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The Construction Leading Edge Podcast — 449 episodes

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AI Is Lying, Customers Aren't: Radical Transparency and Culture-Building with Eric Fortenberry | Ep. 450

2

The Hidden Design Shift That Unlocks Growth, Profit, and Free Time in Your Construction Business | Ep. 449

3

Short-Staffed or Just Disorganized? 5 Tests Before You Hire | Ep. 447

4

The 4 Questions to Ask Before You Try to Fix What's Not Working | Ep. 446

5

How to Sell on Value Instead of Price | Ep. 445

6

The Toyota "Pull the Cord" Method Your Construction Business Is Missing | Ep. 444

7

The Firing: A Business Parable for Construction Owners | Ep. 443

8

The Nail the Handoff Framework: 4 Crucial Handoffs to Increase Profit and Eliminate Chaos | EP 442

9

The Cost‑Plus Contract Trap: 3 Simple Moves to Prevent Budget Blowups and Legal Nightmares | EP 441

10

3 Keys to Operating from a Position of Strength in High-End Remodeling with Andy Kolp | EP 440

11

3 Keys to Taking Back Control of Your Construction Business with Daaron Yester | EP 439

12

Your Customers Experience Your Systems, Not Your Intentions | EP 438

13

What the P-38 Fighter Plane Can Teach You About Business Strategy | EP 437

14

How John Springstead Doubled Revenue While Cutting His Work Hours | EP 436

15

Mental Malware | EP 435

16

The Solution Is Inside the Problem | EP 434

17

5 Decisions That Free the Overworked Construction Owner | EP 433

18

This Is How We Do It Builders: Leading Clients With a Proven Process | EP 432

19

Is Indecision Crippling Your Construction Business? | EP 431

20

Nail the Handoff System: Build a Rock‑Solid Preconstruction Checklist Your Team Actually Follows | EP 430

21

Grow Your Profit Without Growing Your Team | EP 429

22

Scale Without Sacrificing Profit, Control, Or Freedom: The 3-Legged Stool Every Builder Needs | EP 428

23

4 Hidden Metrics Top Builders Use to Boost Profit and Freedom | EP 427

24

How We Found $400,000 of Hidden Profit in A Custom Builder's Business | EP 426

25

Stop Setting More Goals. Fix One Constraint | EP 425

26

Average People: The Secret for Profitable Construction Business Growth | EP 424

27

Your Construction Business Is Doing Exactly What It's Designed To Do | Ep 423

28

How Elon Musk Would Streamline Your Construction Business: 5 Steps | E422

29

The Builder Identity Crisis: What Got You Here Won't Get You There | Ep 421

30

Cut Preconstruction Timelines in Half: 6 Strategies From Managing $300M | E420

31

Repossess Your Time by Fixing These 3 Hidden Design Flaws in Your Construction Business | Ep 419

32

Accountability Requires Clarity: How to Get Your Team to Take Ownership | E418

33

Get Out of the Builder Trap with Daniel Queen | E417

34

Scaling Fast? Stop Chasing Sales and Fix THIS First with Cole West | E416

35

7-Figure Growth Starts with Lean Systems w/ Tod Ingersoll | E415

36

The Hidden Reason Your Projects Keep Slipping—and How to Stop It | E414

37

Your Most Important Hire Isn't on the Jobsite—It's an Executive Assistant with Steven Neuner | E413

38

What's Your #1 Constraint? Here's How to Find It | E412

39

Escape the Bottleneck Trap for Good Using 3 Simple Systems with Travis Balcom | E411

40

How to Use the Moneyball Strategy to Run Your Construction Business Like a Machine | E410

41

They Doubled Their Business by Saying No, Building Systems, and Setting Clear Expectations with Ryan Brining & Tom Battersby | E409

42

Before You Hire or Buy Software, Fix This First in Your Construction Business | E408

43

Why Only a Few Builders Ever Find True Success (From a 30-Year Veteran) with Jeff Bowers | E407

44

How to Delegate Results by Letting Go of Control the Right Way w/ Max Christiansen | E406

45

One Thing Every Professional Construction Business Must Have to Grow | E405

46

The Real Reason Visionary-Integrator Partnerships Finally Click (and Keep Growing) | E404

47

How to Engineer Your Construction Business to Double in 12 Months | E403

48

The Real Reason You Don't Have Time & What to Do About It | E402

49

How to Make Faster, Better Decisions Like a CEO | E401

50

How to Free Up 40 Hours a Month in Your Construction Business | E400

51

5 Ways Right-to-Left Thinking Can Work for You | E399

52

The Secret to Building Client Trust and Team Loyalty with Brady Fry | E398

53

Build Your Business So You Can Sell It with John Warrillow | E397

54

Downsizing Could Be the Key to Explosive Growth in Your Construction Business with John Wojtas | E396

