Best of Contractor Evolution

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  • How To Build A Leadership Team & Step Back

    To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/pca-ce

    Do you have a leadership team? Do you let them lead?

    I’m sure you’ve probably heard that you need to hire a leadership team who will allow you to take a step back from the grind. But rarely do you hear HOW to nurtur...

  • Resumes Are Useless

    To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/pca-ce

    Episode Resource: https://trybta.com/PCA72

    As a millennial myself, I take a small amount of personal offense whenever I hear frustrated contractors verbally bash my entire generation (or young people broadly speakin...

  • CONTRACTOR EVOLUTION SUMMIT 2022

    Hiring is hard now, compared to what it was even five years ago. Between, a booming construction economy, an aging workforce, and the two years of Covid. The fact of the matter is that there are a lot of contractors fighting over the same relatively small talent pool.

    The problem is, regardless...

  • Tax Strategy For Contractors

    To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/pca-ce

    When it comes to taxes you’re going to have to pay them whether you want to or not. However, spending the time up front to establish a solid tax strategy could save you up to 40% AND lead to a much bigger investment ...

  • The Benefits of New Territory

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    If you have ever wondered what it takes to expand into a new market, begin operations in a new city, or even a new state, this episode is a must-listen. Our guest for this episode is Kory Ballard, founder of Perficu...

  • Nail Your Employee Onboarding And You'll Retain Your Rockstars

    To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/pca-ce

    From hiring newbie to onboarding master, how to achieve overnight success with contracting entrepreneur Curt Janzen

    Curt Janzen, director of Beyond Foam Insulation, reveals his secrets to building an onboarding syst...

  • Why A Recession Might Be Good For Business

    To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/pca-ce

    If you’re wondering like I am.
    What effect will inflation and climbing interest rates have on employees and employers alike?
    How does a recession change the landscape of the labor market?
    What emerging trends shou...

  • Ex Athletes The Best Recruiting Pool For Your Contracting Business

    To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/pca-ce

    When it comes to recruiting, how do you avoid hiring a dud?

    Every contracting leader has a story about the time they recruited someone who turned out to be a waste of space (and money); no one has time for that, esp...

  • Team Or Talent; Where Should You Invest For Growth?

    To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/pca-ce

    "Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships."

    Toby Woodiwiss, painting contractor extraordinaire, is a firm believer in this philosophy; and the results, well, they speak for themselves.

    His...

  • Retain Your Best Employees

    To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/pca-ce

    Episode Resource: https://trybta.com/PCA17

    How do you build loyalty in high performers? It’s not pizza night, go-karting, or laser tag.

    Another myth is that you need to pay them more.

    While those things help, they...

  • Guide to Hiring Success

    To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/pca-ce

    As your contracting business grows you’re going to encounter an interesting and complex scenario (and you may have already) that you are recruiting for, and hiring, a role that you know very little about.

    Here's a c...

  • Build A Trustworthy Brand

    To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/pca-ce

    Branding has never mattered more than it does right now. People, the public, your customers, are busier than ever.

    Not only that, but the competition for their eyeballs, their attention, has never been fiercer. Bet...

  • Contractors Must Read List

    To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/pca-ce

    As a great leader, you know you don’t know everything. More importantly, you’re totally okay with that, and you’re actively working to shrink those knowledge gaps and timeframes by tapping into the wisdom and experi...

  • Recruiting Roundtable with the BTA Coaches

    To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/pca-ce

    Episode Resource: https://trybta.com/PCA29

    This conversation is a big one. If you’ve been following along and listening to our episodes each week you know we’re deeply committed to empowering you, the evolving cont...

  • Labor Shortage Challenges and Solutions

    To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/pca-ce

    Episode Resource: https://trybta.com/PCA30

    What is an employer brand? An Employer Brand, in case you are wondering, is a contracting business that attracts the best talent in the industry, regardless of what is goin...

  • Preventable Problems in Contracting

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    Episode Resource: https://trybta.com/PCA32

    This episode is going to be a little different from our typical format.

    While a lot of our other Contractor Evolution episodes are more instructional, this one is more of ...

  • How to Build an Ideal Candidate Profile

    To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/pca-ce

    Episode Resource: https://trybta.com/PCA41

    Josianne Guadette runs Crew HR and over her extensive 18-year career she's been involved in the hiring of over 600 roles for her huge book of clients.

    Episode 1 covers how...

  • Leverage Untapped Talent Pools

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    Episode Resource: https://trybta.com/PCA43

    Asad is the CEO of Sales Talent Agency, an international recruiting agency that has helped acquire talent for over 1,500 companies including Harley Davidson, IBM, Salesforc...

  • Filter Out the Time Wasters

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    Episode Resource: https://trybta.com/PCA44

    Danny is the managing director at Breakthrough Academy, a company that coaches over 450 Contracting Businesses to implement efficient systems and allows the owners to step ...

  • Drawing the Line Early

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    Episode Resource: https://trybta.com/PCA46

    James is the Director of Training and Development at Breakthrough Academy who trains over 450 contractors. He’s hired and conducted expectations meetings for 100’s of staf...

  • The Best Way to Find great Talent Abroad

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    Episode Resource: https://trybta.com/PCA50

    Have you ever considered bringing in skilled workers from abroad?

    Think about it… you as an entrepreneur can’t find the people you need at home, so the next logical step ...

  • The New Way To Recruit In The Trades

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    Episode Resource: https://trybta.com/PCA56

    When it comes to solving business problems there will always be hundreds of theoretical or formulaic sounding answers floating around out there.

    There is certainly value...

  • Contractor Hiring Q's Answered

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    Episode Resource: https://trybta.com/PCA57

    About 2 months ago we put on our first digital Contractor Evolution Summit where we focused on recruiting and hiring.

    We had so many questions during the live event that w...

  • Industry Survey Says...

    Chad and Prithvi discuss findings from PCA's annual industry survey - average revenue, top business challenges, most used resources, and more.

    Painter Training - Interior Level 2 is now out!

    Additionally, June is packed full of PCA events - check our show notes to see if there's one coming your...