Podcast Appearances

In Episode 3 – Steering the Ship, Matt and I talk about the importance of making sure everybody understands what direction the ship is heading in and taking the time communicate to employees and family the significance of what they do to the bigger picture and include them in the decision making process so they’ll buy into your goals and help drive you toward them. If you’re making those decisions without any input they won’t share your passion. If you do this well, you’ll build a culture rich with accountability and drive.

Family businesses often lack objective benchmarks like manuals that spell out whether a family member is or isn’t doing their job. Without that, all the family dynamics run rampant. In Episode 2 – Defining Job Roles, Matt and I discuss…

Family businesses can be a great thing – not just something you have to put up with. Implementing an organization chart is the first step.

Al discusses Staffing Power, offering careers rather than jobs, and what you need to do to create a clear path for employees to progress up the ladder.

All the business planning in the world is useless unless it leads to the right action at the right time, done in the right way. In Episode 2 – Operating Power, you’ll learn why it’s critical to create and implement…

Al returns to The Site Shed Podcast for a three –part series to discuss Planning Power, Operating Power, and Staffing power, three of seven key powers contractors can use to run their contracting businesses with less stress and more success.

On episode 022 of the Guys in Trucks Podcast, I talk to hosts Taylor Hill and Carter Harkins about my new book The 7-Power Contractor, and how contracting business owners can run their businesses with less stress and more success. Specifically, I talk about my Meetings Manifesto. I explain why you hate meetings and what you need to do so that you can actually fall in love with them. If you own a truck-based contracting business in the home services industry, you’ll love this interview and this podcast.