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, Walker & Harper last 200 years,” Jordan elaborates.“ When you take that long-term view, you stop thinking about the business as belonging to a single family or a handful of owners. A company is an organization in the same way a family is an organization; when the organization is healthy, everyone within it rises.
“ We’ re based in a small market in Northeast Texas, and we’ re one of the larger employers here, especially when it comes to high-skilled, high-wage jobs. If we maintain our integrity, stay strong, and continue to grow, then we’ re not just supporting employees, we’ re supporting the families behind them and helping build a community where the next generation can thrive.“ Over the last 25 years with this organization, the greatest lesson I’ ve learned is the importance of consistency and sustainability in leadership,” he affirms.“ Building a reliable pipeline of future leaders who want to live in and contribute to this community is essential. It’ s not always about hiring someone who has done the job before; it’ s about developing the people we have, training them, supporting them, and recognizing that mistakes are part of growth.
“ As the labor market tightens and talent becomes harder to find, it’ s important to invest in your own people: financially, emotionally, and by building their capabilities. And it’ s important to protect work – life balance. Construction is an industry that’ s historically burned people out, but that isn’ t sustainable. We aren’ t producing enough skilled workers for that to be an option. Companies everywhere have realized this over the last two decades, and we’ ve adjusted by making sure our employees have the balance and support they need. When we do that, everyone benefits, and we keep moving forward together.”
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