# Titans of the Trades | Straight-Talk for Scaling Your Construction Business Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/titans-of-the-trades-straight-talk-for-scaling-your-construction-business-6377052 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/titans-of-the-trades-straight-talk-for-scaling-your-construction-business-6377052.md RSS feed: https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2309994.rss Official site: https://corematters.com/podcasts/ Author: Ryan Englin Episodes: 159 ## Resource If you run a construction business and want to scale without chaos, burnout, or sacrificing your culture, this is your show. Host Ryan Englin brings you straight-talk episodes packed with clear, practical guidance for leaders who are tired of guessing, whether it's a solo deep dive, a conversation with an industry expert, or lessons from the field. The focus is clarity. No fluff. No theory. Just simple, repeatable takeaways you can actually use. Ryan is the CEO of Core Matters, best-selling author of Hire Better People Faster, and creator of the Core Fit Blueprint - a proven framework used by ops-heavy businesses hire, onboard, and retain the right people by design, not luck, with clear expectations, repeatable systems, and less chaos. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/titans-of-the-trades-straight-talk-for-scaling-your-construction-business-6377052 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/titans-of-the-trades-straight-talk-for-scaling-your-construction-business-6377052.md ## Episodes - [What HVAC Leaders Must Get Right to Win the Talent War](https://stenobird.com/podcast/titans-of-the-trades-straight-talk-for-scaling-your-construction-business-6377052/what-hvac-leaders-must-get-right-to-win-the-talent-war) — 2026-06-03T08:00:00+00:00 - [Incentive Plans That Make Technicians Think Like Owners](https://stenobird.com/podcast/titans-of-the-trades-straight-talk-for-scaling-your-construction-business-6377052/incentive-plans-that-make-technicians-think-like-owners) — 2026-05-27T08:00:00+00:00 - [From Tech Startup to Owner in Construction](https://stenobird.com/podcast/titans-of-the-trades-straight-talk-for-scaling-your-construction-business-6377052/from-tech-startup-to-owner-in-construction) — 2026-05-20T08:00:00+00:00 - [How to Protect Your People and Your Profits in Construction](https://stenobird.com/podcast/titans-of-the-trades-straight-talk-for-scaling-your-construction-business-6377052/how-to-protect-your-people-and-your-profits-in-construction) — 2026-05-13T08:00:00+00:00 - [Career Path Strategies for Growing Businesses](https://stenobird.com/podcast/titans-of-the-trades-straight-talk-for-scaling-your-construction-business-6377052/career-path-strategies-for-growing-businesses) — 2026-05-06T08:00:00+00:00 - [Staying Grounded While Leading Construction Forward](https://stenobird.com/podcast/titans-of-the-trades-straight-talk-for-scaling-your-construction-business-6377052/staying-grounded-while-leading-construction-forward) — 2026-04-29T08:00:00+00:00 - [From Intern to CEO: Leading Innovation in Construction](https://stenobird.com/podcast/titans-of-the-trades-straight-talk-for-scaling-your-construction-business-6377052/from-intern-to-ceo-leading-innovation-in-construction) — 2026-04-22T08:00:00+00:00 - [How to Build Leadership, Culture, & People Success in Construction](https://stenobird.com/podcast/titans-of-the-trades-straight-talk-for-scaling-your-construction-business-6377052/how-to-build-leadership-culture-people-success-in-construction) — 2026-04-15T08:00:00+00:00 - [How Go Build Tennessee Is Rebuilding Construction](https://stenobird.com/podcast/titans-of-the-trades-straight-talk-for-scaling-your-construction-business-6377052/how-go-build-tennessee-is-rebuilding-construction) — 2026-04-08T08:00:00+00:00 - [From Wrench to Revenue: How to Build a Business with Culture