55

What Most Construction CEOs Get Wrong About Success | E395

56

Built to Fail: Why Most Construction Businesses aren't Sellable | E394

57

6 Months to Skilled Labor? This System Proves It's Possible with Mike Brewer | E393

58

How $10M Construction CEOs Think Differently | E392

59

How to Create a Killer Lead Generation System for Your Construction Business with Logan Shinholser | E391

60

The Missing Link That's Draining Profit and Breeding Chaos | E390

61

Exposed: Learning More ISN'T Helping Your Business (What You Actually Need) | E389

62

Why Most Construction Family Partnerships Fail (And How to Avoid It) with Jake Lewendal | E388

63

Feel Like Giving Up? 9 Proven Ways to Overcome Business Adversity | E387

64

From Burnout to Balance: How the Franklin Brothers Beat Construction Chaos For Good | E386

65

Avoid These Critical Mistakes When Building Your Construction Business with Alex Gregg | E385

66

Secrets of Buying and Selling a Construction Business & Why Most Are Unsellable with Mark Powers | E384

67

The Leadership Unlock: How to Delegate Without Losing Control | E383

68

7 Sales Pitfalls Costing You Profit and Freedom - And How to Fix Them | E382

69

7 Reasons to Fire Yourself from Sales | E381

70

Boost Profit with the First Hour Principle: The Key to a Productive Construction Jobsite | E380

71

Why Are You Stuck in Firefighting Mode? The Linchpin Syndrome | E379

72

Lock In Profits & Assign Risk with a Solid Buyout Process | E378

73

Scaling a Construction Business Using the 4L Framework with Mike Andes | E377

74

How to Get Clients to Make Decisions Faster | E376

75

The Missing System That Helps Construction Leaders Build Accountable Teams: How Pro Sports Teams Do It | E375

76

Cut Project Schedules by 25% and Boost Profitability by 38% - Here's How w/ Michael Thorp | E374

77

4 Foolproof Steps to Stop Construction Chaos (Before It Costs You Thousands!) | E373

78

Exposing 6 Lies that Keep Construction Businesses Stuck in Chaos | E372

79

4 Profit-Killing Mistakes Construction Business Owners Make and How to Fix Them | E371

80

Reduce Stress While Growing Your Construction Business with Tod Ingersoll | E370

81

Secrets to Building a Multi-Generational Construction Business to $20M | E369

82

How to Hire and Retain A-Players for Your Construction Business w/ Isaac Barlow & Derrik Shakespear | E368

83

Pre-Construction Secrets That Built a $250M Business with Wes Palmisano | E367

84

From $0 to $200M: The Ultimate Construction Business Guide with Torrey Hawkins | E366

85

10x Is Easier Than 2x | E365

86

Why More Sales Won't Save Your Business from Chaos with Cole West | E364

87

5 Steps to Creating a Foolproof Customer Acquisition System for Builders with Spencer Powell | E363

88

Pitfalls to Avoid When Scaling a Construction Business | E362

89

Breaking Free From the Construction Overwork Culture and Client Chaos w/ Kris Miller | E361

90

From Breaking Even to Big Wins: How Empowered Teams Drive Real Profits w/ John & Shannon Springstead | E360

91

Why Saying "No" to Clients Could Save Your Construction Business w/ Dan Flansburg | E359

92

How to Get Paid for Upskilling Your Construction Employees w/ Krysta Van Ranst | E358

93

How Construction Business Owners Can Have an Empowered and Accountable Team by Fixing the Actual Problems | E357

94

How a Lawsuit and Knee Injury Saved a Construction Business with Nate Mielke | E356

95

The Key to Growing a Profitable Family-Owned Construction Company with Sam and Jake Holman | E355

96

Critical Pitfalls Every Home Builder Needs to Avoid w/ Brad Haubert | E354

97

Build Unbreakable Client Trust Even in Tough Times w/ Andrea and Ashley Fleschner | E353

98

Construction Accounting Mistakes Ruining Your Business with Chris Lee | E352

99

The Secret to Building a Self-Managing Construction Business w/ Eric Brownson | E351

100

Double Your Revenue While Cutting Work Hours in Half w/ Jacob Richmond | E350

101

How to Get Out of Estimating: A 5 Step Process | E349

102

This is How to Break Free from the Owner's Trap in Your Construction Business | E348

103

Growth Tactics For Your Family-Owned Construction Business with Ashlee & Alexis of MDT Inc. | E347

104

How Technology Can Efficiently Scale Your Construction Business | E346

105

Build a Brand: Why It's As Crucial as Your Systems and Processes | E345

106

Insider Tips: How to Keep Your Client Pipeline Full Year-Round | E344

107

Why Neglecting Pre-Construction is the Biggest Mistake You Can Make with Mikhail Gannage | E343

