Winter Conference Awards Brochure

2024

M B I A N N UA L AWARD PR PROGRAMS MASTER BUILDERS OF IOWA ANNUAL WINTER CONFERENCE

Iowa Events Center 730 3rd St. Des Moines, IA

2024 MBI ANNUAL

We are pleased to invite you to attend the Master Builders of Iowa Annual Awards Programs, held in conjunction with the 2024 Annual Winter Conference. This year’s conference is scheduled for February 27 – 28 at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines and hosts an excellent lineup of events and learning opportunities. The awards and recognition events have become popular conference activities, attracting

BUILD IOWA BREAKFAST | BUSINESS MEETING Tuesday, February 27, 2024 | 7:30 - 8:45 am

JAKE THOMPSON Compete Every Day Frisco, TX

FEE: $45/Person Sponsored By: Holmes Murphy & Associates, LLC

The Build Iowa Breakfast is an excellent opportunity for attendees to network with industry colleagues and friends in preparation for an educational and inspiring day of seminars, exhibitors, and awards. As part of this event, MBI will conduct the business of the annual meeting including a report on 2023, new initiatives planned for 2024, and the annual election of officers appointed to serve on the MBI Board of Directors. The highlight and namesake of this event is the presentation of the 2024 Build Iowa Award that will honor an individual who best exemplifies the tenets of our organization: Skill, Responsibility, and Integrity throughout their career in Iowa’s commercial building industry.

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION Lead Better Now - Great Leaders Aren’t Born, They’re Built One of the biggest challenges in construction today is the promotion of talented individuals to leadership positions without the training to succeed in this new role. Statistically, 60% of new managers fail within the first 24 months of their promotion. We’ve created a culture of turning A+ performers into C- managers, and in doing so, wrecked their confidence, results, and overall team culture. Many times, it’s not the individual who fails us, but the organization who failed to properly prepare their performer for this new role. In this keynote based on Jake’s 2024 book, Lead Better NOW, you will learn how to help your leaders thrive and give your company a competitive advantage in the market for talent.

TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION BREAKFAST Wednesday, February 28, 2024 | 7:30 - 8:45 am

FEE: $45/Person

The Technology & Innovation Breakfast is an excellent opportunity to join co-workers and industry colleagues for breakfast and networking ahead of a busy day of educational breakout sessions. Highlighting this event is the recognition of the attendees who are enrolled in the Master Builder Designation program who have reached the pinnacle by earning the Master Builder Achievement Award. In addition, we will announce and recognize the graduates of the 2023-24 MB EYE on the Future program.

BILL SCHMARZO Dean of Big Data

Des Moines, IA

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION Mastering the Economics of Data and Analytics Data is widely considered the most valuable asset in the world; that data is no longer just the exhaust of the business, but more and more is becoming the business. If data is the new oil in driving the economic growth of the 21st century, then learn how to become more effective at leveraging data and analytics to derive and drive new sources of business and operational value. These opportunities include becoming value-driven, not data-driven, exploiting the economics of data, creating a value-thru-data culture, and AI & data literacy to empowering citizens of data science

AWARD PROGRAMS

hundreds of attendees to each presentation. We encourage you to attend to find out who the award recipients are for 2024! Please plan to attend and participate, along with others in your company. Register early before the awards events sell out!

MASTERS AWARD LUNCHEON Tuesday, February 27, 2024 | 11:45 am - 1:45 pm

FEE: $45/Person Sponsored By: TrueNorth Construction Specialty Group

You are invited to celebrate industry excellence at the Masters Award Luncheon. Enjoy lunch and a motivational and engaging keynote presentation by author and organizational psychologist Dr. Benjamin Hardy. The highlight of this event is the recognition of the 2024 Masters Awards that recognize the exceptional efforts of construction teams in executing the process of completing a project and is awarded in three categories.

DR. BENJAMIN HARDY Benjamin Hardy LLC

Windermere, FL

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION In this transformational keynote, Dr. Hardy will break down the science behind achieving goals that you currently feel are impossible. No matter what your current position is, it is more beneficial for yourself and the whole organization to aim for goals that are bigger than you’re currently going for because of how it will change the decisions you have to make in order to achieve those goals. Dr. Hardy will share with you the frameworks of overcoming your limiting beliefs, getting clear on your goals and then how to achieve exponential growth in less time than you currently think possible.

SAFETY AWARDS LUNCHEON

Wednesday, February 28, 2024 | 12:00 - 1:30 pm

FEE: $45/Person

Attend the Safety Awards Luncheon with colleagues and peers to celebrate safety excellence in the construction industry. Special guest, Larry Johnson, Director of Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals (DIAL) will present the Annual Outstanding Company Safety Achievement Award to a general contractor and specialty contractor as well as the Safety MVP Award and WORKSAFE Project of the Year Award. Attendees of the luncheon will also be treated to a special and powerful keynote presentation by former Air Force pilot and leadership expert Jeff “Odie” Espenship.

JEFF “ODIE” ESPENSHIP Target Leadership Durham, NC

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION It’s The Little Things Maintaining a high level of performance means paying attention to the little things. Jeff “Odie” Espenship, founder of Target Leadership, personally knows the impact when leadership fails to execute safety fundamentals. By sharing his lessons learned as a United States Air Force fighter pilot, an air show performer, and an international airline pilot, his message in human behaviors has become one of the most sought after by companies worldwide. Odie gives an interactive, entertaining, yet powerful message on getting back to basics in life and leadership. It’s the little things that can take an organization from the cellar to stellar. Odie discusses setting high expectations, speaking up, listening to what is NOT being said, overcoming complacency (the silent killer), never assuming, and communicating to understanding, to achieve new heights in life and leadership.