Commercial Construction & Renovation

SEP-OCT 2012

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INDUSTRY EVENTS Open Forum The hardest thing for me is to take all of the different directives we have going in at one time and try to streamline them into one project. It's about juggling all the different facets that go into all the different projects. — Vember Stuart-Lilley, Guess? Stadiums, Cokes, and more As our attendees were busy powering through their business meetings and one-on-one sessions, their significant others were taking in the sights and sounds of Atlanta, including stops at the World of Coca-Cola and Turner Field, home of the Atlanta Braves. The World of Coca-Cola tour helped shed some light on the Coca-Cola Company, its flagship beverage – Coca-Cola – and the more than 500 brands it offers in more than 200 countries. The Turner Field tour provided a historical look at the team and its stadi- um, including stops at the Coca-Cola Sky Field, press box, broadcast booth, dugout, clubhouse, Scout's Alley and the Ivan Allen Jr. Braves Museum & Hall of Fame (BMHF), which features more than 600 Braves artifacts and photographs that trace the team's history from its beginnings in Boston (1871-1952), to Milwaukee (1953-65) and Atlanta (1966-present). The retreat was sponsored by Commercial Construction & Renovation magazine. have to have thick skin. That's so important. Keep building relation- ships and trust the people you work with. Matas: Find a mentor. Whether it's a man or woman, find somebody who can help you learn the industry. Sometimes, in our industry, it's hard to find a woman who is in a position of rank. But it's easier today than when I started. Having somebody to bounce ideas off makes a huge dif- ference. Williams: I have several male profes- sionals that I can ask questions to when I'm not quite sure of some- thing. They will give me a perspective from a man's point of view on how they would review or approach a situ- ation. But that individual must hold your confidence and confidentiality. He has to give you the respect to be able to ask a question, and he must be willing to offer that feedback on a professional level. Berry: Don't fake things. If you don't know, say you don't know. And then make an effort to find the right answer. If not, you will look transparent, and that will bite you in the end. Williams: You can always say, "I'll take this under advisement." That way, you're not leaning in a direction that you don't know, but you are informing them that it is a situation you will handle. 58 Commercial Construction & Renovation September/October 2012

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