108

From Fear to Success: A 20-Year Veteran Builder's Proven Success Formula with Mark Williams | E342

109

Achieve Absolute Freedom with This Transformative Principle | E341

110

The Hidden Dangers of Neglecting Estate & Succession Planning with Attorneys Dusty and Jennifer King | E340

111

Lessons from Dad: Daughters in Construction on Working With Their Fathers and Empowering Women in the Construction Industry | E339

112

Lead from Behind: 9 Strategies to Get Architects, Designers, and Clients to Meet Your Deadlines | 338

113

The Freedom of Accountability, Delegating and Letting Go of Control with Max Christiansen | E337

114

Why Business Continuity Planning Equals Freedom for Entrepreneurs | E336

115

Estate Planning Myths, Mistakes, and Nightmares with Jon Braddock | E335

116

Inc. Magazine Honoree Reveals 1,126% 4-Year Growth Strategies with Chris Tatge | E334

117

Using the MMDD List to Get Your Team to Solve Problems and Follow Processes | E333

118

Is This Deficiency Plaguing Your Business? | E332

119

What Construction CEOs Actually Need: A Roundup of the Best Ideas From a CEO Alliance Meetup | E331

120

The CEO Mindset Shift: A Panel Discussion | E330

121

Executing a Successful Business Turnaround & Strategically Letting Go with Michael Moore | E329

122

How to Become Addicted to Your Business Without Dealing 24/7 Phone Calls with Alex Knapp | E328

123

Tracking Metrics, Casting Vision & Implementing Systems with Alex Gregg | E327

124

From Homebuilder to Business Builder: The Systems That Eliminate CHAOS and Improve Everyone's Experience with Jeff Bowers | E326

125

Structuring a Construction Business For Growth with the Right Systems with Nolan Harris | E325

126

Eliminating Chaos Through Accountability and Focusing on Preconstruction with Charles Rogers | E324

127

Succession Planning, The Triple Bottom Line, and Setting Up an ESOP with Jonathan Orpin | E323

128

Stop Sabotaging Your Success: Hidden Thinking Traps Entrepreneurs Should Avoid | E322

129

Living in The Gain and Generating Enjoyable Profits with Alex Thompson | E321

130

How Adversity Can Crush You or Make You Unstoppable (You Choose) | E320

131

Why Breaking Old Habits is Key to Achieving New Business Heights | E319

132

How Referrals Can Hurt You & Other Insider Marketing Secrets with Spencer Powell | E318

133

4 Crucial Steps to Level Up Your Business in 2024 | E317

134

Breaking Down the Top 10 Challenges and Myths of a Visionary Leader with Monish Khadye (A Replay) | E316

135

Business Building Lessons from the Fighter Plane That Won WW2 | E315

136

How CEOs Think Differently About Money & Financial Systems with Luke Holcomb | E314

137

The Systems Behind an 8-Hour Workweek with Monish Khadye | E313

138

Mistakes to Avoid If You Want Your Business Sellable: Why 80% of Construction Businesses are Designed to Fail

139

Recession Proof: 10 Ways to Make Your Business More Resilient | E311

140

5 Ways Right-to-Left Thinking Can Work for You | E310

141

Growing a $250M Business by Focusing on Preconstruction with Wes Palmisano | E309

142

From Chaos to Control: Four-Step Blueprint to Save 40 Hours a Month | E308

143

Reexamine Your Job as CEO | E307

144

Wealthy Clients, Reframing Problems and Letting Your Team Create Processes with Michael Algren | E306

145

How to Make Faster, Better Decisions Like a CEO | E305

146

How to Get Anyone to Do Anything with Instant Influence Principles | E304

147

Will Your Business Scale or Is It Designed to Fail? | E303

148

The Reality of Running a Construction Business with Your Spouse | E302

149

The Real Reasons Your Team Won't Change | E301

150

5 Secrets to Hire and Retain the Right Employees: Never Make a Bad Hire Again | E300

151

3 Key Concepts to Grow a Custom Home Building Business with Alex Gregg | E299

152

Why 10X is Easier Than 2x | E298

153

Foundations for Scaling a Business to $50M with Shawn Dominguez | E297

154

Manufacturing Adversity and Burning the Ships | E296

155

Escaping the Free Estimate Trap and Indoctrinating Your Clients with Bobby Williams | E295

156

How to Red Team Your Construction Business to Make it More Resilient | E294

157

How to Get a Check From the IRS: Tax Credits Your CPA Isn't Telling You About | Justin Rupple | E293

158

How to Use Femininity to Nail the Handoff Process in a Male-Dominated Industry w/ Amy Rans | E292

