Since Dmitriy Kirillov\u2019s former employer was formally acquired by Graham Construction in 2021, the health and safety specialist has seen first-hand the ethos that the Calgary-based construction and development company calls \u201cthe power of one.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kirillov has seen it in the way company leaders are proactive in keeping their teams connected at all times, in the attention executives give to all employees\u2019 careers, and in the regular check-ins, team meetings, casual conversations and company-wide town halls that senior managers hold.<\/p>\n
“Employees don\u2019t feel alone; they feel that they\u2019re part of an organization that\u2019s absolutely committed to holding this journey together.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dmitriy Kirillov<\/em>Senior Regional Safety Manager<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\u201cThere is continuous and constant access to pretty much every level of management and leadership in the company,\u201d says the Toronto-based senior regional safety manager.<\/p>\n
Kirillov says the wildfire situation in northern Alberta, which has threatened Graham employees on several industrial sites in the region in the past few years, epitomizes the company\u2019s all-for-one commitment to its staff. He says the company\u2019s tenacious efforts to assist and support employees potentially in harm\u2019s way \u2013 as well as the communities where they work \u2013 has been \u201cenormous.\u201d \u201cEmployees don\u2019t feel alone,\u201d Kirillov says. \u201cThey feel that they\u2019re part of an organization that\u2019s absolutely committed to holding this journey together.\u201d<\/p>\n
Keeping all staff connected at 99-year-old Graham \u2013 which has offices and projects dotted across North America \u2013 is born out of the DNA of a company that is employee-owned.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThat is really first and foremost who we are,\u201d says Carolynne Laughy, Graham\u2019s Senior Vice President, People. \u201cWe truly provide every employee the opportunity to buy into the company, and as a result it\u2019s created a proud group of employees at all levels who are very much engaged in understanding profitability, what we\u2019re building, where, and how we\u2019re doing it.\u201d Our employees challenge each other to make prudent decisions because they genuinely care about Graham\u2019s success.\u201d<\/p>\n
Laughy says Graham is very transparent in communicating with its employee-owners. The executives host quarterly financial and strategy updates, and once a year there is a live hosted Meet the Board Session. \u201cBeing new to an employee-owned model myself, it\u2019s interesting to see how everybody participates in those discussions and meetings,\u201d she says. \u201cOur people care about each other, our clients and partners, our performance, and what decisions our leaders are making.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition, Graham is competitive in terms of initiatives such as its training programs, flexible benefits package and mental health support, Laughy says. \u201cWe provide training for our staff at all levels,\u201d she says. \u201cWe have technical training for our junior and mid-level professionals, management training for our new leaders and leadership development for more senior leaders that we hope to advance into executive roles one day.\u201d<\/p>\n
Graham is competitive in terms of initiatives such as its training programs, flexible benefits package and mental health support.<\/p><\/div>\n
Kirillov can attest to the effectiveness of the resources Graham puts into helping its employees advance. He says the company offers a huge variety of options for its staff to broaden their work horizons at the company through internal and external resources.<\/p>\n
For instance, given his interest in health and safety issues and the company\u2019s continuous focus on mental health, Kirillov had the opportunity to be sponsored to obtain a psychological health and safety certification through the Mental Health Commission of Canada. Through the program, Kirillov was able to participate in various sets of training around mental health and well-being.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur top priority at Graham is the safety and well-being of people,\u201d Kirillov says. \u201cAnd when we were offered an opportunity to broaden our knowledge around the psychological, personal, mental well-being of individuals and how we can affect that positively, that was definitely an eye-opener for me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":256472,"template":"","tags":[348,650,368,334,345],"article-categories":[604,649],"class_list":["post-256471","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-construction","tag-corporate-culture","tag-esg","tag-graham-construction","tag-sustainability","article-categories-articles","article-categories-culture"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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