Hey guys, so I was wondering if I could get some help please. I'm an employee, but I'm in a leadership position. I hoping I'm not breaking rule 7. Now, I love my job. I love getting up and going to work and working (at this point in my life at least). I got super lucky finding my career. Now, obviously I understand that this isn't the case for 99% of people out there and therefore hate working (as for other fair reasons too). They are here for a cheque, and that is completely fine. I can't really change the reality that some people need to work, but I can do my part in making it bearable. I hoping this sub might be able to help me in this endeavor.
I'm a new construction foreman and it has been a big change for me. It's in the underground section/start phase of my field that I'm admittedly less experianced in, so I'm learning alot of that stuff which tends to come pretty easy to me as I have a good understand of the job as a whole (minus some details and more advanced things which I'll pick up along the way). But I'm also learning how to lead the crew at the same time, which is my struggle.
Where I'm struggling particularly is that I've been told that I can come off as condesending. I try to make sure that I don't have an ego so that I can learn new ideas/methods. I also try and to make myself approachable and focus on working as a team, the goal and bringing the guys into the success of our site while setting our days tasks and making sure we're not straying to far off topic. But I'm very particular about making sure we offer the taxpayers a highquality product with little defect and therefore have a very high bar for my work that I want our crew to have also. I'm also very unmovable when it comes to making sure were being safe on site to the point where the guy can become frustrated (part of me thinks this might be a culture aspect in the division though?) My workplace has also told me that I'm accountable for QC/QA, safety and other aspect of the crew even though I might not be responsible for that work or any other issues that might arise which is why I think having a high bar is fair.
Worse part is the guys tend to say I'm not that way outside of work (think out of town going to a bar or just shooting the shit before or after work) so it leads me to think it's my tone and delivery. If you guys have any advice or suggestions for a book or whatever, I'd love to hear it. Thank you in advance!