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Mississauga lauded for its efforts preserving trees
The City of Mississauga has been recognized internationally for its efforts toward maintaining, preserving and creating robust and healthy city forests.
The municipality has been awarded the Tree Cities of the World designation from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Arbor Day Foundation.
Ten Canadian cities have received the designation.
Par three golf course being converted to recreational space
The City of Regina is demolishing its municipal par three Regent Park golf course so that the property can be converted into recreational space.
New amenities will include a multi-use sports field, off-leash dog park and accessible playground.
The existing clubhouse, storage building and nearby plant material are slated for demolition. Additional work includes tree removal, rough grading of the site and the relocation of a hydro pole.
The park’s pool, however, will remain open during construction.
Welland teen’s lawn business continues to thrive
A 15-year-old Welland boy is in the third year of a summer landscaping job he created for himself, and has seen his client list multiply five times since he began. The number of lawns he mows is up to 30, and his services include aeration, dethatching, landscape design and building garden retaining walls.
Chase Charrois launched his Curb Appeal Lawn Services business as a 12-year-old when no one was willing to hire somebody that young.
number of Canadian cities honoured with tree designation
Ottawa, ClubLink go to court in fight over golf course’s fate
The City of Ottawa and the ClubLink Corp. have begun their fight in court over the latter’s desire to bulldoze the Kanata Golf & Country Club and construct a 1,500-home subdivision. The city argues a deal struck nearly 40 years ago aims to protect a large area of natural space in the Kanata Lakes area, including the golf course property.
Chase Charrois’ age when he launched his landscaping business
A legacy agreement exists that was drawn up between the former City of Kanata and developer Campeau Corp. aimed to preserve 40 per cent of the land in the area as natural space.
The judge listening to the case is to determine if the agreement is still binding. The agreement was signed in 1981, enabling the golf course property owner to turn the land over to the municipality if it no longer wanted to operate the course. Since its ownership by Campeau, the land has changed hands twice.
Owned by ClubLink since 1996, the corporation wishes to close the Kanata Golf & Country Club and develop the property for residential living. A lawyer representing the city said ClubLink is reneging on the agreement it inherited.
ClubLink, in turn, is questioning the validity of a nearly 40-year-old agreement and says a downturn in golf business at the club has been pivotal to the proposed development.
The corporation’s development application was received by the city in October, but it has yet to go to the planning committee or voted upon by council.
ClubLink has since filed an appeal with the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal, noting the city has yet to render a decision within the required timeline. Failure by the city to make a decision will leave the matter in the hands of a provincial adjudicator.
A ball diamond’s infield demands the most attention
80 per cent of the game is played on the infield
By Mike Jiggens
Even though a baseball stadium’s infield constitutes considerably less square footage than its outfield, the fact that more than 80 per cent of the game is played on the diamond itself demands that its maintenance needs are greater.
An infield is about 8,000 square feet in size while the outfield can range between 60,000 and 70,000 square feet. Only three players roam the outfield at any time during a game while six defensive players and as many as four base runners can occupy the infield at one time.
“With that amount of traffic and that small an area, it’s going to require that much more maintenance to keep it performing well,” Ross Baron, head groundskeeper for the Vancouver Canadians at Nat Bailey Stadium, says.
Baron addressed a gathering of sports turf managers during the winter’s Ontario Turfgrass Symposium in Guelph, suggesting the amount of play on a baseball field’s infield must reflect the degree of maintenance it receives.
Now that baseball fields have reopened for league play across Canada – as individual provinces relax their COVID-19 restrictions – stepped-up maintenance practices will be required to ensure
playability and to keep the game safe for its players.
Baron, now in his fourth year with the minor league Canadians, said baseball infields need to address such key aspects as playability, aesthetics, composition and maintenance.
Playability addresses how the field performs, the degree of footing it provides, how it impacts sliding, its level of hardness and how well it allows the ball to bounce and roll.
Aesthetics addresses the infield ma -
terial’s colour and the “pop” it provides for players and spectators.
Composition addresses the infield’s materials, including its sand-silt-clay ratio.
Maintenance addresses the daily practices required to ensure the infield provides consistency and safety for the players.
Playability and safety
Playability and safety go hand in hand, Baron said, noting the speed of the ball
Whether the infield of a ball diamond is completely or partially skinned, it demands the most attention from its grounds crew. It’s where most of the game is played, and attention to detail must be maintained to prevent low and high spots, tripping hazards and poor drainage.
off the hop on a hard surface can be extremely fast and be potentially dangerous, especially for younger players who may take a ball to the face.
“A surface that’s too slow can create some difficult hops as well and change the direction of the hop.”
