>> We look for the technical aspect which most folks that we talk
to have the technical background as far as training and school work,
but we really look for, you know, individuals that have the ability to deal with people
because our business like any other business you can have the, you can be the best technically,
but if you don't have the people social skills then you're not going to succeed cause,
again you know, our business, you know, during a course of one project you could be interacting
with hundreds of people during a process and, you know, what I found out is
that to be successful you have to adapt your personality to the individual you're dealing
with to be effective as opposed to getting everybody to do the things your way.
A good example of that is when I became vice president of operations
at Keating managing not just one project, but you know,
thirty projects with thirty different teams and staff is that what I learned is
that my way wasn't necessarily the best way, so you really had to listen
and then you would adjust your personality to maximize what you get
out of your employees and your fellow workers.