Construction Genius

What holds you back from starting your own business? The fear of failure? Pride? Or is it the shame? Whatever it is, it's human nature. There will be a time in your life when desperation is the motive that drives you to start your own business. When that time comes, the seven essential truths of building a business that we discuss in today's episode will be there to guide you.  In this episode, Er...

Is an executive or leader in your company struggling? Reach out to Eric to discuss how his transformative executive coaching approach can help. Schedule a 10 minute call with Eric today to learn more:  10minuteswitheric.youcanbook.me In today's dynamic work environment, meetings should be more than routine check-ins. They need to be strategic, focused, and outcome-driven. Well-structured meetings...

Is an executive or leader in your company struggling? Reach out to Eric to discuss how his transformative executive coaching approach can help. Schedule a 10 minute call with Eric today to learn more:  10minuteswitheric.youcanbook.me   In today's fast-paced and frequently unpredictable workplace, effective leadership and teamwork necessitate a combination of adaptation, empathy, and collaboration....

Is an executive or leader in your company struggling? Reach out to Eric to discuss how his transformative executive coaching approach can help. Schedule a 10 minute call with Eric today to learn more:  10minuteswitheric.youcanbook.me   The onboarding process is a critical phase that sets the tone for a new hire's experience and long-term organizational success. However, many businesses make the mi...

Is an executive or leader in your company struggling? Reach out to Eric to discuss how his transformative executive coaching approach can help. Schedule a 10 minute call with Eric today to learn more:  10minuteswitheric.youcanbook.me There are distinct opportunities and problems when working with a multicultural workforce, particularly on large projects. When teams come together from different bac...

Is an executive or leader in your company struggling? Reach out to Eric to discuss how his transformative executive coaching approach can help. Schedule a 10 minute call with Eric today to learn more:  10minuteswitheric.youcanbook.me In a fast-paced world, a healthy work-life balance is essential for sustaining mental health and productivity. As people handle the responsibilities of their professi...

Is an executive or leader in your company struggling? Reach out to Eric to discuss how his transformative executive coaching approach can help. Schedule a 10 minute call with Eric today to learn more:  10minuteswitheric.youcanbook.me In this week's episode of the "Construction Genius" podcast, we discuss productivity tips relevant to the construction industry based on Elon Musk's 2018 email to Tes...

Is an executive or leader in your company struggling? Reach out to Eric to discuss how his transformative executive coaching approach can help. Schedule a 10 minute call with Eric today to learn more:  10minuteswitheric.youcanbook.me An 831(b) plan, commonly known as captive or microcaptive insurance, is intended to help business owners reduce unfunded liabilities. SRA utilizes the 831(b) Tax Code...

Is an executive or leader in your company struggling? Reach out to Eric to discuss how his transformative executive coaching approach can help. Schedule a 10 minute call with Eric today to learn more:  10minuteswitheric.youcanbook.me Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) are a topic many construction companies consider when planning their business transitions. ESOPs are a proven strategy that all...

Is an executive or leader in your company struggling? Reach out to Eric to discuss how his transformative executive coaching approach can help. Schedule a 10 minute call with Eric today to learn more:  10minuteswitheric.youcanbook.me It's a common misconception that pre-construction consists solely of estimating costs based on drawings and coordinating subcontractor bids. Pre-construction might be...

Health is not something that can be achieved with mere thought. It takes patience, consistency, and the ability to figure out what's good for you and be brave enough to adjust. Some may think achieving health is following some difficult daily routines, but in truth, it's the continuation of the simplest things that will make you healthy eventually. Kevin Dahlstrom is a husband, father, CMO, and cl...

Are you looking to build an aesthetic workplace with a calm environment, pleasing background, and radiation of good vibes? Mass timber can bring that vision to life. Today, our guest is Ricardo Brites, Director of Engineering & VDC at Mercer Mass Timber, a wood product manufacturing company in British Columbia. He is a committed structural engineer who is passionate about sustainability and innova...

