Built for the Trades

In a recent episode of the Built For The Trades podcast, host Dan engages in a captivating conversation with Josh Zolan, owner of Wendy City Equipment, podcaster, speaker, and author of the book "Blue is the New White." This dynamic duo sheds light on the advantages of entering the trades while delving into Josh's remarkable journey. From a childhood immersed in the stunt industry to finding his t...

In this blog post, we will discuss emotional capacity and leadership, a topic introduced by Dan Dowdy, the host of the Built for Trades podcast, during the recap of the interview with Rachel Better Bid, the VP of Digital Marketing from Coal March. Nathan Glass, the marketing manager at Built for the Trades, joins Dan to delve deeper into the subject.   Emotional capacity is overcoming limiting bel...

On today’s Built For The Trades podcast episode, host Dan Dowdy is interviewing Rachel Betterbid from CoalMarch. You will get to hear how having an online presence is essential for any business looking to grow and reach more customers. For home service companies, this is particularly important as consumers increasingly rely on the Internet to find and hire service providers for their homes. But wi...

In a podcast recap episode from Built For The Trades, Dan Dowdy discusses the importance of understanding others' perspectives in leadership. The episode features JP Cahalan from XOI Technologies, who stresses the value of putting oneself in the shoes of technicians to develop technology that benefits them.   Dowdy shares a quote from Kylie Francis that highlights the importance of not placing one...

Dan Dowdy, the Built for the Trades podcast host, interviews JP Cahalan from XOI Technologies, which provides an app for technicians to capture and collaborate on work and get coaching. Calahan talks about his background and growing up in a small town in Florida, where he worked at a paper plate factory during his summer holidays. Later he worked in construction and became a project manager in a c...

In this episode of the Bill for the Trades podcast, the host, Dan Dowdy, invites Nathan Glass, a coach, and facilitator at Built for the Trades, to discuss a leadership topic pulled from an interview with Zach Garside, the CEO of Power Selling Pros. The phrase that caught their attention was "doing what is right over what is easy," they explored what it means in the context of leadership. Dowdy re...

In the trades industry, customer service skills can be the difference between a thriving business and one that struggles to stay afloat. This was the focus of a recent episode of the Built For The Trades podcast, where host Dan Dowdy spoke with Zach Garside, CEO of Power Selling Pros, a company that provides customer service training to home service businesses.   Zach's background in the HVAC indu...

  In this episode of the Built podcast, Dan recaps his interview with John Akhoian, the CEO of Rooter Hero, the largest residential plumbing service company in California. John shared his inspiring story of overcoming the victim mentality and how he turned his traumatic experience into his superpower. In this blog post, we will delve deeper into the victim mentality and explore ways to overcome it...

In this episode of the Built of the Trades podcast, host Dan Dowdy interviews John Akhoian, the co-founder and CEO of Rooter Hero Plumbing. John talks about his journey to becoming a tradesman and leader in the plumbing industry, sharing the story of how he got started in the trades after his father passed away and he needed to support his family. He also discusses the importance of giving back an...

As the host of the Built for the Trades Podcast, Dan Dowdy always looks for ways to help tradesmen and women grow through leadership development. In a recent recap episode with Dan Clapper from Interplay Learning, Dan dives into the concept of "serving over selling" and how it applies to leadership. Interplay Learning's mission is to better careers and lives for skilled trades, and they do it in a...

In this episode of the Built for the Trades podcast, host Dan Dowdy welcomes Dan Clapper, with Interplay Learning, as their HVAC Marketing Director. Dan Clapper is a third-generation tradesman who is passionate about educating those in the trades and has also written a book called, “Get More HVAC leads.” 6:07 – “When it comes to growing your leadership, you first got to grow on your confidence. An...

In this episode of the Built for the Trades podcast, Dan Dowdy shares his insights on setting up a successful business venture. He emphasizes how having a strong and clear vision serves as an essential first step towards success; creating a leadership team to move forward with that vision is then key to achieving one's goals. Whether you're a business veteran or just starting out, this episode wil...

