Contractor Evolution
This is Contractor Evolution. Where we unpack the systems, tactics, and skills you need to take your fast-growing contracting business to the next level.
If you’re here to learn what it takes to scale up, work less, and increase profitability, you’ve come to the right place.
Stay tuned to learn what separates the new breed of contractor from the old school, and welcome to your ultimate guide on the business of contracting.
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How to Implement a CRM Without Giving Yourself a Migraine
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If you took a survey of contractors right after the implementation of their first CRM or Project Management tool, many of the responses you’d get would sound something like:
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Unlock Your Employees Full Potential
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Episode Resource: https://trybta.com/PCA54
When people know and trust each other they’re more likely to collaborate together on important work, they’re more likely to be honest with each other when it counts, and yo...
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5 Ways to Stay Out of Legal Trouble
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Episode Resource: https://trybta.com/PCA53
You want to keep your A$$ out of trouble.
All ventures, big and small, face some form of a legal risk. Whether you realize it or not, the business of contracting is on the...
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How to Stop Just Dreaming & Start Empire Building
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In this episode of Contractor Evolution, we sat down with a guest we've been trying to pin down for a while, Luke Hansen.
Luke is the founder and CEO of CompanyCam, our favorite photo storage, and site management ...
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Get Things To Go Your Way With Active Listening
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Episode Resource: https://trybta.com/PCA51
There is one skill out there that very few people try to engage in. But, well execution leads to stronger social connections and increases your ability to solve. That makes...
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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 ...
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Lead Hard Convos With these 5 Steps
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Episode Resource: https://trybta.com/PCA49
The Los Angeles Rams have a mantra on the wall of their locker room. That mantra is- The standard is the standard.
It serves as a reminder to the team that the standard i...
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Build A Business That Serves Your Life Plan
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While business tactics, skills, and systems make up a big part of our discussions on the show, we’d be remiss to not also talk about the importance of having a balanced life outside the walls of your business.
A l...
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Sell the Job Before You Get To The Close
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In a chess match, a player’s first sequence of moves is known as an “opening”. The opening is a memorized series of 8 to 12 moves that, ideally, sets up the chess game in an advantageous way for the player.
Execu...
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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...
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Interviewing Fundamentals
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Episode Resource: https://trybta.com/PCA45
James is at the helm of 1-800-Got-Junk, a brand doing 490 million dollars a year in revenue, and has done literally thousands of interviews to build power house teams.
In ...
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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 ...
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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...
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Writing a Job Ad for A-Players
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Episode Resource: https://trybta.com/PCA42
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 2 breaks dow...
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How to Build an Ideal Candidate Profile
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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...
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High Level Leadership
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Every once in a while, Igor and I like to go through listener questions and really get a grip on the challenges you’re going through daily.
So in this week’s episode of contractor evolution, I’ve sifted through a fe...
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Turbocharge Your Business Today
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Where your business ends up in 10 years depends on a few things. Your effort. The market. Your people. Some luck. The list goes on. The other predictor that may (or may not) be on your radar is the quality of a...
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Build Your Management Team
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A growing company needs people to step up and lead divisions, initiatives, and small teams.
While this may be plainly obvious to you, what is less clear is how to assess whether or not someone has what it takes to...
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Improve Your Sales Closing Ratio
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Episode Resource: https://trybta.com/PCA38
When you add up all the quotes, estimates, proposals (whatever you call them) that you do in a year and consider the sheer volume of sales opportunities your business has e...
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Become a Professional Contractor
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Every business owner deals with a number of pain points on their journey to success. Whether that's recruitment challenges, stress and time management, or revenue and sales (to name just a few). Learning to navigate ...
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Team Building Based on Personality
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How are you managing personalities on your team? Or are you?
We’ve invited Dr. Ken Keis onto the show to discuss his methods for assessing personality, and how you can leverage your team’s innate ability to thrive b...
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Retain Your Best Employees
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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...
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Tax Strategy For Contractors
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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 ...
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Developing Organizational Focus
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Have you ever been frustrated by the fact that your team JUST DOESN’T GET IT?
It’s so clear to you what needs to happen within your organization - what problems need to be solved, what priorities should be front of ...