Southland Speaks
Southland Speaks is a Southland Industries podcast series that offers a deeper look into our team's experiences, expertise, and insights. Listen as employees share how they overcome challenges, achieve remarkable results, and foster a culture of collaboration to drive collective success.
Episodes
25 episodes
Southland Speaks | Leveraging Lean Thinking, Valuing Our People
Greg Hamm, Project Executive, provides insight into Lean Thinking and practical ways to incorporate Lean principles into our day-to-day work, and the unintentional ways we may be already doing it.
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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43:44
Southland Speaks | How Effective Project Managers Drive Project Success
Bryce Barler, Project Executive, provides his perspective on the traits that make a Project Manager effective in their role and the criteria he uses to define a successful project.
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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30:31
Southland Speaks | The Empathetic Field Leader
Arick Washington, Construction Manager, shares his perspective on the traits that make a Field Leader effective in their role and the importance of building relationships quickly.
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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31:43
Southland Speaks | Characteristics of Effective Engineers
Tony Shakouri, Principal Engineer, shares his thoughts on the role of an engineer at Southland and the different traits that make an engineer effective in their role.
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38:08
Southland Speaks | The Power of Relationships and Strengths in Business Development
Natasha Schnaitmann, Business Development Manager, helps us learn more about Business Development and the importance of building relationships and working to your strengths.
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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38:49
Southland Speaks | Traits that Define an Effective Project Manager
Carl Winter, Project Executive, provides his perspective on the traits that make a project manager effective and how Southland's core values show up in his daily work. From his experiences, Carl shares the valuable lessons he learned throughout...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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32:38
Southland Speaks | Building a Strong Safety Culture
With over 25 years of expertise, Sid Ruiz, Senior Safety Manager, shares how construction safety has evolved throughout his career and highlights the significance of building relationships to foster a strong safety culture within an organizatio...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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35:09
Southland Speaks | The Scalable Role of Energy Expertise Throughout the Building Lifecycle
Craig Ahrens, Solutions Development Manager, shares insights and lessons learned throughout his career within the energy business. Drawing from his extensive experience, Craig offers his perspective on how energy expertise can play leading or s...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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41:30
Southland Speaks | Traits of an Effective Field Leader
In this episode, we sit down with David Dade, Construction Manager, as he shares his valuable insights on what it takes to be an effective field leader and how our core values manifest in our daily work.Throughout the conversation, he u...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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30:45
Southland Industries | Defining Traits of Inclusive Leadership
Join Ashley Hayes, Project Executive, as she dives into the essence of inclusive leadership. In this episode, Ashley shares what it truly means to be an inclusive leader and explores actionable steps that can be taken by everyone to foster an i...
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35:46
Southland Speaks | How Project Managers Influence Project Outcomes and Achieve Results
Zeke Emmons, Project Executive, dives into the crucial role of project managers and their impact on project success. Zeke shares his insights on the essential traits and skills that enable project managers to excel in their roles and driv...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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34:32
Southland Speaks | The Larger Impact of Business Development
In this episode, Michael Kimmell, the North Texas Sales Leader for Brandt, shares his thoughts on company culture, the role of business development, and how someone in business development can impact the success of a project. He at...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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34:50
Southland Speaks | The Role of Engineering Throughout a Project
In this episode, Nelson Beaver, Director of Engineering Operations for Brandt, helps us learn a little more about Brandt’s culture and shares his perspective on the roles and responsibilities of engineering throughout a project and how they can...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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42:26
Southland Speaks | Season 1 Highlights
For this final episode of the year, we’re highlighting the insights we heard and lessons we learned from each of our guests over the last year. We’ve included some of our favorite clips of each episode to give any new listeners a taste of what ...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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26:52
Southland Speaks | Recruited as a Recent Grad
Nikki-Ann Bosque, Project Engineer II in the Mountain West Division, shares how she landed a rewarding career as a recent graduate out of college.
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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36:54
Southland Speaks | From Intern to Full-Time
In this episode, we sit down with Larissa Wehling, Project Engineer in the Mid-Atlantic Division, to learn about her experience being recruited as an intern and eventually agreeing to join Southland full-time.
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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32:29
Southland Speaks | Driving Success with Impactful Teams
In this new episode, we sit down with Elizabeth Arredondo, Design Engineer II, to learn more about getting the most out of working with groups.
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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33:14
Southland Speaks | The Art of Relationship Building
In this new episode, we chat with Keith Thomas, Executive Vice President of the Philadephia Division, to learn more about the art of relationship building and why you should never burn any bridges.
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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33:57
Southland Speaks | Lean Thinking & Principles That Drive a Lean Culture
Tony Lowe, Project Superintendent, Northern California Division, shares his expertise about Lean thinking and the tools and underlying principles that help make Lean an integral part of the Southland culture. In most construction organizations,...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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34:16
Southland Speaks | Learning & Growing from Every Experience
Ryan Nagle, VP of Service and Special Projects, shares insights from his career journey and the lessons he's learned along the way while highlighting the importance of focusing on learning and growing from each of your experiences. From adaptin...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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32:16
Southland Speaks | Forging Your Path
Jackie Bates, Business Analyst, offers her unique perspective about how to cultivate your passion, create a meaningful path, and be a true team player at Southland. Having held multiple roles throughout her tenure, Jackie highlights the importa...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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32:31
Southland Speaks | The Power of a Team
Jose Felsmann, Preconstruction Executive, shares how his experience playing collegiate and international water polo taught him the importance and power of a team. Jose explains how strong teams have members that take care of themselves and othe...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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32:46
Southland Speaks | Rightsizing Your Goals with Habits, Rituals & Reflection
Ryan McShannon, Construction Manager, shares how rightsizing your goals is the key to actually achieving them. By defining your expectations with clear steps, creating sustainable habits and rituals, assessing yourself throughout the process, a...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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33:48
Southland Speaks | Training for Success — Inside & Outside the Workplace
Julianna Falzon, Project Manager, shares insight about training for an Ironman Triathlon and how she applies the lessons learned from her experience to set herself up for success at Southland. From the importance of pacing to tracking against g...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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26:57
Southland Speaks | Fostering Diversity of Thought
Henry Nutt III, Preconstruction Executive, shares his experience as a leader and the importance of amplifying voices to create an environment that supports diversity of thought. By recognizing that all voices need to be heard and understood and...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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36:11