Bad bounces can come from transition lips, debris or pebbles in the infield mix. Inconsistent soils and large lips resulting from improper maintenance practices can create such safety issues as tripping hazards or the ball rolling off the lip and hitting a fielder.
“It’s a factor that can definitely affect the game.”
Baron said rakes should be used to remove pebbles from infield mixes “because if the ball hits it and it changes the direction of the ball so that the infielder misses it, you’ll probably hear from the manager afterward.”
An effective judgment used to determine if an infield is playing properly is the “cleat in, cleat out” approach, Baron said, noting a properly maintained skinned area should ensure that when a spiked cleat goes into the dirt and the foot is lifted, only the impression made from the cleat should be visible.
“There shouldn’t be any chunking out from the push-off. There shouldn’t be any slipping or a sliding motion from the cleat. It should strictly be in and out.”
Whenever a weather event occurs, there will be a buildup of water and puddles which increases the time it takes to get the infield up and running again. With proper infield grading, surface runoff toward the outfield is encouraged. Baron said the industry standard is a .5 to one per cent slope.
“Some guys like to crown their infields where you have a slope running towards the infield and a slope running towards the outfield, but one per cent isn’t even visible to the naked eye so you might as well make things easier and do one grade toward the outfield.”
Proper infield moisture management helps keep the surface soft. Clay infields tend to become hard when they dry out.
“When every single player on the team has a hole in his sliding pants, you know you should start watering your infields a bit.”
Looking after the aesthetics of a baseball field’s infield is perhaps the easiest part of an overall maintenance program, Baron said.
“Just by picking the right conditioners with a colour that will contrast with your outfield grass –whether it’s a light green or a dark green – pick your material based on that so that you can make your infield really pop out, and it can contribute to the aesthetics of your grass as well.”
Ensuring foul lines and edging lines are straight also significantly contribute to a field’s aesthetics.
Sand, silt and clay ratios
Baron said a baseball infield must have the proper sand, silt and clay ratio to prevent ongoing repairs that can otherwise be avoided.
“If your sand ratio is too high and you don’t have enough clay in your profile, when you do repairs or roll your field or water your field, it’s not going to stick together the way it’s supposed to. It’s not going to bind.”
‘A surface that’s too slow can create some difficult hops as well and change the direction of the hop’
If the sand-silt-clay ratio is off, the damage to such high traffic areas as lead-off spots and sliding areas is going to repeat itself, “and you’ll be out there every day.” Paying attention to the ratios and making sure they’re correct will keep repair work at a minimum, Baron said.
At the semi-pro or professional level, the ratio should ideally be 60 per cent sand, five to 15 per cent
Municipal sports turf operators are instructed on the art of ensuring base lines are straight and true.
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silt and 20 to 35 per cent clay, Baron said.
“Maintenance requirements for that site are high because being a clay infield is going to require a lot of maintenance in terms of nail boarding and dragging to keep it level as well as watering to keep that clay moisture level right so that the field doesn’t harden up and crack.”
For an intermediate or high school level baseball field, the sand content needs to be a little higher, at about 70 per cent, he said. The mix should include five per cent silt and 25 per cent clay. For recreational level baseball, a higher sand content of about 80 per cent is advised with 10 per cent silt and 10 per cent clay.
When sand levels are too high, the infield won’t hold moisture.
“You’re going to water that infield, but it’s too porous and the drainage is too efficient where it’s not holding moisture and it’s going to dry out.”
By the same token, he said, an infield whose clay content is too high will have the opposite effect. The infield will remain wet for too long and will be incapable of taking on an efficient amount of water to drain properly and still be playable.
User groups are often responsible for much of the post-game maintenance on municipal baseball fields which makes it important for sports turf managers to provide leagues and associations with proper educational standards that can be posted and studied.
“Trying to get rid of water by shooting it all onto the grass or onto the lips is not the answer. This can be avoided by having the right compositions in the
infield so you don’t run into these water problems.”
Baron said because sports turf managers may not be able to do this themselves on all their fields, they will have to provide the proper education to their user groups.
Consistency must be achieved on infields, ensuring there aren’t contrasting high and low spots. Knowing how to properly use drag mats and nail boards to avoid high and low spots is imperative, Baron said, noting an improper technique can result in more material removed from low spots while excessive material remains on high spots. Field consistency prevents tripping hazards and promotes playability. Maintenance to the infield and transition areas accounts for about 80 per cent of a baseball field’s upkeep.
Baron said he works daily on the transition areas of his field and sometimes several times a day, noting that whenever a player steps on the edge, he is apt to push material in either direction.
