In the last couple of weeks our industry has seen examples of the good, the bad, and the ugly. 1.) Good: The St. Louis Council of Construction Consumers held a workshop on "Partnering: Best Practice." 2.) Bad: A union bannered the jobsites of a $755-million-dollar contractor over a couple hundred thousand dollars worth of fringes. The contractor responded by firing all the subcontractors who employed members of that union 3.) Ugly: A minority inclusion activist fired off an email that urged a boycott of a GC in colorful terms, the most printable of which is "Uncle Tom." During that same two-week period I was involved in a series of meetings with a number of industry leaders to discuss the concept for a St. Louis Construction Leadership Forum.