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GLA’s Liz Romo Gives Presentation At Local College
Last month, the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) shared an opportunity to volunteer in the...
Sam Hassoun Gives Keynote Speech at 2020 Caltrans Innovation Expo
I'm Sam Hassoun with GLA - Global Leadership Alliance. Thank you for the opportunity to address a topic that I'm very...
GLA Facilitator Vicki Martin Receives Conflict Management Certificate
Global Leadership Alliance (GLA) today announced that Project Facilitator Vicki Martin has received a Conflict Management Certificate from prestigious Cornell University. GLA Chief Executive Officer Sam Hassoun lauded Vicki for her dedication to client success and...
The Future of Construction Partnering
“With COVID-19, the industry is dealing with an impact that it has never faced. Creative solutions will be required to successfully start and complete projects. Components that are part of the successful collaboration such as unlocking creativity, trust between...
ENR Top 25 Newsmakers Featuring Sam Hassoun
This newsmaker has become the go to person for many California agencies looking to mitigate, or avoid, major disputes, and has positively influenced a number of projects by persuading C Suite officials to truly commit to partnering. The son of Palestinian refugees,...
Behavior and Technology: Critical Elements that Drive “Success” When Working from Home
Today, global companies both large or small, private or governmental, were all abruptly forced into remote work due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After a few weeks of maneuvering the new challenges and changes in policies, we are seeing that, more often than not,...
How Using a Partnering Approach on Construction Projects Leads to Less or No Disputes/Claims
Partnering can lead to minimal or no disputes on construction projects. Partnering instills a culture of trust and mutual understanding between both partners and stakeholders. This valuable relationship is, in a lot of cases, more important than the contract. Risk...
GLA team honored with two Caltrans partnering awards
GLA announced that they were recently the recipients of two Caltrans Excellence in Partnering Awards. GLA received a prestigious Gold Award for their partnering work on the State Highway 65 Widening Project Phase 1. They also were named as a Silver Award winner for...
The Silver Lining – How COVID-19 actualized Partnering
As we witness the entire world come to a screeching halt, the devastating impacts of COVID-19 will be felt for years, if not decades to come. Entire businesses and industries have completely shut down, while others may have vanished forever. The construction industry...
What will “Back to Normal” look like post COVID-19?
COVID-19 has forced parents, students, workers, employers, and institutions to rethink and retool the way they have operated for decades. In a span of two weeks, the largest economy in the world, the US, witnessed ten million people lose their jobs. Some of those jobs...
GLA CEO Sam Hassoun named one of Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 25 Newsmakers for 2019
Sam Hassoun, founder and president of Global Leadership Alliance, Inc. (GLA), was named recently by Engineering News-Record (ENR) as one of their “2019 Top 25 Newsmakers.” The leading industry publication recognized Hassoun for his pioneering leadership and diplomacy...