Built. Trusted. Chosen.

Being good at your trade doesn’t automatically make you good at running a trades business. Contracts, cash flow, difficult clients, employees, leadership and financial pressure can teach some incredibly expensive lessons. In this episode of Built. Trusted. Chosen., I speak with Michael Carbonneau from Coaching by Rosewood about the lessons he learned over more than 15 years as a general contractor, including building a multi-million-dollar renovation business. Michael started young and admits...

Trades and construction businesses are dealing with constant change: rising costs, shifting government policy, new technology, tighter margins and customers expecting better communication than ever. So how do you build a business that can adapt without everything falling apart behind the scenes? In this episode of Built. Trusted. Chosen., I speak with Hadley Nightingale about the lessons he’s learned building and expanding businesses across property acquisition, property management and projec...

In construction, your technical capability might get you considered. But trust, culture and reputation often determine whether you actually get chosen. I’m joined by Irene Scott, a civil engineer with around 30 years in engineering and a lifelong passion for bridges. Irene is General Manager – Bridges & Structures, Senior Principal Engineer and Executive Director at pitt&sherry. We talk about building high-trust teams, hiring for cultural fit, handling difficult client conversations, ...

Construction is easy to lead when the work is flowing, materials are available and the numbers stack up. The real test comes when supply tightens, costs jump, funding changes or months of bad weather stop your equipment from earning. In this episode of Built. Trusted. Chosen., I sit down with Justin Strunk, Chief Operating Officer of RABS Group, to talk about what long-term resilience really looks like in construction. We get into leading through volatile markets, recognising trouble before i...

Trade shows can cost thousands by the time you add the booth, travel, staff, signage, giveaways and days away from the business. So why do so many companies do all that work and then simply hope the right people walk past? In this episode of Built. Trusted. Chosen., I speak with Jen Kelly about creating a proper trade show strategy for B2B, trades, construction, engineering and technical businesses. We unpack what needs to happen before the doors open, how to prepare the people working your s...