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Blue-Collar BS — 212 episodes

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Tradeswoman. Trouble Maker. TikTok Star. Brooke Laing

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Transparency Without Clarity Is Just Opaqueness

3

Global Hustle, Local Lessons with David Hewitt

4

Hope is NOT a Business Plan

5

From Boss to Bossed - The Humble Pivot with Pat Riley

6

Decks, Daughters, and Dumb Decisions

7

This Gen Z Is Welding Her Own Path with Zoye Bryant

8

Your Network Sucks, That’s Your Problem a Steve Doyle Story

9

The Gen Z COO Who Actually Gets It with Sam Goldberg

10

Building Industry, Building People: The Apex Way with Ann Ensenbach

11

Why Private Equity Can Pound Sand with Matt Middendorp

12

Training Gen Alpha Isn’t Optional with Darryl Gratrix

13

Additive Manufacturing, Subtractive Bullshit Brian Hiatt

14

EP200, Not Our Best Effort

15

Sewers, Suits, and Shit That Matters Lauri Rollings

16

Stop Setting Dumb Goals

17

Polygenerational WTF: From AI to Elk Hunting with Zach Hanson

18

No Cape Needed: A Blue-Collar Tribute to My Dad, Jim Herda

19

When the Apprentice Becomes the Mechanic with Sam DeWitt

20

Ms. Swiss and the Sisterhood of Trades with Nush

21

When Ego Paves the Wrong Road with Bryce Harem

22

Shoebox Accounting & Other Bullsh*t That’s Costing You

23

Who's Sucking Now with DT

24

Chasing Checks Sucks with Joe Kaye

25

You Good, Bro? with Jessica Hallahan

26

OnlyFans for Engineers? Let's Talk Strategy

27

Inviting Women In, Changing the Game with Meaghan Ziemba

28

The wins, you know you have them

29

Grandma Had It Right: Wealth, Wisdom & Generational Grind with Geoff Stuhr

30

Bonus or BS? Let’s Talk Holiday Compensation

31

The Bookkeeping Badass You Didn’t Know You Needed; Beth Carter

32

Serve First, Sell Later-It’s That Simple

33

From Best Buy Battles to Amazon Anxiety

34

Raised in the Projects, Powered by Purpose Terry Taylor

35

Skilled Trades Don’t Recruit Themselves - Joe McClaran Shows You How

36

When Personal Problems Clock In Too

37

Built Tough: Women Leading Manufacturing Becca and Jennifer

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Gen Z Bossing Boomers with Class with Collin Thomey

39

Shorty Shorts, Tank Tops, and Customer Service

40

From Law Enforcement to Life Protection with Captain Cathy

41

How to Tell If You’ve Hired the Wrong “Tool”

42

Crispy Like Toast: What Happens When Your Business Owns You with Mike Finger

43

From Zero to $19 Million: Inside IRBIS HVAC’s Blueprint for Growth

44

Why ‘95 Babies Might Save Your Business; Nathan Schnell

45

Toxic Positivity

46

Living the Dream or Chasing a Paycheck? Adam Goldman Has Thoughts…

47

Retention Goldmine: Why Aaron’s Techs Never Leave

48

From Boiler Room to Business Boss: Chris Mesker's Wild Ride

49

Ditch the Diploma and Grab a Wrench

50

From Airstream Dreams to Leading Shipyards with Frank Manning

51

What Happens When BROADs Call BS

52

From $9 an Hour to CEO: Jacob Emery’s Blueprint for Success

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How to Lead People Who Don’t Think Like You with George McCaughan

54

Fireworks, Food, and Freedom: The 4th of July Episode

55

Teen Worker Tells All: What Gen Z Really Thinks About Jobs with Kayla Doyle

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Branding, Grit, and the New Face of Construction with Stefanie Couch

57

Hey Boomers; How do you stop the dumpster fire

58

The Blueprint for Business Boldness with Precious Williams

59

Dear Younger Leaders: Be Curious, Not Clueless

60

Plumbers, SEO, and $8.5 Million: The Ryan Redding Story

61

Touch It Once... But Not Like That

62

High-Tech Redneck James Hatfield

63

Why Your New Hires Suck (And It’s Probably Your Fault)

