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6 Months to Skilled Labor? This System Proves It’s Possible with Mike Brewer | E393

Release Date: 05/26/2025

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...

Before You Hire or Buy Software, Fix This First in Your Construction Business | E408

The Construction Leading Edge Podcast

🚀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...

Why Only a Few Builders Ever Find True Success (From a 30-Year Veteran) with Jeff Bowers | E407

The Construction Leading Edge Podcast

🚀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...

How to Delegate Results by Letting Go of Control the Right Way w/ Max Christiansen | E406

The Construction Leading Edge Podcast

🚀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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

How to Make Faster, Better Decisions Like a CEO | E401

The Construction Leading Edge Podcast

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...

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 393: What if the answer to your labor shortage isn’t in job ads or recruiters—but your warehouse?

Today’s guest was done fighting for tradespeople. Instead of poaching skilled plumbers, he built a training program from scratch.

Brewer Craftsman Academy turns complete rookies into $60-$80K/year professionals in just six months—and it’s working.

His company now builds 23% of homes with workers who had zero experience just a year ago. How exactly did he do it?

Join me in this week’s episode of The Construction Leading Edge with Mike Brewer, founder and CEO of Brewer Companies, as he reveals how a simple shift in perspective turned into a game-changing strategy for solving the skilled labor crisis.

Listen in and discover:

How Mike turned a tagline into a powerful business philosophy
What helped him avoid business collapse—three times
Why professionalism isn’t just a buzzword, but a leadership principle
How the academy boosted retention from 10% to 70%
Why do they provide financial management training for their new hires
The power of staying in your lane and understanding your limits

..and much more!

Ready to change your workforce strategy?

Tune in now!

Key Takeaways:

Introduction (00:00)

Meet Mike Brewer, founder of Brewer Companies (03:10)

The game-changing tagline (05:34)

Solving the skilled labor shortage head-on (09:09)

Brewer Craftsman Academy’s training success & retention outcomes (12:56)

Inclusion of women in the academy (25:24)

The secret behind the academy’s high success rate (32:03)

Transitioning from technician to CEO (41:41)

What Mike learned from nearly losing the business three times (49:48)

Importance of coaching and the EOS model (54:20)

Episode wrap-up (57:58)

Additional Resources:

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⚡Fast-track your plumbing career at Brewer University HERE

⚡Learn more about the Brewer Companies HERE

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