The Leadership and Learning Podcast

In this episode we meet with award winning entrepreneur and author Mr. Walter Hill Jr to discuss his book, Think Red Flags – A Proactive and Practical Approach for Your Small Business. In this episode you will learn: What red flag thinking is and how it helps with profitability. How companies have applied red flag thinking. You will hear specific example of what red flagging can do for a leader? H...

In this episode of the Leadership and Learning Podcast, host Randy Goruk shares a segment from a recent a webinar titled: A Leaders Guide to Employee Retention success. You will learn the 3 – biggest mistakes leaders make impacting employee retention success and how what to do about them.

In this episode of The Leadership and Learning Podcast, host Randy Goruk, has a conversation with life-long friends, military veterans and authors, John Buford and Sean Georges. We discuss their new book, Mission Focused Leadership and the key role leaders have in attracting, recruiting, and retaining top talent.   In this episode you will learn the importance: The importance for leaders to focus...

In this episode of The Leadership and Learning Podcast, host Randy Goruk, has a conversation with Ben Juncker, the co-founder and CEO of Craftsman's Choice, a leading exterior remodeling contractor in Minnesota ... and one of the highest volume James Hardie siding installers in the United States talk leadership. In this episode you will learn: How he built a family like culture in the business. Ho...

In this episode, we tackle the very challenging issue of the labor pool impacting building material manufacturing companies, construction companies and distribution and lumber yard operations. We explore the benefits of Team Engine's proprietary software tool specifically created to help blue-collar companies hire and retain the best workforce possible with CEO, Carlos del Pozo. In this episode yo...

Host Randy Goruk shares a story from Miles Levin, a young blogger who lost his battle with cancer at age 18 and a leadership tip. The overall message in this short podcast episode is ... If you aren't at your best and don't prepare like it matters, you miss opportunities you'll never get back. Live every day shooting as if it's your last shot.

Creating an innovative culture for most organizations is critical to long-term survival, however it is not an easy thing to do. In this episode of the Leadership and Learning Podcast, host Randy Goruk is joined by Karen Hold, an established innovation expert.   In this episode you'll learn: What leaders can do to create and sustain an innovative culture. How some companies have had success creatin...

When relationships are critical to your business, your reputation is one of the most important assets you manage. In today's podcast, host Randy Goruk is joined by Bill Coletti - a highly experienced and sought-after reputation management strategist and speaker. We do a deep dive into the world of corporate crisis management. You'll learn: The different types of crises that can impact your reputat...

We are Celebrating Women in Construction week by sharing the stories, the experiences, the perspectives, the suggestions for recruitment and other insights from guest Stefanie Couch.             

We are Celebrating Women in Construction week by sharing the stories, the experiences, the perspectives, the suggestions for recruitment and other insights from guest Holly Brenner.             

We are Celebrating Women in Construction week by sharing the stories, the experiences, the perspectives, the suggestions for recruitment and other insights from guest Shawna Peddle.              

We are Celebrating Women in Construction week by sharing the stories, the experiences, the perspectives, the suggestions for recruitment and other insights from guest Sydne Jacques.             

In this episode of the Leadership and Learning Podcast, host Randy Goruk visits with Maisha Hagan, an expert in helping women in male dominated industries strategically position themselves for career growth and promotion. Listen as they discuss: A candidate's perspective on attracting and recruiting top female talent to a building materials or construction company. The effectiveness of traditional...

In this episode of the Leadership and Learning Podcast, host Randy Goruk visits with Joseph O'Connor to have a conversation on Emotional Intelligence. Joseph is an author of nineteen books, including the most recent book, Coaching the Brain, co-founder of the International Coaching Community (ICC), which boasts over 15,000 members worldwide and founder of the Neuroscience Coaching Centre.   Listen...

In this episode of the Leadership and Learning Podcast, host Randy Goruk visits with Canadian and USA Professional Speaker Hall of Fame, Olympian and New York Times Best-Selling Author, Vince Poscente. They discuss the leadership lessons from Vince's new book Earthquake – Your Journey from Setback to Breakthrough.  Listen as they discuss: The power of the conscious and sub-conscious mind Safety tr...

In this episode of The Leadership and Learning Podcast, host Randy Goruk, has a conversation with subject matter expert, Shawna Schuh. The subject is Neuro-Linguistic Programming and how it applies to leadership. In this episode you will learn: What Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) is. How NLP can help you become a better leader. Why well-crafted questions are important for leaders. How to turn...

Host Randy Goruk shares a Leadership Tip on Elevating Performance. He challenges you to identify opportunities for elevating your performance by reflecting on your recent actions, decisions, and time spent, then make the needed changes. To help you get started he offers a number of questions for you and your team to answer.

Host Randy Goruk, shares a Leadership Tip around the topic of micromanagers.  He describes how micromanagers impact an organization and how to stop being the leader who micromanages the business.  

Host Randy Goruk has a conversation with Russ Stephens, co-founder of Association of Professional Builders, a company dedicated to helping residential builders profitably grow their business. In this episode you will learn: Why planning is a lost art and why it's important to achieve growth. The impact your mindset has on success. The top leadership attributes for success. What you encourage is wh...

In this episode, host Randy Goruk has an engaging conversation with the no BS Performance Coach Paul Glover. The two executive coaches talk about developing leaders. They run the table talking about: The importance of 360 – degree feedback surveys. Successes and failures of 360 – degree feedback surveys. Leadership attributes of importance. Leadership blind-spots and how to fix them. Employee enga...

We take a deep dive into the topic of advocacy with advocacy expert, Roger Rickard, Founder and President of a company called Voices in Advocacy. He has had a life-long passion of working with organizations who want to inspire, educate, engage, and activate their teams to become even better influential advocates. Roger Rickard is clearly a leading expert in the Advocacy space. Listen as he shares:...

Steve Klessig, VP Architecture & Engineer of Wisconsin based Keller, Inc talks leadership with host Randy Goruk. Steve discusses, how he got started in the construction industry and the importance of his involvement in the community and the construction industry. He talks a little about his role as the 2021 National Chair for Associated Builders and Contractors and the priorities for the Associati...

Mass Timber is taking North America by storm. Impressive structures are popping up everywhere. Building codes are changing. New manufacturing plants are being built. Jobs are being created and it's an exciting time to be in the mass timber space. In this episode, you'll hear Hardy Wentzel, CEO of Structurlam Mass Timber Corporation, provide a description of what mass timber is and why its populari...

4th Generation owner of Ward Lumber, Jay Ward describes how and why he took a family-owned business and turned it into an employee owned cooperative. Listen, as he discusses ownership transition options and why the employee-owned coop was the best answer for Ward Lumber. Jay is a great leader, and you'll find many things he said in this short conversation to be examples of exceptional leadership. 

What does it take to be a Leader of Excellence ? This keynote presentation replay will clearly answer the question and leave no doubt in your mind of what you will need to do.