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Dedicated to Construction Leadership, Brand Growth, and Staying on Offense. Chad Jones and Cody Phillips discuss these topics as well as the emerging role of The NEXT Leadership Academy, an intimate industry focused program, created for YOU, the highly motivated construction professional. We deliver episodes of The Builder's Bookshelf, The Goods, HardHat Headspace, Hot Wire, Insights and The Search for Fulfillment to bring you strategies and tactics that can help you become your greatest self. #BeNEXT
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In this episode of The Builder's Bookshelf, we break down Andy Grove’s High Output Management and translate managerial leverage into construction leadership, where the goal is not to personally solve every problem but to increase the capability and output of the entire team. You’ll learn how coaching, better systems, clearer meetings, and smarter delegation can multiply your impact while preventing you from becoming the bottleneck everyone depends on.Enjoy today's episode and #BeNEXT
In this episode of The Builder's Bookshelf, we break down Kim Scott’s Radical Candor and translate its feedback philosophy into construction leadership, where avoiding difficult conversations can quietly damage performance, trust, and accountability. You’ll learn how to care personally while challenging directly so your people receive clearer feedback, improve faster, and always know where they stand.Enjoy today's episode and #BeNEXT
In this episode of The Builder's Bookshelf, we break down Patrick Lencioni’s The Advantage and explore why organizational health may be one of the most overlooked competitive advantages in construction. You’ll learn how stronger leadership teams, clearer priorities, relentless communication, and consistent reinforcement can reduce internal friction and help your organization execute at a higher level.Enjoy the Episode and #BeNEXT
In this episode of The Builder's Bookshelf, we break down Dan Heath’s Upstream and translate prevention-based problem solving into the construction world, where teams often spend too much time reacting to the same delays, gaps, and emergencies. You’ll learn how to move upstream, identify recurring patterns, and build systems that prevent problems before they become expensive jobsite fires.Enjoy today's Episode and #BeNEXT
In this episode of The Builder's Bookshelf, we break down Never Split the Difference and translate Chris Voss’s negotiation tools into the construction world, where schedule pressure, scope gaps, change orders, and difficult people are part of everyday leadership. You’ll learn how tactical empathy, mirroring, labeling, and calibrated questions can help you lower defensiveness, protect your position, and turn tense conversations into better outcomes.Enjoy this Episode and #BeNEXT
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