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What's Your Core Mission? How to Build Employee Engagement and Resilience
FMI Quarterly

What’s Your Core Mission? How to Build Employee Engagement and Resilience

While many companies look to talent development and company branding to attract and retain talent, they often overlook a powerful and underrated lever to help mitigate the problem: establishing a clear and inspiring company mission.

Employee Stock Ownership Plans: How to Set Up Your Board for Success
Industry Insights

Employee Stock Ownership Plans: How to Set Up Your Board for Success

Transitioning to an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) means a period of big change for a company. It’s also the best time to rethink the company board. In this paper we provide best practices that company leaders can take to build an effective ESOP board and ensure a successful transition.

Engage More Women to Improve Labor Constraints in the Construction Industry
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Engage More Women to Improve Labor Constraints in the Construction Industry

It is no secret that labor participation in the built environment has long been male dominated, but increasingly that is changing as more companies in the engineering and construction (E&C) industry work to attract, engage and retain more women in their workforces. In the context of the sustained labor challenges facing the industry, the underrepresentation of women in the E&C workforce highlights […]

Built-In Podcast

Built-In Podcast

Built-In is FMI's podcast featuring industry leaders and subject matter experts about best practices, challenges and opportunities, and other trends.

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E&C Outlook

E&C Outlook

Get FMI’s latest forecasts and estimates as well as sector-specific insights and construction spending by market in our latest economic report.

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FMI Quarterly

FMI Quarterly

Our experts offer insights into current trends and ways to improve your strategy, operations, and talent-related efforts.

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Quick Reads

Quick Reads

Learn more about trends in the built environment that will help you better prepare and run your business.

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Industry Insights

Industry Insights

Refine and enhance your business strategy and planning with our latest thought leadership, indices reports, surveys and industry whitepapers.

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