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The buildings and infrastructure you see all around you started with a single thought. That thought was communicated to people who then built with skill and hard work. Without that thought, nothing would be created. Just like how those buildings started with a thought, your thoughts and your mindset also play a critical role when it comes to the success of your business.
Your thoughts dictate your actions and behavior. Without having control over your mindset, you can make poor decisions in critical situations that will affect you, your clients and even how your employees perceive you as their leader. What can you do to gain greater control? That's what we're here to find out in this Construction Genius episode as Casey Grey, founder of The Conscious Builder, shares with us how your mindset can make a difference to the way you manage your employees and your clients.
Be a master of your mindset by tuning in to this episode.
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About the Guest:
Casey Grey is the founder of The Conscious Builder, an award-winning sustainable building company. With two decades of construction experience and over a decade of entrepreneurial experience, he now helps construction companies build homes in a more conscious manner. He hosts The Conscious Builder Podcast and is currently co-authoring a book with Kevin Harrington from The Shark Tank.
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As a construction executive, devoting all or much of your time to work is normal. After all, you need to adhere to some strict schedules and deadlines.But what you don't realize is that in putting yourself under immense pressure, you may be on the path to emotional, mental, and physical exhaustion.
In this fast-paced environment, you may feel the need to do everything all at once in as little amount of time as possible. However, the tighter your schedule becomes, the more rushed everything seems to be, the harder it is for you to make rational decisions.
In this week's Construction Genius episode, we examine the daily routine of one of the best commanders in World War II, Field Marshal and 1st Viscount William Slim, and apply the lessons that we learn to our daily lives.
Don't be too hard on yourself. Tune in to this episode.
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One thing that all business owners need to face is that one day, we all need to pass the baton on to the next generation. However, for someone who has built his or her business from the ground up, it might not be the easiest thing to do.
Succession planning is something that business owners tend to avoid. After all, giving away something that they've worked so hard to build to someone else is a tough decision. But what they don't realize is that it's something that they all need to do. And the earlier you can mold the next generation to be able to value your business as much as you do, the better. In this week's Construction Genius episode, Shone Freeman joins us to share the value of succession planning and what you can do to make the shift easier for you.
Frame the future of your business by tuning in to this episode now.
What's Discussed in This Episode:
About the Guest:
Shone Freeman is the President of S.R. Freeman, one of the biggest construction companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. From his humble beginnings as an expert carpenter, he was known as the best framer in the business. Founding his company in 1992, he has since scaled his company over the next two decades and has become well-valued in the community.
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As a construction company, your expertise lies in building. But what most contractors fail to realize is that it is also a business that requires good management of the flow of money.
Cash is what drives all businesses. It is vital to the survival and success of every company. But more often than not, contractors put cash flow issues on the backburner and focus on issues that they find easier or more urgent. In this week's Construction Genius episode, I talk with Patrick Hogan, CEO and co-founder of Handle.com, about the importance of good cash flow management and what you, as a construction executive, can do to improve cash flow in your business.
Tune in and learn how to master your micro-economy by managing your cash.
What's Discussed in This Episode:
About the Guest:
Patrick Hogan grew up in a lumber business family and is an expert in construction payments.
Patrick graduated from UC Hastings Law School and is a licensed California attorney. Patrick is the CEO of Handle.com which helps contractors and suppliers improve cash flow and protect payment rights. Patrick will share the latest trends in cash flow management and discuss the secrets to successful cash flow and payment protection within the construction industry.
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Every entrepreneur recognizes the challenges involved when starting a business—funding, workforce, looking for the right niche, and many more! This is why getting a business running requires that leap of faith, patience, and a whole lot of support.
It usually takes several years to build a business from the ground up and construction startups may find it especially difficult to be competitive since most of their competition in the industry are already deeply rooted in the community. However, by choosing the right people to work with, the right niche, and proper financing, you can bump up your company's growth. In this week's Construction Genius episode, we have Walt Stahl, company president of The Stahl Companies, to inspire us with his entrepreneurial journey from being a State employee to being a president of a prestigious company.
Tune in to this episode.
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About the Guest:
Walt Stahl is a leader in the construction management business. Starting as a Chief Compliance Officer for California's Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD), he is now the president of The Stahl Companies, one of the leading construction and project management companies for the healthcare industry in Sacramento, California. With 20 years of being in business, Walt Stahl has mastered the ins and outs of the construction management business.
