Leadership begins the moment your attention is entirely on another person, shutting out digital distractions. Presence is contagious; when a manager silences notifications, asks a deeper question, and waits, teammates lean forward and volunteer ideas that are usually hidden behind polite nods. That brief exchange upgrades everyone’s operating system quicker than any all‑hands manifesto.

But presence alone is a spark; impact requires infrastructure. Document the playbook, tag owners, and publish metrics where everyone can see progress creep upward day after day. Share credit aggressively until it boomerangs, returning reputation to the whole group. Systems let talent flow without requiring permission from the calendar slot marked ‘boss’.

Then dare to disappear. Step back on Fridays, let newer voices run the demo, and resist the urge to solve every hiccup. If outcomes remain solid, your influence is compounding exactly as intended. If gaps appear, coach quietly, restore guardrails, and withdraw again. Great leaders leave behind confidence, capacity, and community that thrive long after their shadow recedes into the morning.

Practice focused presence, document systems, share credit, disappear strategically, and verify that the Team advances independently today.

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Dozers rumbled along the Gila River frontage south of Phoenix on Thursday as battery-materials innovator Redwood Materials and tribal officials broke ground on the company’s first Southwest recycling-to-cathode campus, a $1.1 billion venture scheduled for completion in 2027. Solar trackers lining the perimeter will offset construction power needs and serve as on‑site training labs.

The 600‑acre plant, designed by Clayco and Buro Happold, will host twin preprocessing halls, hydromet reactors, and a 400‑foot solvent‑extraction tower capable of refining 10 gigawatt‑hours of scrap and end‑of‑life EV packs annually into high‑purity nickel, cobalt, and lithium sulfate feedstocks. Modular steel frames will allow future doubling of capacity without halting production.

Construction manager McCarthy expects 750 union tradespeople on site at peak, with workforce development apprenticeships reserved for members of the Gila River Indian Community. Once fully operational, the campus will support 400 permanent jobs, supply enough cathode material to outfit 200,000 electric vehicles per year, and reduce regional battery-material imports by 35 percent, reinforcing Arizona’s fast-growing e-mobility corridor within North America.

Bulldozers roared across Colusa County ranchland Tuesday as California officials kicked off construction on the long‑anticipated Sites Reservoir, the state’s first major off‑stream storage project in decades. Crews began scraping the 14,000-acre footprint and drilling geotechnical borings for the future 290-foot Gold Run Dam, which will impound up to 1.5 million acre-feet of Sacramento River floodwater.

Designers opted for a saddle-dam system and a 14-mile conveyance pipeline, rather than an on-river barrier, which limits fish impacts while enabling winter diversions. Joint‑venture contractor Kiewit‑Barnard will deploy a 140‑foot‑tall concrete batch plant, autonomous haul trucks, and all‑electric aggregate crushers powered by a temporary solar microgrid, trimming construction emissions by forty percent compared with 2015 estimates.

Funding blends $3.1 billion in voter‑approved water bonds, a new $450 million federal Water Infrastructure Finance loan closed Monday, and capacity subscriptions from drought‑hit urban agencies as far south as San Diego. Officials expect initial grading to be completed in 2026, followed by seven years of dam construction and testing, with the first refill scheduled for 2034.

Utah’s Office of Energy Development on Monday issued a statewide bulletin approving SunForge’s thin‑film perovskite solar shingle for pitched residential roofs, eliminating case‑by‑case engineer letters. The 40-watt tiles survived alpine freeze-thaw cycles, 180-mile-per-hour gusts, and two-inch hail at the University of Utah, outperforming silicon laminates.

Salt Lake City builder AlpineCraft Homes will debut the shingles on a 62‑lot community in Draper next week, wiring them to hybrid microinverters already required under Utah’s 2024 rapid‑shutdown rule. Installers who trial-roofed the model house on Friday nailed the polymer-backed tiles like asphalt, finishing in six hours and skipping heavy racking hardware.

Zions Bank will finance mortgages through Fannie Mae’s HomeStyle Energy program, counting projected $110 monthly utility savings toward borrower income and boosting purchasing power. Analysts at Wood Mackenzie say code acceptance in a snow state proves the durability of perovskites, forecasting that the shingles could claim eight percent of U.S. residential solar installations by 2028. Utah Power plans a net‑billing pilot that values midday exports at wholesale rates.

Introduction
Good morning, Team! Today’s toolbox talk focuses on the safe handling of construction adhesives. Adhesives are essential onsite but contain chemicals that pose health and safety risks if mishandled.

Why It Matters
Improper adhesive use can cause skin irritation, respiratory issues, fires, or chemical burns.

Strategies for Safe Adhesive Use

Discussion Questions

Conclusion
Proper handling of adhesives protects your health and safety. Always use personal protective equipment (PPE) and follow guidelines closely.

Stick to safety, stay protected!