Improper field maintenance practices lead to unsafe playing surfaces, he said. Maintenance staff can add to the problem if they’re not careful. If an edge is topdressed and rain allows the grass to grow through the material on that edge, over time the edge will continue to grow. If not addressed, the negligence will result in a tripping hazard and ball hop danger.
Baron said such a hazard can be avoided by running an aerator along the edge with subsequent rolling to decrease the soil density. Additionally, a sod cutter can be used to remove a strip as far back as necessary. The edge can be leveled and the sod put back in place.
The pitcher’s mound is an important aspect of a baseball diamond’s infield. Like other skinned areas, it must have the correct sand, silt and clay ratios to contribute to the game’s playability and avoid ongoing repairs.
The outfield of a baseball diamond is by far the largest area of a baseball field. However, with only three players occupying the space at one time and seeing only about 20 per cent of game action, it requires the least amount of maintenance.
Tips to let leaders be brief yet heard
When leaders ramble, digress, and drone on, people tune us out
We’d like to assume others hear us when we speak.
Sadly, though, most leaders are ineffective communicators (at least at times). And even when listeners realize they’re not “getting” what we’re saying, they seldom ask for clarification. All this murkiness adds up to confusion and missed opportunities, says Joe McCormack.
“There’s always a price to pay for unclear, imprecise, muddled communication,” McCormack, author of NOISE: Living and Leading When Nobody Can Focus (Wiley, January 2020, ISBN: 978-1119-55337-3, $25.00) and BRIEF: Make a Bigger Impact by Saying Less (Wiley, 2014, ISBN: 978-1-118-70496-7, $24.00), says.
You may never know the price of your poor communication, but it can be steep indeed. Perhaps potential investors get turned off and fund someone else. Prospects are unmoved by your sales pitch, and you lose potential customers. Employees misunderstand their performance reviews and don’t improve. The big project you’re heading up falls flat.
“These serious problems can easily be solved,” McCormack says. “And usually, it involves your saying less, not more. Being able to deliver clear, concise messages that land, resonate, and inspire is a crucial leadership skill.”
We might think more is better and
we’re doing people a favour by being thorough. But too much talking actually obscures the meaning of what we say. It’s a common form of “noise,” the word McCormack uses for the many forms of information overload we experience daily. (Think endless meetings; long, confusing work emails; and the onslaught of texts, social media alerts, and never-ending newsfeeds that erode our attention span and addict us to our devices).
As part of his “Just Say No to Noise” campaign, he suggests leaders banish all that extra language and get intentional about conveying clear, concise, brief messages. Six tactics to try:
Beware of TMI (too much information) and TMP (too many people). The more critical your message, the more concise it must be. A longwinded, meandering message given to a huge room full of people dilutes your message and decreases its urgency. It also eliminates
ownership of follow-up items. It’s far better to hold a series of short meetings, each focusing on a single topic. Include only those who need to understand that single topic.
KISS: Keep it super simple. Yes, you could produce a 50- or 60-slide PowerPoint presentation and feel good about your message. But you will be far more impactful if you whittle your message down to its core and present five to eight memorable slides. This is effective because it forces you to understand what you are communicating and then relay only the bare essentials.
“If you notice yourself saying something needlessly complex, just add ‘in other words’ and rephrase it using more ordinary words,” McCormack says. “What comes out is much simpler and clearer—it’s what you were actually trying to say.”
Stick to a single message and repeat it liberally. In marketing, the “Rule of
Be brief and be heard when addressing others.
Seven” says that a prospect needs to see or hear your marketing message at least seven times before they take action. The number seven isn’t written in stone, but the concept remains: Reinforce your message by repeating it over and over.
Cut the jargon. People treat these flashy words and phrases as noise. When people use “corporate speak,” they’re trying to project knowledge and authority, but really they’re training others to ignore them. Instead of filling your presentations with the “empty calories” of jargon, deliver a clear message with real meaning.
Follow the Napoleon principle. Derek Wheeler, chief of staff at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, says that French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte would communicate a battle plan to his military personnel. After the
“If you notice yourself saying something needlessly complex, just add, ‘In other words.’”
generals left the room, Napoleon would ask a corporal (one of the lowest ranked people in the room) if he had understood the battle plan. If the corporal was unable to explain the plan, Napoleon would scrap it and start over. The takeaway: Make sure at least one listener (and preferably all of them) understands what you’re trying to communicate.
Use “headlining” to get your message across up front. Whether you’re giving a presentation or sending out an email, lead with your most important idea first. This avoids people’s tendency to bury the
point or miss it entirely. It gets people’s attention right away and can help them keep the remainder of your message in the appropriate context.