159

The Burnout Cycle & Letting Go of Control with Josh Fravel | E291

160

Stop Trying & Stopping Profit Bleeds with Ashley Fleschner | E290

161

Your Customer Experience Roadmap: How It Impacts Your Bottom Line & Company Culture | E289

162

What High Performers Actually Want & Finding Opportunity in Chaos with Isaac Barlow | E288

163

How a Rigorous Handoff and a Solid Pre-Construction Process Leads to More Freedom with Daniel Hickey | E287

164

Nailing the Handoff, Small Adjustments, and Navigating a Business Transition | E286

165

Family Partnerships, Hard Conversations, and Dealing with Rejection with Jake Lewendal | E285

166

How a Special Forces Commander Used Team Meetings to Fight Terrorists | E284

167

Communication & Delegation Hacks to Help You Get Out of Operations | E283

168

How Great Entrepreneurs Think About Adversity & The Stockdale Paradox | E282

169

Eclipsing Financial Targets by Saying "No" and Focusing on the People | Mikhail Gannage | E281

170

The Habits of Success: 3 Things You Need to Do Daily to Set You up for Success | E280

171

Housing Crisis Opportunities & How a Venture Capital Firm Looks at the Construction Industry | E279

172

Are You a Visionary? The Top 10 Challenges For a Visionary & Myths They Believe | E278

173

5 Things Successful Entrepreneurs Manage That Nobody Warned You About | E277

174

The Hidden Dangers of Procrastination & How to Conquer It | E276

175

Stewardship, Creating Terminal Value & Increasing Profit 60% with Michael Moore | E275

176

Scaling to $200 Million: How Torrey Hawkins Did It | E274

177

Forget About Goal Setting: Focus on Habits & Systems Instead | E273

178

Discipline, Systems, and 75% Annual Revenue Growth with Andy Kolp | E272

179

Why Every Construction Business Owner Needs a Virtual Assistant | E271

180

How to Avoid Lawsuits Over Construction Defects & Reducing Risk with Attorney Marc Gravely | E270

181

First Principles, Taking Ego Out of Ideas and Solving Big Problems with Paolo Tiramani, Boxabl CEO & Founder | E269

182

Jett Set Farmhouse's Noell and Daniel Jett On Adversity, Perseverance, and Success | E268

183

How to Get Your Team Engaged and On Board with New Processes | E267

184

3 Secrets to Eliminating Subcontractor Chaos | E266

185

Why All Business Problems are People Problems with Eric Anderton | E265

186

How to Set Up a Company That Earns 8 Figures WITHOUT You | E264

187

Time-Tracking Hacks Every Construction Company Should Know | E263

188

The $11 Million Sales Strategy w/ Josh Dembicki & Matt Lewis | E262

189

Recession Proof: 10 Tips to Make Your Business More Resilient | E261

190

3 Things Entrepreneurs Believe That Technicians Don't | E260

191

Are You Headed for a Tipping Point? | E259

192

Designed to Fail: Why 80% of Construction Businesses Have No Value | E258

193

The 8 Hour Work Week: How Monish Khadye Did It | E257

194

Repossess Your Time with the CEO Schedule | E256

195

Side Effects of a Poorly Designed Organization & Starving Horse Syndrome | E255

196

Forgetting What You Know and Hitting the Reset Button with Phil Coe | E254

197

How to Get a Check from the IRS for Your Employee Retention Credit with Catherine Tindall | E253

198

Constraints Make You More Effective & Using Marketing as a Lever with Spencer Powell | E252

199

Red Flags You Could Be Overpaying for Workers Comp & How to Get Your Money Back with Scott Priz | E251

200

How Navy SEALS Would Build Houses, Mantras & Attacking the Housing Shortage with Garrett Moore | E250

201

Lessons From an Acquisition That Went Wrong & Coaching Your Team to Success with Jeremy Flaten | E249

202

Paving a Wide Path to Success & the Virtuous Cycle of Talent with Brady Fry | E248

203

Top 5 Growth Fears Business Owners Need to Conquer | E247

204

Tax Overpayment Recovery: Tax Credits Your CPA May Not Know About with Justin Rupple | E246

205

7 Ninja Level Delegation Secrets & Hacks | E245

206

Celebrating Failure, Advice for Second Generation Owners & The Flex Track with Mikhail Gannage | E244

207

8 Ways to Sabotage Your Delegation Skills | E243

208

Hiring People Smarter Than You & Taking Ownership for Problems with Levi Benkert | E242

209

8 Times You Should Ask "WTF is the Real Problem?" | E241

210

3 Things That Determine the Value of Your Business with Kimia Shadrokh | E240

211

9 Productivity Stimulation Hacks & One Profit Gusher To Plug | E239

212

Carrots and Sticks of Sustainability According to a Top 10 National Homebuilder | E238

