Contractor Evolution

If you'd like to apply for Breakthrough Academy click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP22 As your contracting business grows you’re going to encounter an interesting and complex scenario (and you may have already) that you are recruiting for, and hiring, a role that you know very little about. Here's a classic example - you’ve expanded to the point where you're hiring for a dedicated full-...

If you'd like to apply for Breakthrough Academy click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP21 In trades the terms ‘project management’ and ‘project manager’ have become somewhat watered-down. The unfortunate truth is that in our industry most project managers are actually just professional firefighters. That isn’t to say our PM’s are doing their absolute best, but what...

If you'd like to apply for Breakthrough Academy click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP20 Here’s a common scenario: Two contractors have worked equally hard over 20 years in their businesses.  At the end of the 20 years, one sells off their assets for $200K, while the other sells their business for $10M.  What’s the difference? Planning. If you want to build a business of tremend...

If you'd like to apply for Breakthrough Academy click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP19 Have you ever been frustrated by the fact that your team JUST DOESN’T GET IT? It’s so clear to you what needs to happen within your organization - what problems need to be solved, what priorities should be front of mind, where the effort of your organization needs to be, but most if not all of this is...

If you'd like to apply for Breakthrough Academy click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP18 When it comes to taxes you’re going to have to pay them whether you want to or not. However spending the time upfront to establish a solid tax strategy could save you up to 40% AND lead to a much bigger investment portfolio long term. It’s key to know your strategy BEFORE you even start your fiscal ye...

If you'd like to apply for Breakthrough Academy click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP17 To download the Career Meeting prep docs discussed in the episode go to https://trybta.com/PCDLEP17 How do you build loyalty in high performers? It’s not pizza night, go karting or laser tag. Another myth is that you need to pay them more. While those things help, they aren’t keeping ambitious, driven...

If you'd like to apply for Breakthrough Academy click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP16 How are you managing personalities on your team? Or are you? We’ve invited Dr. Ken Keis onto the show to discuss his methods for assessing personality, and how you can leverage your team’s innate ability to thrive by leveraging their personality styles in a scientific way. Dr. Ken Keis is the CEO of t...

If you'd like to apply for Breakthrough Academy click here: https://trybta.com/PCPE15 Every business owner deals with a number of pain points on their journey to success. Whether that's recruitment challenges, stress and time management, or revenue and sales (to name just a few). Learning to navigate them alone can be tough (if not impossible). Being able to reach out to others in the industry and...

If you'd like to apply for Breakthrough Academy click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP14 Financials – the one word that can have even the most seasoned contracting leader running for the hills. But, sorry to break this to you, mastering a budget is a bedrock skill for your entire career as a business owner. Business owners who have a strong and solid financial plan (and a well thought-through b...

If you'd like to apply for Breakthrough Academy click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP13 Have you ever wondered what makes an elite contractor in your space ‘elite’? Or, to put it differently, have you ever wondered what keeps the chuck in the trucks stuck? Why, when two business leaders, with similar companies, in a similar space, with amazing services, does one succeed and the other, ge...

If you'd like to apply for Breakthrough Academy click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP12 Sales is, and always will be the lifeblood of your business. But if you're a business leader doing the lion's share of the selling and your team's closing rate is piss-poor (or even if it's, well, meh), you could be heading for a business blood clot. It's time for a sales blood transfusion! Otherwise known as the...

If you'd like to apply for Breakthrough Academy click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP11 Team huddles: What are they and why are they absolutely essential to long-term business success? You probably know them as team meetings, or perhaps the “bitch and moan fest.” It’s that one hour in the week/month/quarter when you gather your team to talk strategy, goals, and updates....and it tu...

If you'd like to apply for Breakthrough Academy click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP10 "Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships." Toby Woodiwiss, painting contractor extraordinaire, is a firm believer in this philosophy; and the results, well, they speak for themselves. His business runs like a well-oiled machine thanks to a carefully selected team and investment in the &...

If you'd like to apply for Breakthrough Academy click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP09 When Will Brown took over Brown Boys Roofing of Bentonville, Arkansas from his father four years ago, it was micromanaged to within an inch of its life. Will's father could never escape the business...no bathroom break for you! Fast forward to 2021 and by making one small yet significant change (which he learned...

If you'd like to apply for Breakthrough Academy click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP08 Does the perfect high-performing sales team really exist? C'mon?! According to Mason Marquis, owner of Spray-Tex and Jesse Kreisman, owner of Alco Products Inc., it does...and once you've found the secret elixir, your business will finally be free to level up. Marquis had a hard time stepping away from sales. He...

If you'd like to apply for Breakthrough Academy click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP07 How do you turn a one-man mowing business into a $1.5 million landscaping company? Just ask Jason Hoke, owner of A Cut Above Landscape in Colorado. When he took over the business, he bought himself a job. He was sleeping on a friend's sofa to make ends meet and spending 24/7 onsite or in the office. “I was...

If you'd like to apply for Breakthrough Academy click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP06 In our latest Contractor Evolution podcast, Janzen, takes us on his company's onboarding journey, and reveals what makes his process so ridonculously successful in the world of contracting. Janzen kicked the old school way of onboarding to the curb (you know, the “welcome to the chaos, now shadow this dude...

If you'd like to apply for Breakthrough Academy click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP05 Can you run a multi-million dollar contracting business and take six months off a year? That's crazy talk! But in this Breakthrough Academy (BTA) podcast, 27-year-old contracting entrepreneur Graeme Bouvier gives it to us straight on how he actually made that possible. Graeme went from struggling to build a drywa...

If you'd like to apply for Breakthrough Academy click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP04 Every contracting leader has a story about the time they recruited someone who turned out to be a waste of space (and money); no-one has time for that, especially in the fast-paced world of contracting. In this episode of Contractor Evolution we sit down with two-time Grey Cup champion, motivational speaker, and...

If you'd like to apply for Breakthrough Academy click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP03 Is your contracting business partner pissing you off? With 50% of business partnerships failing in the first 2-3 years, how do you ensure you don't become another statistic (or punch their lights out)? Early on 505-Junk founders Scott Foran and Barry Hartman had a major blowout and realized that they did not thin...

If you'd like to apply for Breakthrough Academy click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP02 With a diverse workforce ranging from field workers to office staff, is it possible to have a company culture in contracting where all your team is on the same page? Nestor Tarango runs a multi-million-dollar solar energy company. He has successfully onboarded more than 150 people over the past 12 months alone ....

If you'd like to apply for Breakthrough Academy click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP01 Reclaim 5 Hours per week with this free Contractor Quick Tool: https://trybta.com/PCDLEP01 If you're running a successful contracting business, then why are you working 70-hours a week? Contracting entrepreneur Ryan Steward was working 70 hours a week, seven days a week. He was stretched so thin that he had littl...