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This week on the 17Twenty podcast, Kevin and Stewart host Colbie Campbell, a partner at the firm of Slates Harwell LLP, a boutique construction firm located in Dallas, Texas.  The conversation includes ideas around the fruits of small acts of kindness, the value of family stories, and the challenges of practicing law during tough economic times.  But most poignantly, Colbie powerfully shares her e...

This week we sit down with Brad Blankenship, a recently-retired senior managing director with Cushman & Wakefield.  Brad is the first retiree that joins us on the 17Twenty podcast, and give us a great look back at his life and career in the construction industry.  As you have come to expect, the conversation covers lessons learned along his life's experiences as Brad shares stories about...

For an unprecedented third week in a row (!), Kevin and Stewart lay down a "duos" track.  This week two chat about the difference between effectiveness and efficiency, time management, dopamine, and the interplay among all three. As always, there are helpful and practical wisdom nuggets all throughout this weeks episode so grab your journal and get started moving mountains!  // Show Note...

This week Kevin and Stewart discuss personal growth, faith, and gratitude.  They reflect on childhood memories, building habits, and being intentional with our actions. They emphasize the importance of recognizing life's challenges and finding miracles in the everyday. They also discuss the role of faith in overcoming struggles and the importance of acting on promptings. Keep Moving Mountains...

This week Kevin and Stewart stop down to reflect on the last few weeks of guests, tell a couple of "small world" stories (about bumping in to people, treating them well, and maintaining touch points), preview some of the guests that are coming up in the next few weeks, chat about WIC week, and address/assess the undercurrents of leadership (what they are, how to identify them, etc.). Hav...

This week Ashley Watt visits the studio for a great recording following a vulnerable LinkedIn post that drew tons of online attention.   Ashley is the founder and managing partner of The Pillar Group, LLC, a commercial real estate and construction executive search and recruiting firm.  The conversation talks through parenting, mentors, the power of serving, the startup grind for the Pillar Group,...

This week the guest on the 17Twenty podcast is Travis Turgeon.  Travis is the Business Development Manager for Clean Scapes, which is  full-service commercial landscaping company.  But more than that, Travis is the guy who fills a room with smiles when he's around.  In this episode Travis talks through his come up in the construction industry and little nuggets of wisdom all along the way. En...

This week the 17Twenty crew sits down in studio with Robert Hunt, co-author of Nobody Cares and executive coach who is helping CEOs, presidents and business owners here in DFW who want to be the best version of themselves. This episode is a true conversation and is abundant with nuggets of wisdom from Robert's experiences, his book, and the things he's learning by leading groups of execu...

This week, Kevin recaps the DPR Hoot & Holler event from last week, tells an awesome story that involves Hutcherson Construction and Shane Tolleson, discusses core values and living them out, how to use your core values in interviews, his youth ministry journey with Life Church, the series The Chosen, and a daddy daughter dance! #17twenty #movemountains #mountainmovers #buildtexasproud #dpr #c...

This week we're sending you over to a podcast hosted by Carry the Load called Lessons From The Front and hosted by Todd Boeding.  In Episode 065 of Lessons From The Front , former 17Twenty guest Dan Bradley (E084) tells the story of his first mission as a Joint Terminal Air Controller in the strike cell the night Jolly 51, an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter, crashed in western Iraq killing all sev...

This week Jeff Parsons of DPR Construction joins the 17Twenty team in studio, despite a local ice storm in the D/FW area.  It was a great joy to chat with Jeff as we walked through his story, learned lessons from his life, talked through building the future workforce, studied the origin stories of DPR and its deep integration with Jim Collins ( Built to Last , Good to Great , etc.), and revisited...

This week Kevin and Stewart have the privilege of sitting down with Annette Leslie, the co-founder of the Carson Leslie foundation.  Following the earthly loss of her beloved son Carson, she set out on a mission to honor his last whispered wish and has relentlessly sought solutions to the horrific problem that brain cancer is the deadliest disease of our nation’s children. We talk a little backsto...

