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Stagnation can be a heavy burden for companies in the highway industry. Being stuck in neutral means falling behind competitors, missed opportunities, and unfulfilled growth potential.
Break free from the cycle of stagnant growth and accelerate down the highway to success with the right guidance and shared insights from other industry leaders and influencers.
Jeani Ringkob is a third generation contractor and an absolute business strategy and marketing geek. Subscribe today to catch all the insights and growth your business.
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You’ll be hard-pressed to find anybody who doesn’t like rewards. Having incentives in compensation packages for your employees helps you grow your highway construction business. You increase the likelihood of hiring and retaining workers who’ll want to show up consistently and perform their best, stay and evolve with the company, refer others, and more.However, you might need to get creative and think outside of the box a bit. And you need to avoid some of the pitfalls and challenges when com...
Explore the transformative impact of artificial intelligence on the highway paving industry. AI is more than just a trendy concept; it's a potent instrument that requires a well-thought-out strategy for it to be a boon for our businesses. My own company's experience served as a case study, highlighting how AI integration, when aligned with our overarching business objectives, can significantly boost efficiency and foster growth. We delve into the ways AI can address some of the pressing ...
It’s time we dove into the hiring landscape of our highway paving construction businesses. We start by tackling the tricky task of distinguishing between toxic superstars and the much-preferred type-A team players. We’ll discuss the damaging traits of toxic superstars, who can disrupt our teams and harm our company culture. More importantly, the value of type-A team players—those with a strong work ethic, a collaborative spirit, and a willingness to grow and why coachability is a critica...
We’re sitting down with the master of sales today, Tom Reber. Get a sneak peek into the world of sales strategies and company culture as Tom imparts his knowledge on what it takes to excel in sales within our industry. Discover the secrets behind understanding customer motives and learn how to avoid the common traps that many fall into when navigating the sales process. In my engaging conversation with Tom, we delve into the art of building the perfect team and the discipline required to...
You’ve investigated and found the problems and bottlenecks in your construction business. You’ve identified the opportunities you should prioritize next. Now what?With the third and final piece of the Growth Strategy Flyheel, people sometimes forget to ensure they finish strong. In this episode of the Contractor’s Daughter podcast, you’ll learn about some of the things that might be getting in the way of you implementing your strategy. I’ll also reveal how to increase the value of your busine...
When you investigate your construction business, you often find multiple things you either don’t like or that excite you as an opportunity. But not all problems and bottlenecks that you see as opportunities are created equal.Identifying the right opportunities to prioritize is where you can screw everything up. You might need to address something first because it has a more significant impact on your business right now. Or you might need to fix a specific problem first because of its domino e...
When people look at your business and think about where it’ll take them in the future, what do they see?If they invest in it, they want to see the strategy. They want to know that the company has momentum, processes, and systems designed to create value.This is what the strategic growth flywheel helps you do. And it all starts with the first step: investigate.In this episode of the Contractor’s Daughter podcast, you’ll learn how to dive deep into the investigation phase. I’ll teach you how ta...
Almost half of business leaders have strategic planning failure because they can’t adequately track the execution of their strategy. But you need an effective strategy, though--an informed one.Does your business have a flexible framework with a top-end strategy in mind? A strategic growth flywheel provides a simple tool to generate great output that can be repeatedly used in your business.In this episode of the Contractor’s Daughter podcast, you’ll get an introduction to the flywheel. I’ll gi...
Is proactive prospecting a lost art? Whether it is or not, how do you stay in touch with that side of your business?After all, without leads, your business won’t have the customers or workforce to fulfill contracts and will eventually die out. So how do you and your sales team regard this piece of the business puzzle?My friend and special podcast guest Miles Kaplanides is back for the second part of our conversation. In this episode of the Contractor’s Daughter podcast, we dive into staying f...
Do you think of dealers as your adversaries?Too many contractors often think of dealers as those to avoid until something breaks down and needs replacing. But what if you saw them as true partners with the intention of helping you grow your business?Today, I have friend and industry peer Miles Kaplanides on the show to talk about the relationship between dealers and contractors and how it can be better. He has perspectives and insights on improving the construction industry from the sales sid...
