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Students will also be taught to evaluate insurance and bonding policies, how to handle disputes, and how to understand and prepare for common legal procedures involving contractors.  

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Angela C. Crawford, PhD

Dr. Angela Crawford is a leadership and organizational development consultant who helps leaders and teams navigate real-world complexity with clarity, courage, and practical tools. With more than 20 years of senior leadership experience, she brings a rare blend of executive credibility and educator’s mindset to every engagement. Angela holds a BBA from the University of Cincinnati, an MBA from Cleveland State University, and a PhD from Case Western Reserve University, grounding her work in research while keeping it accessible and actionable for busy professionals.

She specializes in consulting and developing leaders across industries, with a focus on assessment-based development, practical skill-building, and culture change.  Angela is known for highly engaging workshops that integrate assessments, real scenarios, and interactive activities. Whether she is working with frontline supervisors or senior executives, her goal is consistent: to help leaders grow their self-awareness, strengthen relationships, and create environments where people and performance both thrive.

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Chantal Fink Mehill, JD

Chantal Fink Mehill represents clients in a wide range of construction matters, including contract negotiations, early dispute resolution, arbitration, and litigation. She has represented owners, general contractors, subcontractors, designers, and other construction industry clients on a regional and national level. She also has experience representing businesses in contractual, lending, employment, and real estate matters. She has experience in all phases of litigation, from discovery and depositions, to preparing witnesses and trying a case to judgment. Outside the litigation arena, Chantal frequently performs pre-project risk review for client construction contracts. She has crafted several custom construction contracts to suit the needs of clients on a multi project or single project basis.

In addition to her work within the firm, Chantal is active member of several professional organizations, including the Lawyer’s Association of St. Louis, the AGC Service Supplier Council, the ABA Forum on Construction, and the Missouri Consortium for Construction Innovation. Chantal has presented on construction related topics on several occasions, including most recently at the 2025 ABA Forum on Construction Law Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas, where she presented on Construction Management at Risk. Her paper on the topic was recently published in the ABA Construction Lawyer Journal. Chantal was been recognized for her professional and community contributions by being named part of the Missouri Lawyers Media's Up & Coming class of 2017, as well as being selected to serve as the Trial Academy Co-Chair for the ABA Forum on Construction.
  • Registration: Open until April 6, 2026
  • Course Date: April 16, 2026
  • PDH: 8
  • Price: $1,499
  • Location: 2127 Innerbelt Business Center Drive, St. Louis, MO 63114

Learning Objectives

  • Understand coaching versus mentoring distinctions
  • Apply coaching to real leadership challenges
  • Master feedback and development
  • Evaluate insurance and bonding policies and how to handle disputes
  • Understand and prepare for common legal procedures involving contractors

Thu, 4/16/26, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm, CST (incl. mini-breaks & 60-min lunch)

Welcome and Introductions

Session 1 – Coaching & Mentoring: Conversations That Build Future Leaders

This interactive, 4-hour workshop equips leaders with practical coaching and mentoring skills they can immediately apply on the job. Participants will complete a self-assessment to understand their current approach, then learn clear distinctions between coaching and mentoring and when to use each. They will practice a simple structured coaching framework and a practical, behavior-based feedback model through discussion, role play, and real-world project scenarios. Each leader will leave with ready-to-use tools, conversation guides, and frameworks they can apply with their teams and confidently share with other leaders in their organizations.

By the end of this 4-hour workshop, participants will be able to:

  1. Understand Coaching vs. Mentoring Distinctions: Identify when to use coaching versus mentoring and recognize how each approach serves different organizational needs.
  2. Apply Coaching to Real Leadership Challenges: Facilitate goal-oriented coaching conversations using a structured model to guide team members toward self-directed solutions and sustainable performance improvements.
  3. Master Feedback & Development: Deliver specific, behavioral feedback that builds trust, clarifies expectations, and aligns team members around shared outcomes.
  4. Actionable Frameworks to Coach and Mentor Others: Leave with ready-to-use tools, templates, and conversation guides that participants can immediately apply with their teams and teach to other leaders in their organizations.

(Lunch break at 12:00 pm CST)

Session 2 – Insurance and Bonding

  • Common types of Construction Insurance and Normal Coverage/Exclusions
    1. Workers Compensation Insurance
    2. Commercial General Liability Insurance
    3. Property Damage Insurance, including “Builder’s Risk” Insurance
    4. Automobile Insurance
    5. Professional & Pollution Liability Insurances
  • Insurance terminology and common contractual provisions
  • Bonding for construction projects
    1. Performance Bonds
    2. Payment Bonds
    3. Warranty Bonds
  • Indemnity vs. Insurance
  • Example Case Studies

Session 3 – Going Through a Legal Procedure

  • Relevant types of legal procedures
  • Common steps in a legal procedure: Pleadings → Discovery → Trials
  • Schedule expectations for dispute resolution
  • Example Contractor Case Studies

Session 4 – The Practice of Construction Negotiation & Dispute Resolution

  • Contract Negotiations:
    1. Objectives for negotiation of construction contract provisions
      1. Risk identification and mitigation
      2. Clear and unambiguous provision
    2. Role Play No. 1 – Negotiation of Liquidated Damages Provision
    3. Group debrief of results of negotiations
  • Claim Negotiations:
    1. Objectives for project level resolution of construction claims
      1. Typical construction claim process
      2. Formal dispute resolution processes – mediation, arbitration, litigation
    2. Role Play No. 2 – Negotiation of Delay Claim
    3. Group debrief of results of negotiations

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