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EPISODE · Sep 29, 2025 · 35 MIN

Level Up Your Leadership Skills: Listening, Coaching, and Emotional Fitness with Mick Hawes from The Toolshed Podcast and Builders Business Blackbelt

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Most builders don’t get held back by their trade skills. It’s the leadership blind spots they can’t see that cost them the team.Mick Hawes is the host of The Toolshed Podcast and founder of Builders Business Blackbelt. He’s spent years coaching builders to turn stressful, time-poor operations into businesses that actually work.In this conversation, we get into:• The leadership blind spots that quietly hold builders back• The habits that make or break a team• Why Listening is the Biggest Leadership Gap• The most surprising lessons from years of coaching buildersChapters:0:00 Meet Mick Hawes4:15 Impossible to Lead Others Without Self-Leadership5:31 Leading as a Coach & Mentor7:28 Creating Work Life Harmony10:49 Build Your Emotional Fitness14:53 Power of a Pause19:13 Listening is Essential for Effective Communication22:10 Break Out of the Shark Cage26:55 Stop Being the Bottleneck28:35 Encouraging Mistakes for Performance32:37 Build a Personal Success Ritual34:09 Wrap UpFollow Tradies Who Lead on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube or TikTok for more from the Tradies Who Lead community.  Tradies Who Lead is powered by Blue Leader. If you're looking for support in building leadership skills within your team, reach out here. Or download our free eBook: 5 Things Every Tradie Needs to Know About LeadershipIf you want to connect with Mick Hawes, you can reach him on social and via his website: Website: https://buildersbusinessblackbelt.com.au/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mickhawes/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/builders_business_blackbeltFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildersbusinessblackbelt/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mick.hawesYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheToolShedPodcast

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