EPISODE 302: Is it good for husband and wife to do business together?

In this week’s episode, Construction Leading Edge Director of Customer Success Leyah Hostetter sits with two of our Systematize Your Construction Business (SYCB) program students–Aaron and Ashley Steffens.

Aaron and Ashley are the husband and wife dynamic duo behind Moose Ridge Design-Build Construction, a custom remodeling company based in Iowa.

Today, they talk about their challenges running a construction business as a busy married couple. They share what they did to solve those challenges and what life looks like now after they went through the SYCB program.

Let’s get started!

Key Takeaways:

Introduction (00:00)

Meet Aaron and Ashley Steffens (06:22)

Difficulties that Aaron and Ashley had with their remodeling business (07:21)

What does it look like being married and working in the same company (09:04)

Main takeaways from the SYCB program (10:36)

The most beneficial change for their business (17:05)

How project templates move their business (17:56)

What does life look like now? (18:48)

Why say no to wrong clients (21:56)

Additional Resources:

- Apply for your FREE customized blueprint of the 5 Piece Bridge to Escape Operations HERE

- Join the FREE Get Paid for Estimates Masterclass HERE

- Hear our clients' success stories HERE 

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EPISODE 301: Have you ever rolled out a new process to your team only to be disappointed by how few people followed it? Perhaps, you thought about hiring new people and starting a clean slate at one point.

In this week’s episode, I will pull the veil back on some of the real reasons why your team won’t change. And you’d be surprised to know that many of these reasons have very little to do with them.

Today, I’ll break down the five real reasons why your team resists changes, some research studies to back these claims, and concrete action plans that you can apply in your construction business so you can get out of the day-to-day firefighting and make your business run without you.

Let’s jump right into it!

Key Takeaways:

Introduction (00:00)

A lesson I learned while managing a $20M project (03:10)

Understanding psychological reactance (06:47)

The why and WIIFM deficiencies (12:00)

Uncovering the competing commitment concept (16:44)

The four-part process of holding a competing commitment (22:19)

Kanter’s Law: everything looks like a failure in the middle (32:29)

The shiny object syndrome (36:25)

Quick episode recap (41:33)

Action plan to get your team to change (43:10)

Additional Resources:

- Join the FREE Get Paid for Estimates Masterclass HERE

- Hear our clients' success stories HERE 

- Book a FREE call with our team HERE

- Visit Construction Leading Edge for more HERE

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EPISODE 300: What if there’s one simple document that would tell you everything you need to know about hiring and retaining new employees? What if that same document would help increase your new hire retention by 82% and productivity by 70%? 

In this week’s episode, I’ll share a webinar replay I did recently. Here, you’ll learn the five secrets of hiring and retaining the right employees.

We'll uncover the three foundational pieces missing in most construction businesses, how these sabotage your hiring process, why your job descriptions could set up your new hires to fail, and what you can do instead.

Plus, download a FREE copy of our onboarding guide and learn how you can apply it to your construction business so you’d never have a bad hire again. (Link is in the additional resources section below.) 

Let’s dive in!

Key Takeaways:

Introduction (00:00)

The onboarding roadmap (06:30)

Pretend that you're from Missouri (13:05)

The Big Five concept (18:47)

Outcomes of a well-designed Big Five (26:03)

Get over your fears (29:21)

Fix your missing foundations (36:24)

Quick recap (45:58)

Action plan (46:42)

Episode wrap-up (49:42)

Additional Resources:

- Download the FREE onboarding guide HERE

- Join the FREE Get Paid for Estimates Masterclass HERE

- Hear our clients' success stories HERE 

- Book a FREE call with our team HERE

- Visit Construction Leading Edge for more HERE

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EPISODE 299: What does it take to grow a successful custom home building company?

In today's episode, we've invited a Systematize Your Construction Business (SYCB) client, Alex Gregg, a teacher-turned-construction-business-owner of Gregg Homebuilding, a Tennessee-based company specializing in custom-built and spec homes.

Today, Alex shares the key concepts that moved the needle for his custom home building business and how he became a better leader.

He also talks about how his company was able to switch from giving away free estimates to charging pre-construction services agreements, the major takeaways he had from joining SYCB, and more.

Make sure to tune in so you won't miss it!

Key Takeaways:

Introduction (00:00)

From teaching to homebuilding (01:07)

What was it like starting a construction company in 2008? (04:19)

Spec vs. custom home building (05:48)

Misconceptions about custom home building (09:26)

Keys to  growing a successful custom building  business (13:57)

The truth about giving away free estimates (16:52)

The Kent Hooper story (20:28)

Why is it important for Alex to become a better leader? (27:07)

Delegating outcomes vs. delegating tasks (32:07)

The biggest problems that Alex had before joining SYCB (36:01) 

What is nailing the handoff and its impact on Alex's business? (52:43)

The turning-the-tables concept (56:29)

Working ON vs. working IN (58:03)

The 3 key concepts that grew his construction business (59:27)

Life after implementing what he learned from SYCB (1:07:53)

His most valuable takeaway as being part of the CEO Alliance (1:11:41)

The biggest truth about running a business  (1:16:06)

Rapid-fire lightning round questions (1:19:20)

Additional Resources:

- Join the FREE Get Paid for Estimates Masterclass HERE

- Hear our clients' success stories HERE 

- Book a FREE call with our team HERE

- Visit Construction Leading Edge for more HERE

Connect with Alex

- Follow Gregg Homebuilding on Instagram HERE

- Visit their website for more information HERE

Books Mentioned

- Traction: Get A Grip On Your Business by Gino Wickman

- Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink & Leif Babin

- The Ultimate Sales Machine by Chet Holmes, Jay Conrad Levinson, Michael Gerber, and Amanda Holmes

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