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An ideal strategic plan can help scale your business and take you to where you want it to be in the coming years. But without clear priorities set into it, it may take longer than anticipated to achieve sustained business success.
This week's podcast episode is the fourth and last part of the Triangle One-Page Planning Process series. Today, we'll examine how to create an efficient system in building your construction business by identifying your priorities as we cover:
Be smart about dealing with every aspect of your business by listening to this episode now!
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You can start your construction business today and be like the rest of the businesses in the market. But with careful and refined planning, you can set yourself apart from the competition.
This week's episode marks Part 3 of the four-part series on the Triangle One-Page Planning Process. Today, we'll focus on how to build sustained success in the construction industry. I will cover:
Be unique! Craft your strategic plan and grow your business exponentially by listening to this podcast episode now!
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Most leaders set career goals, whether it's becoming a senior partner or a company executive. But the journey towards achieving those goals is the biggest challenge that we actually face.
In this week's podcast episode, I have a great discussion with Eric Jones, President, and CEO of Foushée. We talked about his journey from the Naval academy to construction, and how he went in headstrong and gathered experience along the way as he traveled the leadership path towards eventual partnership in his company. We explore the importance of letting go of your ego in making important decisions and how he steered the company towards success when he became CEO. We also discuss how Eric's journey has prepared him to help the next generation of Foushée leaders travel a similar route with the goal of being the third generation of Foushée partners.
Tune in to this episode and learn how to remain unfazed and steadfast in your goal and ultimately build the path towards success.
What's Discussed in This Episode:
Eric Jones is the president and CEO of Foushée, a commercial and general contractor based in the greater Seattle area that focuses on pre-construction and construction management for offices, automobile dealerships, parking garages, and athletic clubs.
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Each person has a unique personality. Companies are made up of people, and each company has a unique personality, or way of behaving.
This week marks Part 2 of our four-part series explaining the Triangle One Page Planning Process. In this episode, we'll focus on how to discover and leverage your company's unique personality. I will cover:
Start leveraging your company's unique personality to your advantage and stand out from the rest of the competition by listening to today's podcast episode.
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Do you need help clarifying your company's unique personality? You could benefit from engaging an expert meeting facilitator that knows construction.
Here's what Vance Lancaster, Vice President of Lancaster-Burns says about working with Eric on the Triangle One Page Plan process:
You helped us understand what our Purpose, Personality, Plan, and Priority is. We probably had an opportunity to do this 10 years ago, but we didn't take it. I can't imagine how much further along we'd be if we had.
It's now a tool we use in every personnel review, conversation, quarterly meeting, and interview. It's a foundation of what this organization is about, and we use it to help everybody understand that.
Clients come in and we use this triangle to help them understand what type of contractor we are.
To chat with Eric about if and how he can help go to his website: www.ericanderton.com/contact
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In the construction industry there are many strategies to generate and increase profits, including safety. However, with some construction companies, instead of creating a balance, we see a pendulum that swings between productivity and safety, undermining the truth that a safe company is a profitable company.
In this week's podcast episode, I have a great conversation with Larry Markham, co-owner and founder of SAFE (Safety Associates For Employers, LLC). He stresses the importance of prioritizing safety in the workplace and how it affects profitability, how the safety culture starts at the top and how CEOs can demonstrate this culture personally to their employees. We also talk about making the right financial investments when it comes to safety, and what the safety culture will look like in 5-10 years from now.
Tune in to this episode and gain valuable insights regarding the need for a safety culture in the construction industry.
What's Discussed in This Episode:
About the Guest:
Larry's health and safety experiences began in 1978 operating his own businesses. He values quality health and safety compliance and training for employees and subcontractors to better control liability and workers compensation insurance costs affecting bottom-line profit.
In 2011, Larry began training employees and sub-contractors in body mechanics, lifting and stretching warm-up exercises to reduce injuries. He understands challenges employers face with constantly changing regulations to running a profitable business. He assists companies of all sizes in private, public, government, military and mining projects. No job is too big or small.
With a passion for health and safety, Larry, and his wife Cathy, formed SAFE- Safety Associates For Employers, LLC to provide Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety Compliance, Education, Staffing and Training. They offer services to Construction, General Industry and Mining combined with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Working for business owners and decision-makers, Larry and Cathy deliver results that enhance and improve employee attitudes, efficiency, leadership, performance, profitability, and quality by promoting the value of workplace safety.
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