“When your story is clear and easy to follow, your plan can be executed the right way the first time,” McCormack says. “Imagine not only the impact that this will have on your job performance and your work relationships, but on your entire life. When the people around you can quickly understand what you want and need, it makes all of your relationships stronger and better.”
Dealing with mental health among golf supers
Superintendents can find themselves under stress for a variety of reasons By
Mike Jiggens
Mental health issues affect people in all lines of work, and the golf industry is no exception. Golf superintendents are often under stress for a variety of reasons, whether it’s an epic battle with Mother Nature during the heat of summer, dealing with staffing issues or facing the pressure to meet the demands of the club’s board of directors. Additionally, those experiencing mental health issues could be the individuals who answer to the superintendent.
“The elephant in the room is the toll this industry takes on all of you – your family and your relationships and you as a person,” Judy Johnson of Light of Day Coaching told superintendents attending March’s Canadian Golf Course Management Conference in Ottawa. “My hope is to continue to fan the flames of recognition of mental health and the stigma that’s associated with it, and how maybe we can
strengthen your tool box.”
Johnson knows first-hand the stress factors that can trigger mental health disorders within the golf industry. Before studying to become a certified coach and opening her own practice, she spent several years in the golf industry as assistant superintendent at Oakville’s Glen Abbey Golf Club before opening her own consulting business to work with golf courses’ integrated pest management programs.
As a certified coach, she endeavours to unlock people’s negative inner voice and empower, inspire and support them so that they can make the necessary changes to better themselves. She says individuals can look upon obstacles as roadblocks or they can recognize that being uncomfortable and stuck is an opportunity to grow and change.
While studying for her masters’ degree in leadership at the University of Guelph, Johnson said she realized she wasn’t fully sinking into the idea of what self-aware -
ness encompasses.
“Your intention versus your impact can be two very different things,” she said, noting how something is said or shared may differ from how it is received by others.
“Understanding the dichotomy of those two can help you sink down into self-awareness in a larger and deeper degree.”
When sinking into self-awareness, the key is understanding how people are being impacted, she said.
Johnson recalled that when growing up, the terms “work ethic” to her meant getting up each morning, arriving to work on time, “go, go, go” on the job and leaving when the boss says so.
“What I now know about work ethic means understanding my value and what I’m bringing to the table – my impact. It also means there is no shame in being let go because if the organizational fit is not good for you or for them, you’re not in a win-win situation which doesn’t make for good employee relations.”
Stress can cause mental disorders among people, including golf course superintendents. They can be stressed due to the demands of their members and boards of directors or the challenges thrown at them by Mother Nature.
To further define her initial assumption of the meaning of work ethic, she recalled an incident from her youth during which her mother was lying on the kitchen floor in a dizzy state. Asked if she could do anything to help her mother, she was advised to simply get ready for school and not be late for the bus. A few minutes later, her mother got up, dressed and left for work.
“I just assumed that a work ethic meant that no matter how ill you were feeling, you still went to work.”
Not Myself Today
Looking at the example from a mental health perspective, Johnson said the Canadian Mental Health Association figures one in five people is afflicted with a mental health disorder. But that number is probably low, she suspects, because of the stigma attached to mental health, and the people who answered the survey didn’t have the courage to admit they had a problem.
“That stigma is so huge that I don’t even think some of our stats for Canadians are true.”
One of the association’s programs is called “Not Myself Today” – a workplace mental health campaign.
“What would happen if one of your employees came up to you
and said, ‘I’m not myself today?’ What would your response be? Would you feel somewhat uncomfortable when you start to think how that will impact you? Do you dismiss them and tell them to go home because you don’t want to deal with it? Are you feeling more stressed knowing that that person was going to tackle a particular job that day?”
The most difficult things in life are also the most uncomfortable, Johnson said, noting, “If we can sink into that and start dispelling that elephant in the room, that can be a powerful motivator and powerful empowerment for the turf industry.”
While working at Glen Abbey, she said she once worked 117 hours over the course of eight days during a Canadian Open championship week. She said it was her ambition to work extra hard that week to do her part to ensure the event was a success.
“The whole team was working hard to put on a spectacular show and to do Glen Abbey proud. The difference is the hamster wheel that was in my head said I had to do that in order to compete and be better and to be successful in the industry. That’s what I told myself.”
But, Johnson reflected, it was a judgment she made figuring it was what she needed to do to fit in. Looking back, however, it was a “week of shame” to have put in that much time.
“When you know better, you do better.”
