The Construction Leading Edge Podcast

There's a goldmine of opportunities to find customers, employees and subcontractors...and very few contractors know about it.

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What you’ll learn in this construction podcast episode:

  • Three ways construction business owners and leaders can use LinkedIn to solve their problems and grow their business.
  • The  most common misconceptions about LinkedIn.
  • A strategy you can use to generate leads and even get people to contact you about doing business with them.
  • Why you might want to take advantage of this approach...before others find out about it.

How to contact Ryan Lawson of Master Messaging:

Ryan's email: rlawson@mastermessaging.com

www.mastermessaging.com

Resources mentioned in this construction podcast:

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Free video series: Secrets of Successful Contractors

Free Strategy Call – Own a construction business? Click here to schedule your free strategy session with Todd Dawalt.

Direct download: 090_LinkedIn_Ryan_Lawson.mp3
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Builders and managers operate on different schedules, and when the two collide it causes problems with productivity, quality, and employee engagement.

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What you’ll learn in this construction podcast episode:

  • What you may be doing to sabotage your crews' productivity and quality, without even knowing it.
  • Why a 30 minute meeting can blow half a day.
  • The concept of "attention residue" and how it shows up on construction sites.
  • Why "batching" communication is such a good idea.
  • The fundamental difference between the way builders and managers break up their days.
  • What you can do (and stop doing) to make your crews more productive.
  • Why flipping your organizational chart is such a good idea.
  • Why you should give your people permission to NOT answer the phone.

Resources mentioned in this construction podcast:

Get your free 10 day trial of The Construction Business Accelerator

Free video series: Secrets of Successful Contractors

Free Strategy Call – Own a construction business? Click here to schedule your free strategy session with Todd Dawalt.

Direct download: 089_Builder_Schedule_vs_Manager_Schedule.mp3
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We're handcuffing our people by forcing them to use a process that hasn't changed in 100 years.  We need to address our process and productivity...not just find more people.

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What you’ll learn in this construction podcast episode:

  • If we don't really have a skilled labor shortage, then what's the problem?
  • The seven most dangerous words in the English language.
  • What is "FIOSS" and how is it disrupting the residential framing industry?
  • The difference between FIOSS and prefabrication.
  • There's a fundamental problem with the way we build projects that incentivizes people to do the wrong thing.  What is it?
  • Why you need to communicate with your field crews like they are machines.

Resources mentioned in this construction podcast:

Get your free 10 day trial of The Construction Business Accelerator

Free video series: Secrets of Successful Contractors

Free Strategy Call – Own a construction business? Click here to schedule your free strategy session with Todd Dawalt.

How you can contact Gerry McCaughey

Company website - www.entekra.com

Gerry's email - gerry(at)entekra.com

Direct download: 088_Gerry_McCaughey.mp3
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