64

The Right People Faster, It's Not Complicated with Talmar Anderson

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Raises for Some, Rage for Others

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The Trailer Ain't the Field with Coty Fournier

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From Lathes to Logos: Why Your Shop's Identity Matters

68

The Water Nerd, John Atlee

69

When Raises Hit a Ceiling: Handling Wage Expectations in Small Businesses

70

Win at Talent Win Your Industry with Steve Van Remortel

71

Remote Work, Trust, and the Real Cost of Getting It Wrong

72

Shop Floor Talent; They Are Humans Too, Mike White

73

"We'll See" Is Not a Plan: Leadership Lessons for the New Year

74

Veryable laborforce, end your labor shortage excuses with Patrick Dipple

75

Youth attract Youth with Mark Hedstrom

76

I Got a Guy with Michael Drelicharz

77

Conflicting Agendas

78

Get the Job or Make Some Money Aaron Mills

79

Empowering Change: Jessie Cannizzaro on Crafting a Legacy Beyond Plumbing

80

The Staggering Expense of Hiring with Brett King

81

Listen, Connect, Retain

82

Genius (IYKYK) with Tom Wasmoen

83

When Disaster Strikes: The Blue-Collar Response in Full Force

84

Transforming How Remodeling Gets Done with Kyle Davies

85

Keep Your Employees

86

Opportunity Everywhere with Meg Schmitz

87

Beyond the Pizza Party; The Importance of Employee Recognition

88

Teaching Sparks Welding Forward with Matt Scott

89

LFG It's The End of The Year

90

A Quick Update: What’s Happening This Week

91

Trick or Treat Sales Never Sleeps

92

Tweener Finds His Passion Nick Packard

93

Harness the Power of Thoughts: Transforming Negativity into Opportunity

94

What Is The Business Trilogy Greg DeSimone

95

Leading 4 Generations

96

Big Foot Grampa, Boomers Have Lots to Offer-Mark Weber

97

Uniting Generations: A New Leadership Approach

98

Would You Do Your Own Root Canal with Elisa Ruer

99

What to do with your disengaged workforce?

100

Move to Profit with Stacia Hobson

101

Textiles: America's Lost Blue-Collar Industry -Harrie Schoots

102

Done Learning, Done Leading with Brian Hendricks

103

Boosting Youth Confidence & Competence

104

From Overhead to Opportunity: Space as a Strategic Play with Tom McCrossin

105

People + Tech = Success with Ryan Englin

106

Building Greatness with Les and Asher O'Hara

107

GOSPA Sing it Doyle!!

108

Securing Tomorrow: The Blue-Collar Blueprint for Business Immortality with Jake Hall

109

Can't Fix Stupid, But I Can Sure Point it Out

110

The Heartbeat of Sales: How Service Passion Translates to Profit, with Nicholas Loise

111

Will You Allow GenZ to Impact Your Workplace

112

Be The Change with Ann Ensenbach

113

EPISODE 100!! Celebrate and Reflect

114

Driving Ambition: Redefining the Trucking Industry on Our Terms with Pam Polyak

115

Story Time

116

Recycling with a purpose with Max Johnson

117

The Hiring Hero Process

118

Giver Needs To Give with Johnathan Synovic

119

Get It, Want It, Not The Same to Everyone!

120

Hustle and Grind: Mark Knudsen is Popping His Future

121

Action Words, Different Meanings to Different Generations

122

Bring Home The Bacon with Alan Bennett

123

Meet them where they are at!

124

Wages Are Not The Problem With Matt Vetter

125

Brad and Steve: Tale of Two Collars

126

A New to Blue-Collar Millennial Making a Difference; Tato Corcoran

127

Intrapreneurship WTF

128

What Bus are you Driving with John Hibbs

129

So What Is It You Do Here; IYKYK

130

A Zillennial with an Abundance Mindset-Nate Fair

131

Keeping it Real Steve Gets His Turn

132

A Millennial by Age and Boomer by Values with James Mann

133

GenXers want different benefits

134

Change Your Brain with Dave Goodall

135

Gen Alpha thinks College = Good Jobs WOW!