Johnson was interviewed for superintendent jobs while at Glen Abbey and was offered her “dream job,” but turned it down, saying she had neither the courage nor wherewithal to accept it. She said she felt “buried alive” and “burned out” and decided to open her own consulting business instead.
“I couldn’t see how I could possibly shoulder more responsibility as a superintendent. I couldn’t see how I could possibly put in more hours than I already was in order to be successful in this industry because I wasn’t being self-aware enough and challenging some of the assumptions and judgments that kept me on my own hamster wheel.”
Johnson said she wanted to share that story with her audience to serve as a catalyst.
“When you allow your mental health and well-being and your physical well-being to erode, it’s very difficult to make the journey back.”
Perfect turf conditions can leave golf superintendents feeling good about themselves, but a turn for the worse can leave them feeling mentally strained.
Good days and bad days
It’s human nature for an individual to have good days and bad days, but she wondered if it is a sign or if a pattern is emerging when the bad outnumber the good. If a superintendent is having a bad day, is that something he readily shares with others, she mused.
“Are you acknowledging your own emotions or are you burying them?”
Superintendents will often take to Twitter or make a call to a colleague if a key piece of equipment breaks down and is needed to remedy an agronomic issue. Because superintendents are part of a tight-knit group of people, they tend to pull together for one another in their time of need. But if a superintendent tweets that he’s “not himself today,” the response would likely be different, she said, suggesting others wouldn’t know what to say or what to do.
“You can fix pythium. You can’t fix mental health.”
Johnson said superintendents are tremendous mentors who help others develop, suggesting that mental health should perhaps be incorporated into mentorship programs. Attracting and keeping good people is one of the challenges of the golf industry. Superintendents, she said, have an amazing connectivity with one another.
“When you’re not having a good day, who do you want to connect with?” An accountability partner will help, she said “By creating this accountability, you’re increasing your legacy by showcasing to your team that it’s not always the best day. It’s OK to say you’re having a crap day.”
Mental health issues are not going away, Johnson said, and that needs to change. She said if superintendents treated their turf in the same manner as they did 20 years ago, it would be unhealthy, compacted and nutrition depleted.
“So why are we treating ourselves as we did 20 years ago? With our highs and lows of the industry, have we found any better way for our own mental health and well-being? What price are you putting on your own mental well-being? What price should you be putting on your own mental well-being? Start diving into your self-awareness for yourself. Start challenging that hamster wheel that goes around in your brain.”
Johnson said if a superintendent is to mentor and shape others, he needs to give something back, making a comparison to oxygen masks on an airplane. “You have to give something to yourself before you can help others.”
Back to Back in the Battle Against Weeds
Understand, adapt to older, younger generations of staff
As many as five generations of employees can form
today’s
workforce
By Mike Jiggens
Today’s workforce can span as many as five generations of employees, from traditionalists born prior to 1946 to Generation Z workers born from 1995 onward. Each generation has its merits and its own unique set of characteristics.
Bradley Jenkins, franchise owner of Express Employment Professionals in Cambridge, Ont., said it can be a challenge for these individuals to work as a team, especially when they may be separated by decades in age and have strengths and weaknesses associated with their particular generation.
Speaking in Waterloo in December at the 31st annual Ontario Seed Company/Nutrite professional turfgrass seminar, Jenkins said golf superintendents must better understand the characteristics of each generation and learn how they might interact with one another to form the best team possible. With more and more Generation Z employees entering the workforce, it’s important for golf superintendents or managers in any other field to adapt to them for the betterment of the company, he said.
The Z generation represents about nine per cent of today’s workforce, but is expected
to balloon to one-third of the labour force within the next five years. Jenkins said what sets these individual apart from others is that they are tech savvy, are focused on health and the environment, and value their privacy. On the job, they are used to getting their information quickly and efficiently.
“So maybe don’t give them that longterm project,” Jenkins recommended. “Short-term projects work very good for someone from that generation.”
Generation Z workers tend to be visually orientated and can multi-task, usually
figuring things out for themselves.
Traditionalists, or those born before 1946, have all but made their way out of the workforce, accounting for less than two per cent of those actively employed. Life moments they’ve experienced include the Great Depression, the Second World War and Jackie Robinson breaking Major League Baseball’s colour barrier.
The older generation of workers tend to be loyal, are good team players, conform to and follow the rules, and are less likely to initiate conflict, but can be
Member superintendents of the Greater London & Area Golf Superintendents (GLAGS) represent a cross section of various generations. Whether they’re working with a younger set of employees or older workers or a blend of both, they need to understand the strengths and weaknesses of each generation.
change-resistant.
“If you’re going to change something, think about what you’re going to change with your traditionalist.”
