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National Roofing Contractors Association Launches Facebook Page for Spanish-Speaking Roofing Professionals

April 29, 2020

The NRCA's new Facebook page, Ruferos de los buenos, is a place for Spanish-speaking roofing workers to share ideas and celebrate quality roofing projects.

5 Tips: Training Spanish Speaking Roofers and Overcoming the ‘Macho Thing’

Isaac Botbol

April 11, 2018

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Providing a leadership training program for first generation, non-English fluent Hispanic employees can be challenging.

Helping Hispanic Employees Help Themselves

A language barrier adds to the anxieties a worker feels because it limits their ability to communicate or express their feelings.

Isaac Botbol

February 21, 2018

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First generation Hispanics in the American workplace have a variety of complex issues that are worth noting by their English-speaking managers and supervisors.

Guest Column

The Taco Mayor, a Southern Chef and the Roofing Industry

Leaders need to manage cultural nuances and differences properly or risk huge losses.

Ricardo Gonzalez

August 7, 2013

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Most of us would enjoy having free tacos sent to our office, but Mayor Joseph Maturo in East Haven, Conn., got on the wrong side of the food chain.

Hear how the 2018 Commercial Roofing Contractor of the Year and his sons navigated that challenge and others encountered when running a successful family business.

This webinar describes the high-performance attributes of PRMA components and defines the building code/performance standards and best specification practices to meet fire, wind, thermal, and moisture performance.