213

2 Things Handcuffing You & Keeping You from Your "I Want's" | E237

214

Giving Work Away, Clarity of Vision & Authenticity with Charles Antis | E236

215

The Right Time to Forget About Setting Goals | E235

216

Hiring High Level Talent, Growing Revenue & Keys to Selling with Michael Moore | E234

217

The Biggest Levers You Can Pull & Simple Solutions to Painful Problems | E233

218

The Most Painful Hidden Profit Bleed & 8 Ways It Could Be Hurting You | E232

219

Stealing the Secret Sushi Sauce to Grow a Construction Company with Neil Sundresh | E231

220

Upside Down Goal Setting & Automating to Grow a Construction Business with Monish Khadye | E230

221

Benefits of Starting a Business in 2008 & Knowing Your Costs with Alex Gregg | E229

222

Winning The Contractor Fight with Tom Reber | E228

223

Right to Left Thinking: From Big Picture to the Jobsite | E227

224

Builders Aren't Really in the Building Business, Downsizing & Scaling Back Up with John Wojtas | E226

225

Benefits of Starting a Business Twice & Strength in Numbers with Jerry McDaniels | E225

226

Mental Toughness, Turning Customers into Disciples & Why a Tight Radius is Good with Bobby Williams | E224

227

Working Yourself Out of a Job & Building on an Island with Ryan Perrone | E223

228

Conflict Creates Trust & Harnessing Systems to Scale up with Rich Whitten | E222

229

Build Your Construction Business So You Can Sell It with John Warrillow | E221

230

Scaling Up, Staying in Your Lane & Creating Skilled Labor with Mike Brewer | E220

231

Selling Yourself into Bankruptcy & Pacing Yourself with Kevin Oakley | E219

232

Moped Accidents, Why You Want an Audience & How Connor Crook is Growing Diamondback Tool Company | E218

233

Four Steps to Financial Freedom & Driving Your Cash Flow | E217

234

Insider Tips on How to Lock in Lumber Prices with Kyle Little | E216

235

The CEO Role, Leadership Transitions & DNA Statements with Angie Simon | E215

236

Behind the Scenes of Crazy Lumber Prices and How The Supply Chain is Being Disrupted with Mike Wisnefski | E214

237

Autopsy Accounting, Process vs. Labor Constraints & Creating Demand with Margaret Whelan | E213

238

Business Turnarounds & Becoming an Accidental TV Star with Ward Schraeder | E212

239

Relationship Mining, Coopetition & Leadership Mistakes to Avoid with Russ Little | E211

240

Ignoring Your Competition, Marketing to Architects & The GC's Role with Justin Bride | E210

241

Recruiting Mistakes to Avoid & Who Should Tell Your Story with Brandon Patterson | E209

242

How to Get Out of Your Own Way with Bryan Kaplan | E208

243

The CEO Mindset Shift & Stopping a Failure Cycle with Kristin Larson | E207

244

Become the Red Bull of the Construction Space with Spencer Powell | E206

245

8 Flawed Fixes for Cash Flow Problems | E205

246

Modular Construction: The Problems it Solves and Opportunities It Creates with Ken Semler | E204

247

Managing a Million sq. ft Project: How These Superintendents Do It | E203

248

Top Four Profit Bleeds & How to Stop the Bleeding | E202

249

Navy SEALs and Point of Sale Thinking | E201

250

The Art of Selling Art to Project Owners with Martha Weidmann | E200

251

#199: Trusting Your Processes & Preventing Warranty Claims with Matt Hobbs

252

#198: Create a Single Point of Truth to Reduce Injuries & Create a Culture of Accountability

253

#197: Quit Getting Screwed with Construction Attorney Karalynn Cromeens

254

#196: The Hidden Value Your Suppliers Can Offer with Ken Kucera

255

#195: Crisis Inoculation Plans and Building Resilience with Dr. Sally Spencer-Thomas

256

#194: Recruiting and Hiring Mistakes You Want to Avoid with Laura Tolhoek

257

#193: Expecting Nothing in Life & Powerful Transparency with Corina Burton

258

#192: The Law of Crappy People & The Peter Principle

259

#191: Failure, Specializing & Aggressive Growth with Eric Skott

260

#190: The Side Effects of Ending Free Estimates with Travis Gardner

261

#189: The Voices in Your Head

262

#188: Zero Punchlist Policy & Business Process Hacks with Jeff Sawyer

263

#187: How a Flood Turned Into Opportunity & "Builders and Brews" with Byron Brooks

