Creating clear standards and real accountability with one filter: if it doesn’t work on the floor, it doesn’t belong in the program.

Matt Wyatt is a trade-qualified leader with over 30 years in the heavy vehicle industry. He started as an apprentice, worked through operational and national leadership roles, and has spent the last 15 years focused on developing people.

In this conversation, we get into:

• Stepping out of firefighting mode and finding solutions

• Holding the line on standards across numerous teams

• What most trade businesses get wrong when developing apprentices

• Why you need to develop stronger relationships as a leader

Chapters:

0:00 Meet Matt Wyatt

1:56 Setting Standards and Building Trust

4:56 Earning Respect from your Team

6:10 Sharing the Big Picture

7:31 How to Stop Fighting Fires

9:16 Delivering Training That Sticks

11:38 How KPIs Can Hurt Apprentices

14:03 Creating Change from the Ground Up

16:34 Maintain Standards Across Numerous Job Sites

18:51 The Aha Moment in Training

20:11 Demonstrate Leadership Everyday

21:40 Wrap Up

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If you want to connect with Matt, you can reach him via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathew-w-30903b82/