From Burnout to Balance: How the Franklin Brothers Beat Construction Chaos For Good | E386
The Construction Leading Edge Podcast
Release Date: 04/24/2025
They Doubled Their Business by Saying No, Building Systems, and Setting Clear Expectations with Ryan Brining & Tom Battersby | E409
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🚀Download the How to Buyout a Construction Project Playbook ☎️Schedule a Business Evaluation Call with The Construction Leading Edge Team – EPISODE 409: What if the secret to doubling your construction business isn’t about working harder, hiring more people, or saying yes to every project? In this episode of the Construction Leading Edge podcast, we’re joined by Ryan Brining & Tom Battersby of White Maple Construction to share how they doubled their revenue in just one year, without adding more staff or working longer hours. Here’s what you’ll learn in this...
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Before You Hire or Buy Software, Fix This First in Your Construction Business | E408
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🚀Is your construction business ready to scale? Take the FREE online assessment ☎️Schedule your free business evaluation call with our team – EPISODE 408: Most construction owners are bleeding profit and burning out, not because they lack good people, but because they’re building their business in the wrong sequence. In this episode of the Construction Leading Edge podcast, I’m breaking down the biggest mistake construction business owners make when trying to fix chaos. (Spoiler: it’s not about hiring more people or buying the latest software.) Instead, I’ll walk you through...
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Why Only a Few Builders Ever Find True Success (From a 30-Year Veteran) with Jeff Bowers | E407
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🚀Is your construction business ready to scale? Take the FREE online assessment ☎️Schedule your free business evaluation call with our team – EPISODE 407: If construction chaos is your normal, you’re probably missing the systems that can fix it. Jeff Bowers, owner of Masterpiece Design Build, joins us to share the hard-won wisdom from decades in the construction industry and how everything changed once he stopped trying to be the best home builder and started becoming a business builder. Based in Stuart, Florida, Jeff has been building homes for over 30 years. But it wasn’t until...
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How to Delegate Results by Letting Go of Control the Right Way w/ Max Christiansen | E406
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🚀Is your construction business ready to scale? Take the FREE online assessment ☎️Schedule your free business evaluation call with our team – EPISODE 406: What if you could cut your daily calls from 60 down to 5 and finally take weeks off without the chaos following you? It’s possible! Freedom in business isn’t about working harder. It’s about letting go of control and building systems that actually work. In this week’s episode of the Construction Leading Edge podcast, I’m joined by construction business owner and long-time client turned guest coach Max Christiansen. Max is...
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One Thing Every Professional Construction Business Must Have to Grow | E405
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☎️Schedule your free business evaluation call with our team – EPISODE 405: Are you struggling with the chaos that comes with managing custom construction projects? Do you feel like every project is starting from scratch, and you’re constantly putting out fires? Most construction business owners believe that having systems for custom projects removes personalization and freedom. But the truth is, systems actually create freedom. In this episode of the Construction Leading Edge podcast, I’ll share how you can eliminate the chaos in your custom projects and systematize your...
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The Real Reason Visionary-Integrator Partnerships Finally Click (and Keep Growing) | E404
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🚀Is your construction business ready to scale? Take the FREE online assessment ☎️ Schedule your free business evaluation call with our team – EPISODE 404: Are you drowning in great ideas, but struggling to execute them? Do your Monday morning meetings leave your team staring back at you blankly? I’ve worked with hundreds of construction leaders who live in that tension—visionaries with bold ideas and integrators scrambling to clean up the mess. The result? Organizational whiplash. Chaos. Missed targets. And a business that feels more like a trap. But what if your big ideas...
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How to Engineer Your Construction Business to Double in 12 Months | E403
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🚀Is your construction business ready to scale? Take the FREE online assessment ☎️Schedule your free business evaluation call with our team – EPISODE 403: What if your construction business doubled tomorrow? Would it thrive or break? You might think the answer is hiring a unicorn project manager to finally grow your business. But here’s the truth: the real reason your construction business can’t scale isn’t about finding the perfect hire. It’s because your business isn’t built to handle growth. And if it doubled in size, it would likely break. In this episode of the...
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The Real Reason You Don’t Have Time & What to Do About It | E402
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🚀Join our Live Meetup this coming 16th of October. Register ☎️Schedule your free business evaluation call with our team – EPISODE 402: Are you drowning in work and constantly feeling like there’s never enough time? If you’re a construction business owner overwhelmed by the day-to-day, I have a message for you: the lack of time is 100% within your control. In this week’s episode of the Construction Leading Edge Podcast, we’ll dive deep into why so many construction business owners feel like they’re always running out of time and why that’s not the real issue. Today,...
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How to Make Faster, Better Decisions Like a CEO | E401
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EPISODE 401: Do all decisions in your construction business fall on your shoulders? If you’re a construction CEO, that’s often just the reality—every choice runs through you, and the questions keep coming, even long after the workday ends. But it doesn’t have to be. In this episode, we’ll dive into the underestimated problem plaguing construction businesses—decision bottlenecks. Together we’ll unpack… The serious consequences of slow, scattered, or centralized decision-making How to know if you have a decision-making problem The common myths and misconceptions about...
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How to Free Up 40 Hours a Month in Your Construction Business | E400
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🚀Join our Live Meetup this coming 16th of October. Register ☎️Schedule your free business evaluation call with our team – EPISODE 400: Are you constantly putting out fires in your construction business? Do you feel like you never have time to work on your business because you’re always reacting to problems? For many business owners, it’s easy to believe that freeing up time means hiring extra help. But I’m here to tell you—you can reclaim 40 hours a month of your time without bringing anyone new on board. In this episode, we’ll explore how adjusting your approach to time...
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EPISODE 386: Do you feel like your construction business is running you instead of the other way around? Do you constantly bring your work home?
For many construction business owners, weekends also mean emails and phone calls. Often, family dinners turn into business meetings. But not anymore!
In this week’s episode of The Construction Leading Edge podcast, I sit down with two of my favorite Canadians—and students of our Systematized Your Construction Business (SYCB) program—Laughlin and Ross Franklin.
Originally overwhelmed by the volume of work, the brothers struggled with a lack of structure and constant reactive management. After joining our program, they implemented powerful tools that transformed their construction company (and also their lives).
Today, the Franklin brothers share:
➡What chaos actually looks like in construction
➡The exact blueprint that reduced chaos in their business
➡How systematizing their business improved their quality of life
➡Tips for getting your team on board with change
…and more!
Ready to escape the construction chaos and get your life back?
Let’s dive in!
Key Takeaways:
Introduction (00:00)
The Franklin brothers’ construction business (02:04)
What chaos looks like in construction (06:03)
From organized chaos to systematized operations (12:04)
Core systems and processes behind their business growth (20:28)
How systems transformed their construction business (21:55)
Does construction have to be chaotic? (27:24)
Life after systematizing operations (30:17)
How to implement systems that stick (33:34)
Getting your team aligned with change (36:13)
The CEO Alliance (42:38)
Final thoughts and advice (45:44)
Additional Resources:
- Schedule your free business evaluation call with our team HERE
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