264

#186: Action Cures Fear & Money is a Scorecard with David Procida

265

#185: Non-Traditional Cultures and Business Development with Anthony Amunategui

266

#184: How Contractors Actually Get Selected with Jean Brownhill

267

#183: Batching, Anchoring & Funnels to Eliminate Communication Chaos

268

#182: Always Be The Buyer & How To Grow Your Confidence with Steve Kreitzberg

269

#181: From Skilled Trades to Construction Business Owner with Adam Rushing

270

#180: The Blue Ocean 55+ Market & Land Development Tips with Paul Hanson

271

#179: Two Tips for Hiring Good People & The Gig Economy with David Broomhead

272

#178: Mindsets That Cause Profit Bleeds, The Gaps & Free Estimates

273

#177: Real Root Causes Behind the Productivity Crisis

274

#176: Preempt Punchlist Problems

275

#175: Insider Secrets About Financing with Giri Addanki

276

#174: 9 Productivity Hacks for Your Jobsites

277

#173: Behind the Scenes of the $800M Chicago Post Office Project

278

#172: How Real Estate Deals Get Financed with Michael Berke

279

#171: Growing a Drywall Business a Second Time with Mike McCallum

280

#170: Leadership and Business Lessons from Retired Army General Larry Harrington

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#169: Create Your Own Economic Stimulus Package with Jeff Heet

282

#168: Build Your Brand & Get Out of Your Comfort Zone with Tom Reber

283

#167: The Definition of Persistence with Kelly Hollatz

284

#166 How Marketing Affects Employee Retention & Turning Your Organization Inside-Out with Tim Brown

285

#165: Construction Law Masterclass with Attorney Bruce Inosencio

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164. Mistakes to Avoid & Opportunities to Pounce on During a Recession with Jonathan Slain

287

#163: Become a Hard Target for Failure & Destructive Behaviors to Avoid During a Crisis with Spencer Padgett

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#162: COVID-19 Stimulus Relief Funding for Contractors - Advice from Nicole Landau

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#161: The Coronavirus Opportunity, Flowing to Problems & Sharpening the Saw

290

#160: Why Homebuilder Scott Wentz Created Builders Bridge

291

#159: Do You Have a Labor Shortage or Is It Something Else?

292

#158: The Lynyrd Skynyrd Principle and Other Productivity Hacks

293

#157: Learning From Near Failure & Running a Family Business with Rob Lyttle

294

#156: 8 Profit Bleeds That Cause Really Busy Contractors to Lose Money

295

#155: Nail the Handoff and Other Ways to Maximize Profits

296

#154: From Electrician to Business Owner with Joel Krugjohann

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#153: How the Vietnam War Influenced Lean Construction with Greg Howell

298

#152: Will Your Business Go On If This Happens? Let's Talk Business Continuity.

299

#151: Resultophilia and Other Thinking Traps You Should Avoid

300

#150: Combat Leadership Principles That Apply to Construction with Todd Forsman

301

#149: Behind the Scenes of the Labor Crisis, Owning Your Weaknesses & Building Confidence with Kassidy Hazelton

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#148: The Death Ground Strategy and Pouring Concrete

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#147: Why Mega Projects Fail with Gaf Gaffen

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#146: Stop Sabotaging Your Finances with Jill Thomas

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#145: 57 Famous Alibis: Which Ones Do YOU Believe?

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#144: Don't Get Disrupted Like Blockbuster

307

#143: The Next Recession: Why Should You Look Forward to it with Jonathan Slain

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#142: Ten Life Changing Reasons to Join a Mastermind

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#141: Put Your Business Into Overdrive: The First Four Steps

310

#140: Access the Hidden Profits in Your Supply Chain with Felix Vasquez

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#139: Ten Ways Your Time is Worth $1,000 Per Hour

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#138: How You're Driving Away Customers & What Google Cares About with Jay Bean

313

#137: Get People Who Don't Like You to Do What You Want

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#136: How Billion Dollar Owners Think & Insights from GroundBreak 2019

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#135: Committed vs. Trying and Good Adversity with Thomas Andrews

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#134: Get Work Without Bidding & The $10,000 Phone Number with Toby Jones

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#133: The Best Business Development Strategy You've Never Tried...Plus Q&A

318

#132: Ownership is the Answer

319

#131: Cannabis Construction is a Minefield with Eamonn O'Kane

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#130: Master Your Unique Leader Voice & Growing Your Confidence with Leyah Valgardson

321

#129: Big Mistakes You Could Be Making With Worker's Comp with Jeff Heet

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#128: Custom Modular Homes on Islands & Growing Your Business with Video - Dave Cooper

