Nanette Miner, Ed.D.

I love what I do because the benefits are so astounding. 🙂🔥

I help mid-market leaders and private equity firms turn talent risk into growth advantage — especially where succession planning and leadership continuity are strategic differentiators (not just HR tasks).

I work shoulder-to-shoulder with CEOs, CHROs, and PE partners to uncover the real story behind a leadership bench: where are the key risks and bottlenecks, who is in the immediate pipeline and how prepared are they, how many levels of leaders are in the pipeline, and what it will take to build depth where it matters most. I don’t just review org charts — I deep-dive, I probe, I translate talent data into risk signals and value levers that owners (if you're looking to sell) and investment teams (who are looking to buy) can act on with confidence.

I specialize in helping organizations:
• Diagnose talent-side succession risk.
• Design leadership frameworks that include the whole organization - not just a select few - to accelerate organizational strength.
• Partner with PE value-creation plans — bringing the human capital lens to deal diligence and portfolio transformation.

I’ve advised mid-market CEOs and leadership teams across construction, engineering, and industrial services — helping to future-proof the leadership pipeline.

If you’ve ever thought “we need leadership depth yesterday," let’s talk. 

🔹 Top 100 Thought Leader: HR
🔹 Top 20 Thought Leader: Construction
🔹 Top 25 Most Popular Articles from Thinkers360 Thought Leaders, 2025        https://tinyurl.com/3wm84pe2
        
Eight-x author, four-x business owner. 

Featured in: Forbes, Vistage Journey Magazine, TD Journal. 
Monthly columnist for Construction Management Association of America.

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Vistage Speaker

I speak on the topic of Succession Planning for small and mid-sized businesses. We discuss:

⭐ What defines a leader in YOUR organization? (So you know how to train internal leaders or - more importantly - what to look for when you are looking to hire leaders from outside your organization.)

⭐ How to develop a succession plan that include breadth (people who know more than just their job / speciality) and depth (creating a pipeline of future leaders, not just tomorrow's "replacement" leaders). 

⭐ How to start (and sustain) leadership development that is easy, effective, and economical. It doesn't take $$ so much as commitment to the process.

Nanette Miner

Brent Darnell International

"The man Engineering News-Record describes as transforming the construction industry’s Alpha Males into service focused leaders."

I am an international best-selling author and leading authority on Emotional Intelligence. I am the President and owner of Brent Darnell International, a training and consulting company that maximizes companies’ success by tapping into the “soft” skills, or the Emotional Intelligence of each employee. I have been awarded with the prestigious honor of being named among Engineering News-Record’s Top 25 Newsmakers for my transformation of the construction industry’s Alpha Males.

My best-selling book, The People-Profit Connection: How Emotional Intelligence Can Maximize People Skills and Maximize Your Profits has sold over 100,000 copies worldwide. In this book, I introduce my unique approach to teaching Emotional Intelligence skills in technically trained professions. I have been called “…relevant to performance on every job and any industry,” by Emotional Intelligence pioneer Kate Cannon and am a recognized expert in this field.

Clients include Skanska, Clark, McCarthy, Hunt, Hardin, Balfour Beatty, Truland Electric, Guarantee Electric, Jacobsen Construction, Kiewit, Granite, Brasfield & Gorrie, Caddell, WS Nielsen, Nobia, Langan Engineering, S&ME Engineering, Cousins Properties, Lyles Construction, and Geotechnical Services, Inc. (For all clients, visit: http://www.brentdarnell.com)

Owner

Engineering News-Record's Top 25 Newsmaker

I was awarded with the prestigious honor of being named among Engineering News-Record’s Top 25 Newsmakers for my program that "transforms alpha males into service focused leaders."   

Learn more about this award and Brent Darnell here: http://enr.construction.com/people/awards/2012/0123-Trainer-Transforms-Alpha-Males-into-top-industry-performers-.asp

Engineering News-Record's Top 25 Newsmakers

BDI Publishers

I published so many family and friend's books that I started my own publishing company.  Let me help you get your book out of your head and into the world.  We can have your book on Amazon in 3-4 weeks.

