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Construction Genius

Dec 30, 2025

Dan Lester returns to Construction Genius for Episode 2 — and the numbers are getting louder. Clayco’s latest Combating Stigma findings show 64% of construction workers report anxiety or depression in the last 12 months, up from 54% the year prior. 

Eric and Dan go upstream: schedules, client expectations,...


Dec 23, 2025

Construction sales feel like a grind because the root problem isn’t sales — it’s the business infrastructure underneath. In this episode, we unpack the 10 structural roadblocks that make selling construction work under $100M so difficult. These issues include unclear vision, missing strategy, weak...


Dec 16, 2025

Most contractors wait too long to prepare their business for a sale—and lose millions because of it. In this episode, I talk with Cameron Bishop, Managing Director at Raincatcher, about what it really takes to make your construction company buyer-ready in the next 12 months.

Cam brings 40+ years of executive and...


Dec 9, 2025

Most leadership discussions avoid the most uncomfortable question:

👉 What actually makes a leader good?

In this episode, I sit down with Father Daniel Brandenburg, author of Leader Like No Other: What Secular Leadership Models Reveal About Jesus, a book that flips the usual leadership conversation on its head.

After...


Dec 2, 2025

In Part 2 of our WIP Mastery Series, CPA Kathe Barrington returns to show contractors how to use the WIP as a strategic decision-making tool. We dig into the three numbers every owner must check first, how underbilling reveals deeper project or client issues, and how the WIP exposes PM discipline long before problems...