In the construction industry, you face tight schedules, flaring tempers, and an endless list of other pressures. So stress must be an unavoidable part of the job, right? 

Wrong. It is possible to work without stress! On today’s episode of No Bullshit, Alex will teach you exactly how to balance the everyday life pressures both on the job site and off the clock. It’s important to remember that life is a marathon, and your emotional well-being is critical to staying healthy and living it to the fullest. 

Building on our last episode, you’ll hear how each color personality naturally responds to stress, so if you haven’t found out which category you fall into, click the link below to take the 4 Lenses Assessment before we get started.

What to look for in today’s episode:

• The two traditional approaches to stress
• How pressure, stress, rumination, and reflection relate to one another
• The eight areas of pressure management
• The power of neutral thinking

In our final segment, The Frame Out, Alex will review everything discussed in our second episode and leave you with a few final challenges for your week.

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Helpful Links

4 Lenses Assessment 

Work without Stress by Derek Roger

Life Change Index Scale (Stress List Score)

In the construction industry, you face tight schedules, flaring tempers, and an endless list of other pressures. So stress must be an unavoidable part of the job, right? 

Wrong. It is possible to work without stress! On today’s episode of No Bullshit, Alex will teach you exactly how to balance the everyday life pressures both on the job site and off the clock. It’s important to remember that life is a marathon, and your emotional well-being is critical to staying healthy and living it to the fullest. 

Building on our last episode, you’ll hear how each color personality naturally responds to stress, so if you haven’t found out which category you fall into, click the link below to take the 4 Lenses Assessment before we get started.

What to look for in today’s episode:

• The two traditional approaches to stress
• How pressure, stress, rumination, and reflection relate to one another
• The eight areas of pressure management
• The power of neutral thinking

In our third segment, The Foundation, Alex will describe the final three areas of pressure management: Detached coping, sensitivity, and flexibility. Unlike in The Level, you want to achieve high scores in all three of these areas to successfully mitigate stress.

Tune in to the final segment, The Frame Out, to hear about how critical it is to live in the present and frame your challenges through neutral thinking. 

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Helpful Links

4 Lenses Assessment 

Work without Stress by Derek Roger

Life Change Index Scale (Stress List Score)

In the construction industry, you face tight schedules, flaring tempers, and an endless list of other pressures. So stress must be an unavoidable part of the job, right? 

Wrong. It is possible to work without stress! On today’s episode of No Bullshit, Alex will teach you exactly how to balance the everyday life pressures both on the job site and off the clock. It’s important to remember that life is a marathon, and your emotional well-being is critical to staying healthy and living it to the fullest. 

Building on our last episode, you’ll hear how each color personality naturally responds to stress, so if you haven’t found out which category you fall into, click the link below to take the 4 Lenses Assessment before we get started.

What to look for in today’s episode:

• The two traditional approaches to stress
• How pressure, stress, rumination, and reflection relate to one another
• The eight areas of pressure management
• The power of neutral thinking

In our second segment, The Level, it’s time to hear about five of the eight key areas of pressure management. The five include rumination, emotional inhibition, toxic achieving, avoidance coping, and perfect control. The same rules in golf apply to these first five, we want you to have low scores in these areas. 

Keep listening in order to reach The Foundation, where you’ll hear about the remaining three areas of pressure management.

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Helpful Links

4 Lenses Assessment 

Work without Stress by Derek Roger

Life Change Index Scale (Stress List Score) 

In the construction industry, you face tight schedules, flaring tempers, and an endless list of other pressures. So stress must be an unavoidable part of the job, right? 

Wrong. It is possible to work without stress! On today’s episode of No Bullshit, Alex will teach you exactly how to balance the everyday life pressures both on the job site and off the clock. It’s important to remember that life is a marathon, and your emotional well-being is critical to staying healthy and living it to the fullest. 

Building on our last episode, you’ll hear how each color personality naturally responds to stress, so if you haven’t found out which category you fall into, click the link below to take the 4 Lenses Assessment before we get started.

What to look for in today’s episode: 

• The two traditional approaches to stress 
• How pressure, stress, rumination, and reflection relate to one another
• The eight areas of pressure management 
• The power of neutral thinking

In our first segment, The Takeoff, Alex will start off by outlining key stress signs to keep an eye out for in yourself and your teammates. Once identified, you can take the proper steps to address the stress directly. You will also be challenged to pull back and look at the bigger picture to gain control within high-pressure situations. And finally, you’ll find out how stress actually is developed, because it doesn’t just happen! 

Hit play on our next segment, The Level, to hear about some of the eight areas of pressure management. 

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Helpful Links

4 Lenses Assessment 

Work without Stress by Derek Roger

Life Change Index Scale (Stress List Score) 

What is one of the largest challenges frontline construction leaders share across the country? 

