Alan Tudorovic: Growing a Family Business Through Grit, Relationships and Long Term Thinking

In this episode of The CEO Advantage Podcast, hosts Paul Edginton and Milly Albers sit down with Alan Tudorovic to explore his journey growing up inside a family business and eventually helping scale it across construction materials, transport, retail, and property. Alan reflects on his early exposure to work, responsibility, and people skills through his father’s concrete and curbing business in South Australia, and how those experiences shaped his leadership approach.Alan shares the story of his father’s migration from Croatia to Australia, the early years of building a concrete curbing business from scratch, and the gradual expansion into quarries, concrete plants, transport, paving, and retail. He explains how starting at ground level in the yard, learning logistics, sales, and operations firsthand, and taking risks at a young age helped him develop commercial confidence. The conversation also covers the creation of Tudor Pavers, the move into retail and landscaping, early property development decisions, and the practical lessons learned from managing staff, customers, and growth while still in his twenties.In this episode:• Growing up inside a family business and learning leadership through observation and responsibility• Building a vertically integrated construction materials business from curbing to concrete, transport, and retail• Developing sales confidence and people skills through real world experience• Taking calculated risks early, from buying trucks to starting retail and landscaping operations• Lessons from managing staff, customers, and growth at a young ageThis episode is for business owners, family enterprise leaders, and emerging entrepreneurs who want a grounded perspective on building capability, confidence, and long term success through hands on experience.We would love for you to become part of our growing leadership community. Visit ⁠www.ceoadvantage.com.au⁠.For leadership advice and more content, follow @ceo_advantage on Instagram.Connect with Paul Edginton on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/paul-edginton-5047a511.