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The Construction Leading Edge Podcast
Release Date: 07/21/2025
The Construction Leading Edge Podcast
🚀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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🚀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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🚀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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🚀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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☎️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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🚀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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🚀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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🚀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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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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🚀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...
info_outlineEPISODE 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…
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The serious consequences of slow, scattered, or centralized decision-making
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How to know if you have a decision-making problem
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The common myths and misconceptions about decision-making
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5 CEO-level strategies that will help you lead without doing everything yourself
…and so much more!
If you feel—or know someone who feels—bogged down by decision overload, this episode is truly a must-listen.
Let’s dive in!
Key Takeaways:
Introduction (00:00)
Signs you have a decision-making problem (01:06)
Debunking common misconceptions on decision-making (04:23)
Successful CEOs should make as few decisions as possible (12:33)
Why you should document your processes (18:45)
What does manufacturing urgency mean (22:24)
Make decisions in parallel instead of in series (30:36)
Separate the decision from implementation (33:42)
Episode wrap-up (42:47)
Additional Resources:
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