Sales and marketing are essential to any business. But are they at odds with each other in yours? If so, then your business isn't as efficient as it should be.So how do you get both departments on the same page? Instead of having sales and marketing as silos, you need to embrace a concept called “smarketing” for the two areas to work in tandem.In this episode of the Contractor’s Daughter podcast, you’ll learn how smarketing works. I’ll also walk you through the customer journey and the benefi...
The construction industry is facing a workforce obstacle right now. It’s getting harder to recruit and retain workers for your construction crews, and you’re missing out on opportunities because of it.My team and I help clients address their company’s workforce problems. But I get asked all the time specifically how we do it, so let’s dive into that today!In this episode of the Contractor’s Daughter podcast, you’ll learn about the three critical workforce problems that construction businesses...
If you’ve listened to this podcast for a bit, you know that I come from an entrepreneurial family in highway construction. My mom took over when my dad suddenly passed away.She and I recently appeared together on a Women of Asphalt webinar where Mom talked about her experience while I mainly discussed what women in asphalt can do today to help themselves and their organizations thrive. And today, I want to share that conversation with you and let you hear from my mom, Sandy Brasier, for the f...
Are you tired of seeing and experiencing the same old presentations at conferences and trade shows?There’s a new experience on the horizon! The upcoming PAVE/X conference promises to be different, and its co-creator, Jessica Lombardo, is here to tell us how.Jessica has made a name for herself in the construction industry. She’s been the editor for some leading publications like Asphalt Contractor and is the current editor-in-chief for AC Business Media.Recently, though, she’s stepped up her g...
When a conference is over, what do you do next?The post-conference period is the most important stage of the conference game, but it also tends to be where things frequently fall apart. You’re overwhelmed with the backlog of emails, phone calls, and people asking questions.So, how can you make sure the post-conference phase doesn’t fall apart on you? As with the first two stages I’ve discussed in this Conference Success series, having a system and tools in place can help you successfully navi...
So you’ve decided on a conference for you and/or your team to attend. You’ve booked your spot and made your pre-conference preparations.Now what? Well, now that you’re actually at the conference, let’s help you get ten times the return on the time and money you’ll spend!In this episode of the Contractor’s Daughter podcast, we continue with part two of our conference success series. Today, you’ll learn my six tips for what to do at a conference to attract the people you want and meet your obje...
Conference season is coming up! If you haven’t already, you’ll soon start looking at which conferences are good options to invest in for you and your team...Or will you? Perhaps you’re hesitating because you’re wondering what you’ll get out of it and whether it’s even worth going (for more than just a good time, that is).In this episode of the Contractor’s Daughter podcast, we’re starting a three-part series on ensuring that your conference(s) of choice have an actual impact on you, your team...
You have a workforce problem, and you desperately need a solution for it. But how? From where?For the last couple of episodes of Contractor’s Daughter, you’ve learned about reframing and rethinking this problem and the assets in your company that can help you build a solution.Now, in the final part of the workforce podcast series, you’ll discover how to bring it all together by applying the Strategic Growth Flywheel to your internal workforce development solution. I’ll teach you exactly what ...
Are you relying on expensive external sources to give your business leads for workers? What if you didn’t have to pay them tens of thousands of dollars to find the workforce that your business needs?You may have what you need in your business already. Even if you don’t, it shouldn’t be hard for you to develop them. And you can leverage these things in a new and fresh way that benefits your company in incredible ways.In part two of our workforce series on the Contractor’s Daughter podcast, you...
Over the last few years, workforce changes and challenges have increased... and not just within the asphalt industry.It’s become more and more difficult to attract and retain workers. But if you have a workforce problem and want your business to grow, you need to figure out a solution so you can reverse course. And it starts with rethinking and reframing the problem itself.Today marks part one of a workforce series designed to help you turn your struggle with this particular challenge into an...
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