Traditionalists value stability, safety, security and commitment.
“I like traditionalists,” Jenkins said, adding he has a few people from that older generation currently working for him. “I can relate to them. I get on well with them.”
He said if a superintendent or manager wishes to attract or retain a traditionalist, he
should set clear job expectations. They need to know exactly what they are expected to do. Because they are followers and conform, they will follow to the letter, he added.
“Be fair and be consistent. They’ll appreciate that. Demonstrate those personal touches if you want to attract and retain a traditionalist.”
UNCOMFORTABLE WITH CONFLICT
Although a traditionalist tends to be thorough and has a strong work ethic, he will be uncomfortable with conflict.
“If you put them with someone who is disengaged or actively disengaged, they’re going to be rubbed up the wrong way, and they’re not going to like it.”
Baby boomers, or those born between 1946 and 1964, still represent a healthy percentage of the current workforce, but will account for only eight per cent by 2025 as more are retiring each year. At 55 years of age or older, they have experienced such memorable moments in history as the first moon landing, the Vietnam War and the Woodstock rock concert.
They are known for their strong work ethic, self-assuredness, confidence and their competitiveness.
“If you have a lot of baby boomers on your team, make sure they have a goal. You will get the best out of them. They will then become engaged. They are resourceful, they are team orientated and are disciplined.”
Because a baby boomer’s parents were traditionalists, they have inherited many of the older generation’s values, including a belief in service.
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“Work has to come first for a boomer. They want to please you. They are good team players.”
Baby boomers can have their downside, though, Jenkins said, noting they aren’t naturally budget minded and are uncomfortable with conflict.
“If you like the boomers and see value in them and you want to attract them, these are the things you need to look for. Ask for their advice. Show you’re listening. It’s important to a boomer. Respect and honour their experience. Explore strategies to retain their knowledge.”
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The X generation of workers are 41 years of age or older and have experienced such life moments as the Challenger shuttle explosion and the dot-com bubble burst. They are defined as being independent, problem solvers, quick to adapt and proponents of the bigger picture. Unlike baby boomers – who put work first –Generation X employees want a balance between their work and home lives. They tend not to conform and are a bit more relaxed.
Jenkins said their strengths include their ability to adapt, their independence and their creativity. They are not intimidated by authority, they can be impatient, they’re not natural relationship builders, and they can be cynical.
“They work to live. They don’t live to work.”
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The X generation expects high quality results. They should be offered room to grow and be provided with mentoring opportunities, he said.
By 2025, Generation X employees will represent 28 per cent of the workforce.
manager’s time because of their engagement.
“They’re going to get the project done because you believe in them and they understand what they have to do. But they need to know why they’re doing it because they want to work for a cause.”
Jenkins said their potential strengths include believing in group-work, their optimism, an understanding of what they have to do, a quality of tenaciousness, and their want to be a “hero.” They are also technologically savvy and are capable of multi-tasking.
Challenges associated with millennials include their need for supervision and structure and their inexperience handling difficult people and issues. They tend to be more comfortable communicating with others via text messaging than speaking on the telephone.
“Conform to their way, then they’re engaged and will work with you. Then they’ll understand why. Don’t fight it. Learn from it.”
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The Y generation – better known as millennials – are currently between the ages of 24 and 40 and will represent onethird of the workforce within the next five years. They experienced such life moments as 9/11, the mass recession of 2008-09 and the rise of the smart phone. They are social, tolerant, often efficient, and tend to be flexible. They need to know what they are doing and why they are doing it. They will become engaged and take up less of a superintendent or
Attracting and retaining a millennial requires feedback from the manager, Jenkins said, because workers from Generation Y need to know how they’re doing.
“Help them connect to the mission of your organization. Your organization should have a mission because the next thing is you will have guiding values to connect to your mission. Then you hire people who have the same values that you do.”
Millennials currently account for 34 per cent of the workforce.
“There are now more millennials at work than any other generation.”
2021 Ford F-150 goes a step further
New features include EcoBoost turbo-charged engine and aluminum body
By
Mario Cywinski
In what seems like ages ago, in January, Ford Motor Company held a drive event for its all-new Super Duty pickup truck in sunny Arizona. Much has changed since that time, and as a result Ford held a virtual launch event for its most important vehicle – the all-new 2021 F-150 pickup.
Actor Denis Leary hosted the event, held at the former Willow Run plant in Michigan, which is significant for being where Ford build the B-24 Liberator bomber plane during the Second World War, in a mile-long assembly line. Ford representatives and select Ford customers also helped launch the vehicle.