and KPIs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/titans-of-the-trades-straight-talk-for-scaling-your-construction-business-6377052/from-wrench-to-revenue-how-to-build-a-business-with-culture-and-kpis) — 2026-04-01T08:00:00+00:00 - [The Truth About Second-in-Command Leadership With Cameron Herold](https://stenobird.com/podcast/titans-of-the-trades-straight-talk-for-scaling-your-construction-business-6377052/the-truth-about-second-in-command-leadership-with-cameron-herold) — 2026-03-25T08:00:00+00:00 - [Solving the Skilled Trades Shortage](https://stenobird.com/podcast/titans-of-the-trades-straight-talk-for-scaling-your-construction-business-6377052/solving-the-skilled-trades-shortage) — 2026-03-18T08:00:00+00:00 - [Stop Construction Burnout With Franchise Systems](https://stenobird.com/podcast/titans-of-the-trades-straight-talk-for-scaling-your-construction-business-6377052/stop-construction-burnout-with-franchise-systems) — 2026-03-11T08:00:00+00:00 - [Marketing, Leadership, and Making the Trades Plan-A](https://stenobird.com/podcast/titans-of-the-trades-straight-talk-for-scaling-your-construction-business-6377052/marketing-leadership-and-making-the-trades-plan-a) — 2026-03-04T09:00:00+00:00 - [How to Survive the AI Disruption](https://stenobird.com/podcast/titans-of-the-trades-straight-talk-for-scaling-your-construction-business-6377052/how-to-survive-the-ai-disruption) — 2026-02-25T09:00:00+00:00 - [Motivating High Performers Who Sell and Stay](https://stenobird.com/podcast/titans-of-the-trades-straight-talk-for-scaling-your-construction-business-6377052/motivating-high-performers-who-sell-and-stay) — 2026-02-18T09:00:00+00:00 - [From Truck to Franchise by Building Leaders](https://stenobird.com/podcast/titans-of-the-trades-straight-talk-for-scaling-your-construction-business-6377052/from-truck-to-franchise-by-building-leaders) — 2026-02-11T09:00:00+00:00 - [Construction Leadership That Puts Families First](https://stenobird.com/podcast/titans-of-the-trades-straight-talk-for-scaling-your-construction-business-6377052/construction-leadership-that-puts-families-first) — 2026-02-04T09:00:00+00:00 - [From Craftsman to Franchise Founder](https://stenobird.com/podcast/titans-of-the-trades-straight-talk-for-scaling-your-construction-business-6377052/from-craftsman-to-franchise-founder) — 2026-01-28T09:00:00+00:00 - [How 300,000+ Entrepreneurs Got Their Weekends Back](https://stenobird.com/podcast/titans-of-the-trades-straight-talk-for-scaling-your-construction-business-6377052/how-300-000-entrepreneurs-got-their-weekends-back) — 2026-01-21T09:00:00+00:00 - [Revolutionizing Construction Estimating with AI](https://stenobird.com/podcast/titans-of-the-trades-straight-talk-for-scaling-your-construction-business-6377052/revolutionizing-construction-estimating-with-ai) — 2026-01-14T09:00:00+00:00 - [Scaling to $2M With Checklists that Actually Work](https://stenobird.com/podcast/titans-of-the-trades-straight-talk-for-scaling-your-construction-business-6377052/scaling-to-2m-with-checklists-that-actually-work) — 2026-01-07T09:00:00+00:00 - [The Year in Review: Lessons from 2025 and What’s Next for the Trades](https://stenobird.com/podcast/titans-of-the-trades-straight-talk-for-scaling-your-construction-business-6377052/the-year-in-review-lessons-from-2025-and-what-s-next-for-the-trades) — 2025-12-17T09:00:00+00:00 - [From Unpaid Intern to President](https://stenobird.com/podcast/titans-of-the-trades-straight-talk-for-scaling-your-construction-business-6377052/from-unpaid-intern-to-president) — 2025-12-10T09:00:00+00:00 - [From Fear to Financial Clarity](https://stenobird.com/podcast/titans-of-the-trades-straight-talk-for-scaling-your-construction-business-6377052/from-fear-to-financial-clarity) — 2025-12-03T09:00:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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