On this week's episode, Kyle Draper joins the 17Twenty team in the studio.  Kyle is a social media coach, national speaker, podcaster, and problem solver who is on mission to leave people better than he found them. A perfect fit for the mission of the podcast, Kyle chats about being in youth ministry, Draper Construction, small moments that have a large impact, and mission of his coaching com...

This week Kevin and Stewart take on two important topics.  First, the guys spend a few moments reflecting on Season 3 and some great moments throughout the 45 episodes and 3,083 minutes of content in 2022.  Second, the guys talk through goal achieving , and talk through the process, plans, and  power of setting and achieving goals.   Buckle up for a few gut shots and challenges as we blow the door...

In the Season 4 premier, the 17Twenty crew is back in the studio with Mark Hunter.  Mark is recognized as a Top 50 Most Influential Sales and Marketing Leader and travels globally nearly 230 days per year, working with companies to help them grow their top-line sales and bottom-line profits.  His past clients include Coca-Cola, Salesforce, Lenovo, Mercedes-Benz, Samsung, Heineken, and more.   &quo...

For the season finale of the 17Twenty podcast, Kevin and Stewart host a long-awaited in-studio guest, Ian Fullington.  Ian is a long-time colleague of Stewart, and as they've both recently embarked on new professional journeys, they sit down to reflect on almost a  decade of working together, reflections on the industry, lessons learned from being in the trenches together, the immense and imm...

This week the 17Twenty crew sits down with Lauren Ladowski, a Principal at ARCO/Murray Design Build.  This episode walks through Lauren's move to DFW and eventual rise to the first female Principal at ARCO/Murray Design Build, lessons learned and strategies for building a robust network, and leadership strategies deployed with her teams at Arco/Murray,  among other things. Make sure to stay t...

In this episode, Kevin and Stewart chat about finishing out 2022 , banter about some personal stories and lessons learned from Kevin's recent trip to Disney, and end with a focus on generosity during this very special holiday season. The podcast returns to the studio next week with a special guest.  And until next week, y'all stay out there and keep moving mountains! We'd love to hea...

This week we revisit Episode 43 with Sarah Nuse, Chief Executive Officer of Tippi Toes Inc., author of Destined for Greatness , host of the Destined for Greatness Podcast, author, speaker, and business builder.  Though our content isn't often repurposed, while Kevin and Stewart were taking extra laps around the episodes and checking the listening statistics, they noticed that most of you miss...

This week we have the honor of sitting down with Andy Wharton, vice president and general manager at Chamberlin Roofing & Waterproofing.  We talk supply chain issues, how Belton High School is an apparent hotbed for construction talent, growing up in the country, an entire professional career at Chamberlin, the value of communicating well, basketball, ice cream, family talk, tips from a pagean...

After a few weeks without a guest, the 17Twenty crew returns to the studio for an in-person recording with Terri Gaber, the Professional Development Manager at Hill & Wilkinson General Contractors.  As is the normal course, the conversation starts taking about who Terri is and the path to get to where she is now.  But in addition to all the wisdom nuggets from the journey, the conversation cen...

Happy Halloween, Mountain Movers!  Following a little homage to Michael Jackson's 1982 smash hit Thriller , Kevin and Stewart talk through the pros/cons of a "fake it 'til you make it" mentality, the line between faking it and working to change your identity, initiating and having crucial conservations,  and appreciating the seasons of life. Hope you grab a few wisdom nuggets f...

In this week's episode, Kevin and Stewart chat through the impact of the Ovaltine gaffe, walk through Kevin's new studio and related hustle, and pull a few leadership nuggets out of a news story regarding horrific bear attack (link below). // Show Notes // What Is the Oxford Comma (or Serial Comma)?, Ann Edwards https://bit.ly/3eWVClX Benson, Lindsay. "A lack of an Oxford comma cost...

This week we join Adam Tarnow in his studio for an awesome recording.  Adam is the Founder of Adam Tarnow & Company and co-author of The Edge, a book for emerging leaders and those who lead them. The guys talk about a bevy of topics including personal mission statements, a coming to faith story, leadership lessons learned, being a content curator, and other meaningful meanderings.    //  Show...