Mastering Many Hats: Overcoming Overwhelm in the Construction Industry

From managing projects to handling finances, marketing, and HR—construction business owners often find themselves juggling countless roles. This constant multitasking can lead to overwhelm, burnout, and a struggle to achieve sustainable growth. 

Join us for a hands-on, interactive workshop where we’ll explore the challenges of balancing multiple responsibilities as a construction business owner. Through guided discussions, we will explore strategies to overcome common pain points, identify ways to better manage time and resources, and provide actionable solutions to help you refocus your energy on the areas that matter most. 

About the session speaker

Vaso Vaina is the Chair or the RIBA surrey branch, a RIBA chartered architect, a chartered manager and fellow of the Chartered Managers Institute. She has been practicing since 2004 as a fully qualified architect, and has been involved in the design of award winning developments. 

 Her election as Chair of the RIBA Surrey branch follows her involvement with the RIBA future architects scheme mentoring the next generation of architects.  She is an active member of the British Parking Association and participates in the Association’s Suicide Prevention Working Group, Structures and Women in Parking Groups.   

She joined Stripe Consulting as a Design Manager, coming from a similar position in a major UK housebuilding company. She then progressed to become Head of Architecture before taking the role of Managing Director in January 2022. She has been instrumental in shaping the company’s vision for the future to lead and contribute to developing the car parking sector, design efficiently and specify responsibly.  

 As part of her role Vaso is overseeing the operation of the multidisciplinary team of Stripe Consulting, ensuring the timely delivery of sustainable, quality and cost effective designs.  Vaso is experienced in bringing together construction professionals and effectively communicating information between them.  

Construction Industry Development Programme

Kingston University Business School is proud to present three forward-looking workshops that will support the construction industry as it enters the next quarter of the century.

The university has specially curated the workshops to include academics and industry insiders. The workshops will focus on future-proofing your enterprise so that you not only survive but thrive over the coming decades!

Please check out the other workshops in this series:

21st November Building the Future of Work

6th December Sustainable Thinking

The Help to Grow Management programme

Our Help to Grow Management programme is a 12-week course designed for managers and small business owners who are interested in innovation, resilience, and improving.

To find out more about more including upcoming start dates at Kingston Business School visit: https://kingstonuniversitybusinesstraining.com

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