The Ford F-Series has been the
top-selling pickup truck in Canada for 54 years, and more recently the top-selling vehicle – period – for many years in both Canada and the United States. While some would take it easy when being on top, Ford chooses to do the opposite. Ford introduced the EcoBoost turbo-charged engine to the line-up when V-8 powered trucks were the norm. More recently, Ford introduced an aluminum body on the F-150 at a time when steel was thought to be the only option.
“Since 1948, our hardworking F-Series customers have trusted Ford to help them get the job done,” Jim Farley, COO, Ford, said. “F-150 is our flagship, it’s 100 per cent assembled in America, and we
hold ourselves to the highest standard to make sure our customers can get the job done and continue to make a difference in their communities.”
Now the 2021 model is taking things a step further, with the F-150 being available with a hybrid powertrain for the first time. Playing off the EcoBoost name, the new hybrid model is named PowerBoost, and combines the 3.5-litre EcoBoost engine (mated to a 10-speed automatic transmission) with a 47-horsepower (35 kilowatt) electric motor, and a 1.5 kW-hr lithium-ion battery. The new hybrid model is capable of going an estimated 1,100 kilometres on one tank of fuel, and can tow at least 12,000 pounds (when properly
The Ford F-Series has been the top-selling pickup truck in Canada the past 54 years.
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equipped). The hybrid model is available on all trims, XL to Limited.
PowerBoost also comes with Pro Power Onboard, which turns the truck into a mobile generator, eliminating the need for a generator to be placed in the bed of the truck. The integrated on-board generator is available in three levels. A 2.4kW system with two 120V 20A outlets (with a run time of 85 hours on a full tank) is standard on the PowerBoost; a 7.2kW system with four 120V 20A outlets and a NEMA L6-20 240V 30A outlet (can run for 32 hours on a full tank) is available on PowerBoost; and a 2.0kW system with two 120V 20A outlets is available
on 2.7L and 3.5L EcoBoost and 5.0L V-8 models.
In addition to the new PowerBoost powertrain, five other engine options are available: a 3.3L V-6, 2.7L EcoBoost V-6, 3.5L EcoBoost V-6, 3.0L Power Stroke V-6 diesel, and 5.0L V-8. Horsepower and torque number will be released at a later date. All models are mated to a 10-speed automatic transmission.
Inside and out redesign
With the truck being redesigned inside and out, the front end sees a new front fascia, choice of 11 grilles, three headlight options (halogen, LED, LED with bending), 13 wheel options, and addition of active grill shutters and an active air dam. Ford says that every panel on the truck has been redesigned.
Many F-150 owners use their
The truck is ideally suited for the Canadian landscaping industry.
trucks to tow trailers, therefore Ford has introduced new trailer friendly features, such as trailer theft alert, which sends a message to a mobile device when the trailer is being unhooked and the truck is locked, trailer light check, which can check if trailer lights are working through FordPass app, and trailer reverse guidance, that shows various views along with steering wheel graphics of the trailer by using five cameras. Pro trailer backup assist is also available.
‘It opens up a much wider range of potential enhancements’
Technology is top of mind for many today and a plethora of new additions to F-150 for 2021, highlight this. Overthe-air updates, which allow for many updates to be done in the background, while larger updates can be scheduled when the owner wants, reducing the amount of downtime needed for updating the vehicle. The new SYNC system can connect Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, and AppLink apps wirelessly. Two centre stack screen sizes are available for 2021, standard eight-inch and available 12-inch. An available 12-inch digital gauge cluster is also added.
“We see it as our duty to deliver not just what our customers want and need, but what they might have never thought possible,” Craig Schmatz, Ford F-150 chief engineer, said. “The F-150 will be tougher than ever, and with fully connected over-the-air updates, it opens up a much wider range of potential enhancements – from predictive maintenance to feature upgrades.”
Ford has spent a lot of time speaking
with its customers about how they use their trucks and, as a result, Ford has incorporated some unique features into the new truck. On the inside of the truck you can find lockable fold-flat rear under-seat storage with dividers; available front seats that fold flat 180 degrees; and available flat surface in centre between seats, as the shifter folds down, and a flat cover folds over the centre. On the outside, zone lighting allows for individual exterior lights to be turned on/off; clamp pockets are built into the tailgate; as is a new work surface that includes a ruler, pencil holder, mobile phone hold-
er, and cup holder; and the side of the tailgate now has cleats for tying down long items.
Ten new driver-assist technologies are added for 2021, including Active Drive Assist, that allows hands-free driving on Canadian and United States divided highways, by having a camera facing the driver and making sure they are focusing on the road. Intersection Assist, detects oncoming traffic while driver is doing a left turn, and will apply brakes if needed. Active Park Assist 2 is also new. Ford has also made more safety features standard on all models from XL up.