President

The People-Profit Connection

In the 4th edition of my best-selling book, I introduce my unique approach to teaching Emotional Intelligence skills in technically trained professions. I apply this critical factor to the major problems that exist in the construction industry. This book is a must read for any company looking to better their image and better their people! You can purchase The People-Profit Connection just about anywhere.  It's also available as an audio book.  Use PPC25 for 25% off.

More of my books:
The Tough Guy Survival Kit
The Tao of Emotional Intelligence
Bigmama's Country Cookbook

Author

Applied Improvisation Network

I am now certified in applied improvisation.  Applied improvisation takes improvisational exercises and applies them to business, leadership, education, and academia.  I use these techniques during all of my training sessions.

Applied Improviser

Auburn University

Teaching Emotional Intelligence to graduate students in the College of Architectural Design and Construction.

Adjunct Professor

Virginia Tech

Teaching Emotional Intelligence to students at the Building Construction Department.  Also taught classes in stress management.

Penn State University

Teaching Emotional Intelligence to Architectural Engineering Students.

The EQ Network

Member

Skanska

Program Director for International Leadership Development Program.  Program used emotional intelligence as a foundation for creating change.  Five week program spread throughout the year.  Worked with people from nine different countries.

Program Director

Created EMS (Environmental Management System) and led Skanska USA to their ISO 14001 Environmental certification. Trained over 2500 people in the EMS and environmental concepts.  Skanska was the first contractor in the USA to receive this certification.  Also, Brent is a LEED AP.

Environmental Manager

Implemented Quality Management and Quality Assurance programs.

Quality Manager

We have proven solutions to the following top of mind questions.

Why can't my folks communicate or maintain relationships?  We have all of this technology and we're still not collaborating.

How do we attract and retain the best people?

Why is our company filled with middle aged white guys?  Where are the women and minorities?

Why are my people so stressed out, burned out, and have no balance in their life?

Why don't our people work safely?

How do we create high performing teams on every project?

Why is there so much conflict within our project teams?

Why can't we pass knowledge to our young people?

Why do we have poor quality, low productivity, and very little innovation?

What can I do about my alphas leaving dead bodies in their wake?

Specialties: Emotional Intelligence, Leadership Programs, Online Courses, Best-Selling Author, Professional Speaker, Coach & Consultant

Brent Darnell

The crisis we can't afford to ignore

Construction has the second-highest suicide rate of any industry.

Suicide kills five times more people than all construction-related accidental deaths combined.

Read that again.
Five times more.

In 2022, roughly 6,000 construction workers in the U.S. took their own lives. About 1,000 died from jobsite accidents.

We have an entire regulatory system for physical safety. OSHA. Toolbox talks. Fall protection. PPE.

And almost nothing for the thing that's killing five times more of our people.

Why?

Because the culture says be tough. Don't show weakness. Don't ask for help. Keep your head down and get the job done.

That same emotional profile I see in every group I work with — high stress tolerance, low emotional expression, low empathy, low interpersonal skills — is a pressure cooker with no relief valve.

These men and women deal with chronic pain, sleep deprivation, seasonal work, job insecurity, financial stress, isolation, and a hyper-masculine culture that punishes vulnerability.

And we wonder why we're losing them.

Mental health is not separate from safety. It is safety.

If we care about sending people home safe at the end of the day, we have to start caring about what's happening between their ears. Not just what's happening on the scaffold.

If you're struggling, please reach out. You are not alone. Your life matters more than any project.

988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: call or text 988.
Construction Industry Alliance for Suicide Prevention: https://lnkd.in/e3rqdfqp

Visit www.brentdarnell.com to explore the Resources.

#ConstructionSafety #MentalHealthInConstruction #EndTheStigma #SuicidePrevention #ConstructionLife #JobsiteSafety #WorkerWellbeing #SafetyCulture #LeadershipMatters #MentalHealthAwareness #988Lifeline #ConstructionIndustry #HumanFirst #PeopleOverProjects #BuildAHealthierIndustry

Since 2000, I have helped the AEC industry solve its "people issues" by focusing on mental, physical, and emotional performance. Speaker | Author | Trainer | Engineer | Publisher

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