In this episode of the Built for the Trades podcast, host Dan Dowdy recaps his pas interview Allie Perez with George Plumbing Company in San Antonio. Dan and Allie discussed the benefits of minorities and women in the trades, and ultimately diversifying who you surround yourself with. Dan refers to “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership” by John Maxwell more specifically law number eight, which is...

In this episode of the Built for the Trades podcast, host Dan Dowdy recaps his recent interview with Levi Torres with High Five Plumbing in Denver. Are you looking to make a difference in the way your business operates? Do you want to create an environment of progress and growth that embraces change? If the answer is yes, then it's time to start setting encouraging goals for yourself and helping y...

It’s essential to understand where your business stands and how you plan to get from point A to point B. Having a business vision map that clearly outlines your plans for the next three years can help guide your team through times of opportunity and adversity alike. Why is mapping out a business strategy for the next three years critical? In this episode, Dan discusses precisely why having a detai...

In this episode of the Built for the Trades podcast, host Dan Dowdy recaps his recent interview with Stephen Christopher of Wit Digital. Stephen laid out the rewards of inner peace and mental clarity, revealing how these are essential stepping stones to elevating one's leadership capabilities. In this recap, Dan explores further into the concept that our external circumstances mirror what is happe...

In this episode of the Built for the Trades podcast, host Dan Dowdy dives into a recap from the interview with Justin and Kristen Deese, husband and wife duo and home service business owners. This episode is beneficial as Dan reiterates information based on experiences from the trade that will immensely improve the function of small business team members.   This episode is for you if you wish to c...

In this episode of the Built for the Trades podcast, host Dan Dowdy welcomes Justin and Kristen Deese, husband and wife duo and home service business owners, to the show. Dan and the Deese’ dive right into multiple pieces of advice they have on leadership development, home service business ownership, and managing a partnership while maintaining holy matrimony. “Well, step one is to separate your p...

This episode is for you if you wish to create healthy boundaries for employees and reduce the threat of miscommunication and failed expectations. Listen to this episode for these top tips: Find out how setting clear expectations for your employees benefits your team as a whole. Uncover how the power of communication and accountability with set dates and checklists is more beneficial for productivi...

In this episode of the Built for the Trades podcast, host Dan Dowdy recaps his interview with Chris Cline of Yochim Plumbing. In the original interview, Dan and Chris chat about their experiences with being second-generation tradesmen and being “old school” where integrity, hard work, and a handshake means everything in business. Chris’s father, Mark Yochim, built Yochim Plumbing into what it is t...

In this episode of the Built for the Trades podcast, host Dan Dowdy recaps his recent interview with Bret Barnhart of Barnhart Excavating. Bret’s favorite core value in his business is to have no regrets, and in this recap, Dan shares the seven steps to live your life with no regrets. As Bret’s number one core value, living with no regrets carries over from his personal life to his business. It is...

In this episode of the Built for the Trades podcast, host Dan Dowdy welcomes Bret Barnhart, the owner of Barnhart Excavating, to the show. Dan and Bret “dig” right into Bret’s backstory of being a fourth-generation business owner and how he found his success in making sure those around him are also successful and have no regrets. “Being in the trades, you probably know that there's a lot of things...

In this episode of the Built for the Trades podcast, host Dan Dowdy recaps his recent interview with Michael Sauer of Scorpion. Michael is passionate about helping business owners discover what motivates their employees to ensure every employee and company is valued. In this recap, Dan shares a couple of leadership principles that he and Michael talked about that stood out as essential to get acro...

In this episode of the Built for the Trades podcast, host Dan Dowdy recaps his recent interview with Justin Carrol of P1 Service Group. Justin’s mission is to value people first to enhance lives, and in this recap Dan shares five steps you can take right now to start putting people first . In the original interview with Justin, we learned how people truly want to be a part of something bigger than...

In this episode of the Built for the Trades podcast, host Dan Dowdy welcomes Justing Carrol of P1 Services to the show. Dan and Justin discuss what it looks like to grow a valuable home service company. Justin also shares vital tips and takeaways that don’t revolve around profit or KPIs. If you feel like you are having difficulty cultivating a team and business around your values and mission, this...