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Create a Culture That Better Supports Women in Construction
The pandemic has accelerated vast changes in the workplace and exposed critical gaps employers and their employees face on a day-to-day basis. One of the top contenders? The challenges women face simply showing up to work.
By Laura Beebe
February 1, 2021
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by Laura Beebe
Laura Beebe serves as the Americas Chief Operating Officer for JLL’s Project and Development Services (PDS) group as well as the Global PDS Operations Lead. She has oversight of project management strategy and delivery for 3,000 Project Managers in the Americas. As Global PDS Operations Lead, she connects Operations to the three regional PDS businesses (AM, EMEA, APAC) to ensure alignment and end-to-end connectivity of projects and development, from inception through design, construction and occupancy.
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