Are you struggling with finding the desired outcome of your technical writing? You might've been overlooking some crucial details that make your writing doesn't deliver the message to your audience properly. Pam Hurley is the founder of Hurley Write, which provides customized writing and reviewing workshops for world-class companies. Pam started her career in higher education, teaching students in...

Family or business first? Have you ever wondered? There's no right or wrong answer for that. It depends on what people believe or how they've been taught to believe. While some people implement the family-first business, others believe in the business-first family. Both may seem right from different perspectives, but there's more to it than just being right or wrong. In this week's episode, we've...

A leader is many things, but most importantly, a leader should be someone willing to take accountability, even if some things are out of their control. A great leader should have the ability to prove that actions speak louder than words. In this week's episode, we have the absolute pleasure of conversing with an exceptional author, keynote speaker, Pat Tilman Military Scholar, and founder of Loyal...

Maintaining a healthy relationship takes hard work, no matter how personal or professional. It takes time and trust. To pass through the initial steps of building a relationship, you have to be patient and faithful. In this week's episode of the podcast, we had the absolute pleasure of conversing with another industry professional, Fawn Radmanich, a marketing professional working in professional s...

Being a leader is not just about the role, it's about the goal. The goal is to witness the growth process of those who work under you. A great leader knows when to be a coach and when to be in command, as both are necessary in the workplace. This week's episode features Jake Thompson. Jake is a leadership performance coach, keynote speaker, and author. Jake has spent more than a decade working wit...

One of the most unique things about being human is that we keep learning new things every day. Everywhere we look, there's knowledge about something we haven't heard but might be important to our existence. As we continue this path to knowledge, we might meet the most unique cultures that stand as a beacon of light that guides us and offers us the most interesting pieces of information. It's a cho...

The world constantly changes with new technologies. They proceed with providing better versions of the existing technologies. 3D printing is one of those technologies that continues to grow and change the world with each footstep. In this episode of the Construction Genius Podcast, we've got to have the most intriguing conversation about 3D printing in the construction industry with Anna Cheniunta...

This week on the Construction Genius Podcast, we are having a quick sneak peek into the world of electrical machinery where we discuss the cost difference between electric vehicles and diesel machinery, the replacement and application process, environmental concerns about lithium mining and its current progress, the involvement of heavy machinery in the carbon footprint of the United States, and m...

This week on the Construction Genius Podcast, we are joined by Hans Lorei, a designer based in the Nashville Metropolitan Area. In this conversation, we bring you a glimpse of the designer world where we discuss commercial and residential spaces, the key elements of a great space, the unique kinship between music and design, and many more topics related to being a good designer. Hans Lorei entered...

In this episode of Construction Genius Podcast, We take a close look into the mind behind yet another thriving industry expert, Michael Fortinberry, co-founder and COO at Protiv. Throughout the conversation, we discuss the connection between motivation and brain, communication and teamwork, the pillars of successful company culture, incentives and their impact on project schedules, the benefits of...

In this episode of Construction Genius Podcast, we explore another inspiring career journey of someone who spent most of their life in the construction industry and possesses a wide range of expertise and knowledge of it. We discuss how you should make clear communication happen between generations, how you should give people opportunities to make mistakes and grow as a leader, and the importance...

This week on the Construction Genius Podcast, we explore the risk aspects of projects in the construction world, where the contractors have to be extra vigilant on the first 100 pages of a tender specification document, and how AI can help you make the process easier with our guest, Melvin Newman. Melvin Newman is the President/CTO of PataBid Tenders & Quantify Platform. He is a skilled chief esti...

In this episode of the Construction Genius Podcast, we try to look beyond the surface of the hiring process, where people get into trouble for certain beliefs that hold no validity in modern times. We make sure you get a thorough knowledge of the process of hiring with the newest technologies with Paul Sanneman. Paul Sanneman is the founder of Dream Business Coaching, Contractor Staffing Source, a...