136

High End and Big Aspirations with Patrick Robertson

137

Do You Own a Business or have a Job?

138

Walk or Fly with Ian Rush The Automation Nerd

139

Younger Workers Lazy and Entitled ??

140

How Tech and Communication impact Trade Businesses with Ron Nussbaum

141

4 Generations what is going on?

142

A Boomer set this GenX up for success, Jason Haines

143

Reap What We Sow in the Blue-Collar World

144

Never too young to start with Gavin and Jamie White

145

What makes Steve Tick

146

Never Say Never with Dave Hataj

147

Is Upskilling and Training a waste of time?

148

Part 2 of Take Two with Alex Pauls

149

Brad and Steve Wage Stagnation and Inequality

150

Take two with Alex Pauls-Part 1

151

Brad & Steve Is Gen Z a Problem

152

Redefining the Workforce: Insights from an Entrepreneur (Part two with Kura Homes)

153

Brad & Steve Mind the Gap-Generational Common Sense?

154

Working Across Generations: Insights from Kura Home

155

Brad & Steve Blue-Collar Perceptions

156

Empowering the Future of Blue Collar Work: Andrew Brown's Journey to Redefine Skilled Trades Careers

157

How The Generational Work Ethic Is Not A Them Problem with Dr. Jim Bohn

158

Automation and Fear with Brad & Steve

159

Can fixing safety fix production with James Boretti

160

How Experiential Learning is Changing Career Decisions with Jim Michlig

161

How This Unapologetic Millennial is Thriving - Chris Seider

162

How Massive Action Can Impact Life with Joshua Page

163

An untraditional path with Craig Sorbo

164

Planting Trees for the next generation with Ben Zang

165

Sharing and educating the next generation with Bob Doll

166

Manufacturing is not what you think with Megan Tzanoukakis

167

GenZ in manufacturing with Eric Thompson

168

The Strength of Each Generation with Bridgette Wiggins

169

What value are you bringing with Christopher Zuzick

170

How Servant Leadership Creates Culture with Tim Luetzow

171

Transferring knowledge to the next generation with Paul Van Metre

172

How to look at hiring differently with Matt Guse

173

Wisdom with Corey Berrier

174

How the trades are ready for change with Ron Nussbaum

175

Gratitude and Blue-Collar Pride with Scott Clark

176

Energizing his future, leaving a legacy, keeping family first, with Alex Pauls

177

Millennial Energy Focused on Future with Daniel Felt

178

A Clean Window into the Future with Ben Barlow

179

David Belman Builds on Family

180

Adam Lives Servant Leadership

181

Legos Build a Blue-Collar Passion Chase Tannhaeuser

182

Safety Fitz-Old Becomes New Again Tom Fitzgerald

183

Sparking the Future For Gen Z Don Curtin

184

From Farm to Exit with Damon Pistulka

185

X Sees Z As The Future, Kristina Harrington

186

This Boomer is Not Afraid to Teach or Learn Mark Weber

187

Blue Collar BOOM!

188

Blue-Collar EQ, No It's Not Math

189

Millennial Leadership, Are You Adapting?

190

Thomas Finds Blue Collar Pride, Thomas Anderson

191

Can't Take Family Out Of The Family Business

192

We are back baby!

193

Brad Going Rogue

194

Season One - Mic Drop!

195

A Millennial Framing Construction Differently Morgan Gutenknust

196

Recipes make good things happen! Anne Rakowiecki

197

Military Entrepreneur with Blue-Collar Blood Andy Weins

198

Boomers Are Good People Too, Christine Wright

199

Millennial Mining His Future Boom! Paul Giles

200

Josh Clymer Charters His Gen Z Talent

201

Millennial Xer And The Industry Technology Gap, Kevin Kromm

202

Welcome Boomer-Podcast Debut Mike Slawnikowski

203

Common Sense-We've Grown Up Differently

204

Who Wants To Work From Home

205

Can generational diversity improve your business?

206

Why are Boomers afraid of hiring young talent?

207

Minimum Wage-Perceptions of Generations

208

Gen Z not welcome?

209

Why is it we have an entitlement problem?

210

Communication-Generational Differences

211

Defining the Generations

212

Why This Show