# What HVAC Leaders Must Get Right to Win the Talent War

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Podcast: [Titans of the Trades | Straight-Talk for Scaling Your Construction Business](https://stenobird.com/podcast/titans-of-the-trades-straight-talk-for-scaling-your-construction-business-6377052)
Published: 2026-06-03T08:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Company culture isn’t a perk. It’s the operating system of your business. In this episode of Titans of the Trades, Ryan Englin sits down with Trey McWilliams, third-generation HVAC contractor and CEO of Blue Cardinal Home Services Group, to unpack what it takes to build a culture that actually scales. Trey grew up in the trades. He rebuilt his family HVAC business from the inside out, replaced almost the entire workforce, and turned it into a culture-driven organization that attracted talent,...

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