323

#127: Debunking the Myths About Growing a Construction Business

324

#126: Systematize Your Business: Webinar Replay

325

#125: Unf*#$ Your Books with Spencer Sheinin

326

#124: Mistakes and Misconceptions to Avoid

327

#123: Most Problems are Systems Deficiencies

328

#122: Six Figure Advice I Ignored & Earning $1K per Hour

329

#121: Hidden Fears and Frustrations of Construction Business Owners

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#120: Doing Well By Doing Good with Charles Antis

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#119: Is Your Insurance Agent Actually Exposing You to These Risks? With Sean Mulhern

332

#118: The High Cost of Disengagement, Recognition Programs & "Safegagement" with Jennifer Woods

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#117: Avoid These Big Social Media Mistakes with Spencer Powell

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#116: Making the Jump Into Commercial & Creating Time with Jesse Lane

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#115: Millennials, The Skills Gap, Apprenticeship Programs and #ConcreteTough with Jereme Montgomery

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#114: Business Growth Strategies & The Power of a Good Team with Andy Near

337

#113: Financial Pitfalls, Accounting Mistakes to Avoid and Cash Flow Tips from Construction CFO Nicole Landau

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#112: What If You Lose The War For Talent & The Real Issues Behind the Labor Shortage with Josh Denton and Josh Munns

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#111: Social Media - Four Uses You May Be Missing Out On

340

#110: Spencer Padgett - Working with Architects, Surviving the Recession & $40k Candy Bars

341

#109: Disruption and Tech to Watch Out For with Devon Tilly

342

#108: Thinking About Starting a New Business, Before You Hire and Keystone Habits

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#107: The Builder Show: IBS 2019 Featured Exhibits, Talks & Tips for Eliminating Chaos

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#106: A Couple Running a Successful Business with Matt Jackson and Katyana Repas

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#105: The Deficiency Behind the Skilled Workforce Delusion

346

#104: Cash Flow Strategies & Self Sabotage: How to Quit Being Your Worst Enemy

347

#103: How Will You Get Out of Your Business? Succession and Exit Planning Strategies for Contractors

348

#102: Biggest Financial Mistakes & Where Cash Flow Problems Start - with Jessica Krause

349

#101: Get Your Thinking Right With Tom Reber

350

#100: Surprising Lessons from 2018, My Story and The Plan for 2019

351

#099: Acquiring a Construction Business and the Power of Transparency with Neil Sundresh

352

#098: Nine Mistakes That Are Killing Your Sales

353

#097: How to Hunt and Why Revenue is Vanity with Gerri Dominikos

354

#096: Building a Modular Home Building Business with Audree Grubesic

355

#095: Most Contractors are Designed to Fail: The Truth About the Skilled Labor Shortage with John Morris

356

#094: Stop Competing on Price: How to Avoid Being a Commodity with Jeff Echols

357

#079: Ten Activities Worth $1K Per Hour or More

358

#093: Symptoms of a Screwed Up Company Culture - with Kevin Monroe

359

#092: From Victoria's Secret to Construction Business Owner - Jean Ferreira

360

#91: Punch Anxiety and Overwhelm in the Face with Rituals

361

#090: Grow Your Construction Business by Tapping Into LinkedIn - with Ryan Lawson

362

#089: The Builder Schedule vs. Manager Schedule

363

#088: It's Not a Labor Problem...It's a Process Problem - with Gerry McCaughey

364

#087: Expert Sales Strategies and Tips for Women in Construction with Katie Roman

365

#086: Eliminating Chaos: How to Systematize Your Business...the RIGHT Way

366

#085: Fall in Love with Problems...Not Solutions - Andy Rosic

367

#084: Growing a Business by Shrinking Your Customer Base with Todd Staley

368

Episode 083: Dominic Rubino

369

#082: 37 Habits of self-destructive people

370

#081: Anchoring

371

#080: Growing Your Business With Online Marketing - Mitch Kenney

372

#078: The Lead Domino Principle

373

#077: Find The Right Formula and Turn The Crank

374

#076: Why Your Safety Program Fails and The Science It Ignores

375

#075: Money is a Means to an End: Scaling Your Business with Aaron Fairchild

376

#074: Biggest Employment Mistakes, OSHA Defense & Marijuana with Construction Attorney Philip Siegel

377

#073: Your Biggest Problems Aren't Really "Problems"

378

#072: How Brian King Grew His Company to $100 Million

379

#071: Growing a Business to $20 million by Empowering People with Andy Boyd

380

#070: Tips From an HR Expert on Solving Your Labor Challenges

381

#069: The Problem With Architects and Engineers, and What To Do About It

382

#068: Making the Jump From the Field to the Office with CBA Member Roy Garner

383

#067: Top 10 Ways Business Owners Can Make This The Best Year Ever

384

#066: Failure and Resistance

385

#065: Think "Right to Left" to Drive Revenue, Deliver Projects on Time and Achieve Your Goals

386

#064: Tax Secrets for Contractors and the Most Expensive Tax Mistakes You Could Be Making

387

#063: Outsourcing, Starting Your Business on the Side & Micromanagers

388

#062: The Entrepreneurial Myth - Do you have to own a business to be entrepreneurial?

