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The Construction Leading Edge Podcast

This podcast is dedicated to helping construction business owners eliminate chaos, maximize profit, and reclaim their freedom. Designed for leaders who are ready to step out of the daily grind and take control of their business, The Construction Leading Edge Podcast delivers actionable strategies on systematization, time management, increasing profitability, and business growth. Whether it"s stopping profit bleeds, building high-performing teams, or creating systems that allow your business to run

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29:50

Manufacturing Adversity and Burning the Ships | E296

The Construction Leading Edge Podcast ·

2023/07/17

EPISODE 296: Adversity has a remarkable way of bringing out the best in you, which is exactly what happens when you start burning the ships. This act becomes a symbol of your unwavering commitment to your goals. When those ships go up in flames, all means of escape vanish, leaving no safety net or fallback plan behind. Through this situation, success becomes a matter of life or death, and the only way forward is through sheer determination, resilience, and perseverance. The question is: are you

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37:13

Escaping the Free Estimate Trap and Indoctrinating...

The Construction Leading Edge Podcast ·

2023/07/10

EPISODE 295: Do you ever wonder if you can get paid for estimates even when doing small home building, remodeling, or commercial projects? In today's episode, we've invited one of our Masterclass students, Bobby Williams, president and CEO at BGW Construction in Indiana. Today, Bobby shares his experience after joining our Get Paid for Estimates Masterclass. He talks about some of the biggest problems with giving out free estimates, why it's high time you start charging for pre-construction work,

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34:46

How to Red Team Your Construction Business to Make it...

The Construction Leading Edge Podcast ·

2023/06/28

EPISODE 294: How resilient is your construction business? And what should you do as a business leader to mitigate the risks? There is a military and business strategy called red teaming. Basically, it allows an organization to expose its weak points and stress test plans and strategies to counter them. So in today's episode, we’ll dive deep into what a red team is, why you should use it, and some tools to help you red team your construction business to make it more resilient. Plus, we also have

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49:02

How to Get a Check From the IRS: Tax Credits Your CPA...

The Construction Leading Edge Podcast ·

2023/06/19

EPISODE 293: Did you know your construction business could be entitled to a whopping six-figure check (or more) from the IRS? For others, that may sound too good to be true, but yes, construction business owners can get significant cash incentives from the federal government. Large companies routinely take advantage of these cash incentives, yet most small companies like yours don't even know these benefits exist. Why is it so? In today's episode, we are joined by Justin Rupple of Business Group

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01:05:32

How to Use Femininity to Nail the Handoff Process in...

The Construction Leading Edge Podcast ·

2023/06/12

EPISODE 292: What is it like to be a woman in construction? In this empowering episode, our Director of Customer Success, Leyah Valgardson, sits down with Sunkota Construction's Marketing and Business Development officer and co-business owner, Amy Rans. Today, Leyah and Amy delve into the fascinating role of women in the construction world and the truth about what it's really like to be a woman thriving in a traditionally male-dominated field. Amy also shares how she rebranded Sunkota Construction

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58:57

The Burnout Cycle & Letting Go of Control with Josh...

The Construction Leading Edge Podcast ·

2023/06/05

EPISODE 291: Do you feel like you're in this endless burnout cycle? Our guest for today indeed felt that way. He was getting used to taking a mini break and then coming back into the same rut repeatedly. But he has finally decided to get away with it. How was he able to break that cycle after sixteen long years? Well, you're about to find out. In this week's episode, Systematize Your Construction Business (SYCB) coach Monish Khadye sits down with Josh Fravel of Fravel Home Improvements. Today, Josh

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33:43

Stop Trying & Stopping Profit Bleeds with Ashley...

The Construction Leading Edge Podcast ·

2023/05/29

EPISODE 290: The reason you're not making any progress toward your goals is that you're trying. And I'm not saying you're trying too hard, but the problem is that you're trying, period. You may not know it, but trying will not turn your construction business into a $50 million business a year. What you need to do is to stop trying and start training. In today's episode, I'll share the key differences between trying and training, action items that move the needle, and the power of the "until

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01:17:38

Your Customer Experience Roadmap: How It Impacts Your...

The Construction Leading Edge Podcast ·

2023/05/22

EPISODE 289: There is one part of your construction business that could lead to profit bleed, but they never show up on an invoice. That is your customer experience! Focusing on creating a great customer experience roadmap could differentiate you from your competitors. But where do you start? In this week's episode, Leyah Valgardson, our Director of Customer Success, and I will discuss why customer experience matters whether you're a homebuilder or a commercial contractor. Today, Leyah and I talk

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01:05:56

What High Performers Actually Want & Finding...

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2023/05/15

EPISODE 288: How do you attract top talents to your construction business? You'd be surprised that it isn't just about the money; it's something else. So in this week's episode, I sat down with Isaac Barlow, the CEO of busybusy, a top-ranked GPS time tracking software that provides what every construction business owner wants in a tracking app. Today, Isaac and I talk about what high performers really want and how having this in place will help you recruit top talents in the industry, improve your

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01:27:20

How a Rigorous Handoff and a Solid Pre-Construction...

