Welcome to Grit Nation. 

I’m Joe Cadwell the host of the show, and in this episode, I have the pleasure of speaking with jobsite foreman, self-taught communication expert and author of two books on construction leadership, Brian Lousy.

Brian landed on the literary scene with a thud in early 2016 with his book, The Mind-Readers Guide to Supervision, in which he introduced the practice of managing construction projects by intentionally holding back production goals and expectations from his crews. 

In this book Brian promotes a supervisory style that requires workers to use their ability to mindread or guess what their foreman or supervisor’s thoughts are, in order to get their work done. 

Now after selling nearly a half- dozen copies, he is back with his second work titled, 

Git-er Did Dummy: A Guide to Leadership the Lousy Way. 

In Git-er Did Dummy, Brian again introduces a unique and unconventional style of leadership, by claiming that a crew’s loyalty and respect can be achieved by using the hazing, belittling, and dismissive behavior techniques taught in his book.

We’ll open our conversation by learning why Brian wanted to write Get-er Did and the philosophy behind it. 

Next, we’ll discuss why Brian feels most leadership programs are a waste of time and why he invented the acronym R.A.G.E to deal with conflict resolution on the jobsite and at home.

Brian will then explain why effective leadership communication shouldn’t rely so much on calm, rational and respectful discourse, but more on the volume of your voice.

And we end our conversation by learning why Brian believes derogatory name calling on the job can be an effective tool in inspiring others to reach their fullest potential. 

And in case you're still  wondering if this is real. It's not. Happy April 1st

The Show Notes

Below are links to leadership programs  that may actually help your career.

Breslin Strategies
https://breslin.biz/

Inspire Your People
https://www.inspireyourpeople.com/

Walk the Talk
https://www.walkthetalk.com/

Tihsllub Industries
Innovators of nano-technology self drive construction fasteners

Union Home Plus
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