The answer is people. Whether it involves figuring out how to motivate workers on tough jobs, solving issues that come up on-site, or aligning everyone on the same page to reach a common goal, people, are tough. Ultimately, many find themselves asking “how do I bring the best out of myself and the best out of the ones around me?” 

On our first episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, take a deep dive into the four different personalities that every human being falls into, and how to be an effective leader to each one. Alex learned about the 4 Lenses Assessment over 10 years ago, and is sharing it with you today. 

The assessments determine if a person’s blue, green, orange or gold. The concept, created from the research of the Myers Briggs’ Personality Type Indicator, is aimed at building better and stronger relationships through effective communication. To find out what color your personality is, click this link.

After tuning in, you’ll have:

• Found out what personality YOU are
• Discovered the largest motivating factors for each personality color
• Learned how to foster healthy collaboration among diverse personalities
• Unlocked the first door to mastering people

In our final segments, The Foundation and The Frame Out, Alex is going to help you look beyond yourself and your own perspective to see the people around you for who they are. It’s really tough to put your ego aside and step into someone else’s shoes, but as you’ll find out, it’s critical to understanding how to master people and become a great leader. Alex will also summarize all the previous segments for you at the end in case you missed anything. 

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the show goes live.

What is one of the largest challenges frontline construction leaders share across the country? 

The answer is people. Whether it involves figuring out how to motivate workers on tough jobs, solving issues that come up on-site, or aligning everyone on the same page to reach a common goal, people, are tough. Ultimately, many find themselves asking “how do I bring the best out of myself and the best out of the ones around me?” 

On our first episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, take a deep dive into the four different personalities that every human being falls into, and how to be an effective leader to each one. Alex learned about the 4 Lenses Assessment over 10 years ago, and is sharing it with you today. 

The assessments determine if a person’s blue, green, orange or gold. The concept, created from the research of the Myers Briggs’ Personality Type Indicator, is aimed at building better and stronger relationships through effective communication. To find out what color your personality is, click this link.

After tuning in, you’ll have:

• Found out what personality YOU are
• Discovered the largest motivating factors for each personality color
• Learned how to foster healthy collaboration among diverse personalities
• Unlocked the first door to mastering people

In our second segment, The Level, it’s time to find out how to succeed as the head coach of your construction team. And while you might have many goals on the construction site, as head coach, your one job is to win. So Alex is going to challenge you here to think about how to dial up and down your own personality style to interact better with your unique team. 

Make sure to hit play on our final segment, The Foundation & The Frame Out, to find out how to reach your number one goal as head coach of your construction team

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the show goes live.

What is one of the largest challenges frontline construction leaders share across the country? 

The answer is people. Whether it involves figuring out how to motivate workers on tough jobs, solving issues that come up on-site, or aligning everyone on the same page to reach a common goal, people, are tough. Ultimately, many find themselves asking “how do I bring the best out of myself and the best out of the ones around me?” 

On our first episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, take a deep dive into the four different personalities that every human being falls into, and how to be an effective leader to each one. Alex learned about the 4 Lenses Assessment over 10 years ago, and is sharing it with you today. 

The assessments determine if a person’s blue, green, orange or gold. The concept, created from the research of the Myers Briggs’ Personality Type Indicator, is aimed at building better and stronger relationships through effective communication. To find out what color your personality is, click this link. 

After tuning in, you’ll have:

• Found out what personality YOU are
• Discovered the largest motivating factors for each personality color
• Learned how to foster healthy collaboration among diverse personalities
• Unlocked the first door to mastering people

On our first segment, The Takeoff, Alex goes deep on all four personalities. Starting off with how they think and the way they prefer to work, going all the way to what they like to avoid and how they’re motivated. He will also break down how each color is represented in the construction industry. 

Make sure to hit play on our next segment, The Level, to find out how to reach your number one goal as head coach of your construction team. 

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the show goes live.

Welcome to No Bullshit with Alex Willis: The Go-To Source for Leaders in Construction. 

On the show, you’ll hear the real talk from on and off the job site and learn how to wield leadership tools critical to building your success.

Your host, Alex Willis, is a former Florida Gator who now leads the team at Leadership Surge. He’s worked directly with more than 1,500 executives, foreman leaders and frontline team members to help embed the values of diversity and inclusion in every area of the leadership mindset.  

Throughout every episode, Alex is going to challenge you to reframe the relationships you have with the people you work with in order to help you:

• Communicate effectively
• Motivate reluctant people
• Strengthen your leadership capabilities
• Reduce stress & conflict on the job site
• Teach challenging learners
• Create stronger relationships

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the show goes live.