The Construction Leading Edge Podcast ·

2023/05/08

EPISODE 287: Here's what no one is talking about - good construction companies are actually good pre-construction companies. Instead of giving away free estimates, they charge for doing them to bring great value to their clients, even at the early stage of the construction process. So in this week's episode, Construction Leading Edge's Systematize Your Construction Business (SYCB) coach Monish Khadye speaks with Daniel Hickey, owner and project manager at Hickey Construction. Daniel shares how his

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01:12:57

Nailing the Handoff, Small Adjustments, and...

The Construction Leading Edge Podcast ·

2023/05/01

EPISODE 286: Bringing in a family member into your construction business and transitioning leadership is more challenging than you'd think. But our guests for today had cracked the code and can now go on vacations without being on their phones or laptops. In this week's episode, Construction Leading Edge's Systematize Your Construction Business (SYCB) coach Monish Khadye speaks with Tru Builders' owners, Max and Lori Christiansen, and their daughter/senior designer, Cassie Parra. Today, Max, Lori,

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01:52:10

Family Partnerships, Hard Conversations, and Dealing...

The Construction Leading Edge Podcast ·

2023/04/24

EPISODE 285: Are you part of or considering joining a family construction business? Do you find it hard to handle a family partnership? Our guest for today has learned it the hard way. In this week's episode, Systematized Your Construction Business (SYCB) coach, Monish Khadye, sits down with construction business owner and SYCB mentee Jake Lewendal. Jake built Momentum Development after coming out from two business partnerships, one of which was a family partnership that took a toll on his family

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53:14

How a Special Forces Commander Used Team Meetings to...

The Construction Leading Edge Podcast ·

2023/04/17

EPISODE 284: Do you feel like you don't get anything out of your team meetings? What happens if your meetings continue to be ineffective? General Stanley McChrystal, a retired U.S. Army general and book author, cracked the code on how meetings helped them win the war on Al Qaeda. In this week's episode, we'll talk about the best practices when conducting team meetings and how you can apply them to your construction business so you can make it run without you. Today, you'll also learn the connection

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52:00

Communication & Delegation Hacks to Help You Get Out...

The Construction Leading Edge Podcast ·

2023/04/10

EPISODE 283: Are you stuck in the day-to-day operations of your business? Do you worry that your business wouldn’t be able to run without you? Then I have two things for you - communication and delegation. In this week's episode, I want to share communication and delegation hacks to help you get out of operations so you can truly operate as a visionary. Listen in as I talk about the leading dominoes that will improve your organization's operational process, how to effectively communicate and

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28:39

How Great Entrepreneurs Think About Adversity & The...

The Construction Leading Edge Podcast ·

2023/04/03

EPISODE 282: How do successful construction business owners get out of a slump? What do you personally do when things aren't going well? Most of us would tend to focus on the negative things and just go into a downward spiral trend. In many cases, we start spouting off self-fulfilling prophecies, which eventually get worse as they happen. So in this week's episode, I want to share how great entrepreneurs think about adversity and how they overcome it. I talk about the Stockdale Paradox, how to get

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01:06:55

Eclipsing Financial Targets by Saying "No" and...

The Construction Leading Edge Podcast ·

2023/03/27

EPISODE 281: Learning to say no to the people or things that don't serve you or your business gives you room to say yes to those that do. And we've invited someone who just skyrocketed his construction business by saying no and focusing on the people. In this week's episode, I sit down with Mikhail Gannage, president of Gannage Design & Construction. Mikhail went from being a long-time robotics engineer to running their family-owned construction business. According to Mikhail, by being selective in

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01:15:14

The Habits of Success: 3 Things You Need to Do Daily...

The Construction Leading Edge Podcast ·

2023/03/14

EPISODE 280: Success isn't determined by your age, gender, location, or any of those similar factors; it is the formation of habits that will. In this week's episode, I've invited Leyah Valgardson, Director of Customer Success here at Construction Leading Edge, to unpack the three core habits of success that successful construction business owners do. Leyah and I also talk about what really is success and happiness, how to build those habits of success as a construction business owner, creating

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54:10

Housing Crisis Opportunities & How a Venture Capital...

The Construction Leading Edge Podcast ·

2023/03/06

EPISODE 279: Why would venture capital firms put their money in the construction industry, especially nowadays? In this week's episode, I've invited David Bloom of Signia Venture Partners to talk about a venture capitalist view of the construction industry as a whole. Signia is a venture capital firm founded in 2012. David and his partners invest in entrepreneurs applying new technologies to old industries. Today, he's here to discuss why venture capital firms invest in the construction industry,

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01:17:37

Are You a Visionary? The Top 10 Challenges For a...

The Construction Leading Edge Podcast ·

2023/02/27

EPISODE 278: How do you see yourself? Do you see yourself as a visionary leader? But what does it mean to be one? Does being a visionary guarantee success along the way? In this week's episode, I've invited Monish Khadye, a construction business owner and our very own Systematized Your Construction Business (SYCB) facilitator and coach. Monish is also a visionary, and today he talks about some of the challenges, misconceptions, and myths that a visionary has to deal with every day. Join us as we

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31:21

5 Things Successful Entrepreneurs Manage That Nobody...

The Construction Leading Edge Podcast ·

2023/02/20

EPISODE 277: We all want to be successful entrepreneurs. But most of the time, what drives us up to the pinnacle of success is not what we've learned from school. In this week's episode, I reveal the five most important things that successful entrepreneurs manage that nobody warned us about. And I wish I had known these earlier when I started my career. When you're able to manage these five things properly, you become not only the best leader for your construction business but also the best version

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