389

#061: Selling for Contractors: Talk Less About You and Talk More About Value

390

#060: Empowered Execution & the Project Leader Boot Camp opportunity

391

#059: The Skilled Workforce Illusion, What Good Leaders Look Like & How To Find Them

392

#058: Why Successful Contractors Self-Destruct

393

#057: Owner's Rep Secrets: What the good ones focus on and the hot buttons contractors need to focus on

394

#056: When Is The Right Time To Take The Leap & How To Pick A Niche With Dan Harbin, Founder of Redwood Builders

395

#055: Dan Parish Went From Finish Carpenter to CEO, and He Started During a Recession

396

#054: Starting a construction company, growing it with Google and negotiation tactics with Jonah Canter

397

#053: Money Is Made in the Office...Not the Field - Randal DeHart

398

#052: Business Startup & The Business Case for Diversity - Michael Hatcher

399

#051: The Importance of Taking Action with Ryan Michler

400

#050: Creating skilled labor when you can't find it - Shawn Van Dyke

401

#049: How to keep and find construction talent with Eli White of Bravo Recruiters

402

#048: The skilled construction workforce shortage - how to solve your manpower problem

403

#047: Entrepreneur Story - David Moody of C.D. Moody Construction

404

#046: Jennifer Lanzetti - Survivor In Real Life and Business

405

#045: Business Startup Story - David King of RollTheLex Painting

406

#044: Randy Hall CEO of Batson-Cook and former micromanager

407

#043: Growing your people and building relationships with large contractors - Guy Sanders of DPR Construction

408

#042: Origins of Lean Construction with Greg Howell

409

#041:How to eliminate waste and accelerate your schedule 7-12% with Ken Stowe

410

#040: The Lean Last Planner System and the "Firefighter" Problem

411

#039: How To Make Your Competition Look Like Idiots

412

#038: The Entrepreneurial Estimator

413

#037: Strategic Thinking With Will Hodges, President of Cadence McShane Construction

414

#036: Joint Ventures and Partnering With Large Contractors

415

#035: Company culture, transparency and speed of trust with Jim Johnson, CEO of GE Johnson Construction Co.

416

#034 Construction Tech You Probably Didn't Know Existed

417

#033 The Top 10 Mistakes To Avoid When Dealing With Conflict

418

#032 Counter terrorism strategies for business

419

#031: The Unimportance of Practically Everything You Do

420

#030: Unresolved Conflict - The Hidden Costs Are Alarming

421

#029 Leverage Your Labor Force | Construction Business Accelerator Part 2

422

#28 Dan Conery From Newforma.com

423

#27: Mallorie Brodie from GoBridgit.com

424

026 Cesar Abeid from the Construction Industry Podcast and Project Management For You

425

#25 Eliminate Ticket Starvation

426

#024: Former Marine Nick Baucom Rebounds from Bankruptcy and Builds Successful Business

427

#023: How Torrey Hawkins has nearly doubled Angler Construction in the last year

428

#022: How To Grow A Construction Business In An Impossible Situation

429

#021: How To Create A Safety Culture

430

#020: How To Respond To A Construction Project Crisis

431

#019: Why We Had To Quit

432

#018: Construction App Guru Rob McKinney

433

#017: Lean Meeting Hacks - How to make your meetings suck less.

434

#016: Emotional Intelligence for Contractors with Brent Darnell

435

#015: Limiting Beliefs – 6 steps to reverse them and get unstuck

436

#014: Lean Construction Basics – Dan Heinemeier of The Lean Construction Institute

437

#013: My Leadership Magna Carta - How I think about leadership

438

#012: Leading Through Organizational Change (Growth, Downsizing, Transition, etc.)

439

#011: Ten Keys for Decision Making

440

010_What_Project_Owners_Want_with_Kevin_Lewis_of_Construction_Owners_Association_of_America.mp3

441

#009: Five Ways To Systematize Your Construction Business

442

#008: Surety Bonding Basics for Contractors

443

#007: Core Values and Alignment with CEO Bob Brown

444

#006: Strategies for Contractors to Get Paid Faster

445

#005: How to Never Fire Another Employee

446

#004: Steve Armstrong President of SG Blocks on Raising Capital and Taking Your Company Public

447

#003: Genius Level Sales and Marketing for Construction Pros with Bobby Darnell

448

#002: Burn The Ships! Torrey Hawkins Started A Business in 2008

449

#001: 7 Keys to Dealing With Construction Change Orders