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With all the changes to the Ford F-150 for 2021, the company is poised to continue to be the No. 1 selling pickup truck for years to come. New F-150 models will be available in the fall.
Mario Cywinski is the editor of Machinery and Equipment MRO magazine, a member of the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada, and a judge for Canadian Truck King Challenge. He has more than 12 years of editorial experience; more than two years of maintenance, reliability, and operations experience; more than 16 years of automobile industry experience, as well as small business industry experience.
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Impressive as it is, lightning’s serious
Did you know that during Canadian summer months lightning strikes once every three seconds? Although the odds of getting struck by lightning are less than one in a million, Environment Canada says lightning kills about 10 people every year in this country and injures another 100 to 150. The best way to prevent these deaths and injuries is to have a preparedness plan and to take safety measures.
It is especially important for people who work outdoors to be warned of the dangers of lightning. Employers need to recognize the hazards associated with electrical storms and, where appropriate, have safe procedures and work systems in place to minimize the risk of injury or harm to employees, and should review these policies seasonally.
A lightning bolt is a million times more powerful than household current, carrying up to 100 million volts of electricity. When someone is struck by lightning, an electrical shock occurs that can cause burns and even stop the person’s breathing. Lightning victims are safe to touch. Bystanders shouldn’t hesitate to save a life by calling for help. If breathing has stopped, administer mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. If breathing and pulse are absent, a trained rescuer should administer cardio-pulmonary resuscitation.
Whether you fear lightning or consider it a natural wonder, it’s a very real hazard that warrants caution. Protection from lightning begins before the storm. Paying attention to weather conditions and forecasts allows time to plan for threatening weather and react appropriately.
Although thunder and lightning can occur occasionally during a snowstorm, April to October are the prime thunderstorm months in Canada. The prime times for storms are late afternoon and just before sunrise.
Knowing how lightning behaves can help you plan for an approaching storm. It tends to strike higher ground and promin-
ent objects, especially materials that are good conductors of electricity such as metal. Thunder is a good indicator of lightning – as they say, “if thunder roars, go indoors”.
Because light travels faster than sound, you will see lightning before you hear the thunder. Each second between the flash and the thunderclap represents about 300 metres. As a rule of thumb, if you can count less than 30 seconds between the lightning strike and the thunder, the storm is less than 10 kilometres away. There is an 80 per cent chance that the next strike will happen within that 10 kilometres, and if you can hear thunder, you are within striking distance. Go immediately to the nearest safe building or a fully enclosed, metaltopped vehicle … there is NO safe place to be outside in a thunderstorm. Wait 30 minutes after the last thunder before going outside again.
Safe shelters from lightning
The safest place to be in a thunderstorm is in a safe building. A safe building is one that is fully enclosed with a roof, walls and floor with electrical wiring, plumbing, telephone line, or antennas to ground the lightening should the building be hit directly. Even inside, there are safety precautions to take. Keep as many walls as possible
between you and the outside.
Stay away from doors, windows, fireplaces, and anything that will conduct electricity such as radiators, stoves, sinks and metal pipes. Avoid handling electrical appliances and telephones. Use battery operated appliances only.
The next best source of shelter is an enclosed metal car, truck or van (but NOT a tractor, golf cart, topless or soft top vehicle). Make sure the vehicle is not parked near trees or other tall objects that could be struck or fall during a storm. When inside a vehicle during a lightning storm, roll up the windows and sit with hands in lap, waiting out the storm. Don’t touch any part of the metal frame or any wired device in the vehicle (including the steering wheel or plugged-in cell phone). A direct strike to your car will flow through the frame of the vehicle and usually jump over or through the tires to reach ground.
Be aware of downed power lines that may be touching your car. You are safe inside the car, but you may receive a shock if you step outside.
Unsafe shelters
Buildings or structures without electricity or plumbing to ground the lightning do not provide any lightning protection. Shelters that are unsafe include covered picnic shelters, carports, tents, baseball dugouts as well as other small non-metal buildings (sheds and greenhouses).
If you absolutely can’t get to safety …
There is no safe place to be outdoors during a thunderstorm. However, there are areas that might be less dangerous –and help reduce the risk of being struck by lightning outside.
Stay away from things that are tall (trees, fences, flagpoles or posts), water, and other objects that conduct electricity (tractors, metal fences, lawnmowers, golf clubs).
You do not want to become a prime target by being the highest object on the landscape. Take shelter in low-lying areas such as valleys or ditches but watch for flooding.
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