{"podcast":{"title":"Titans of the Trades | Straight-Talk for Scaling Your Construction Business","slug":"titans-of-the-trades-straight-talk-for-scaling-your-construction-business-6377052","podcast_index_feed_id":6377052,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2309994.rss","website_url":"https://corematters.com/podcasts/","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/g46kafzhyc0jd9loqsymbwj11tep?.jpg","author":"Ryan Englin","episode_count":159,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/titans-of-the-trades-straight-talk-for-scaling-your-construction-business-6377052"},"episode":{"title":"Construction Leadership That Puts Families First","slug":"construction-leadership-that-puts-families-first","published_at":"2026-02-04T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/titans-of-the-trades-straight-talk-for-scaling-your-construction-business-6377052/construction-leadership-that-puts-families-first","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/titans-of-the-trades-straight-talk-for-scaling-your-construction-business-6377052","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2309994/episodes/18108364-construction-leadership-that-puts-families-first.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2309994/episodes/18108364-construction-leadership-that-puts-families-first.mp3","summary":"What does it take to build a 90-person steel erection team that actually wants to come to work? In this episode, Ryan Englin sits down with Scott Sappington, CEO of Pro Steel Erectors, to unpack the construction leadership practices behind three decades of steady growth in Arizona. Scott shares how a $500 start and two credit cards turned into thousands of projects, why his crews rarely travel, and how firm core values shape daily field decisions. You’ll hear real examples of foreman tr...","meta_description":"What does it take to build a 90-person steel erection team that actually wants to come to work? In this episode, Ryan Englin sits down with Scott Sappingt…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1775,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/titans-of-the-trades-straight-talk-for-scaling-your-construction-business-6377052/episodes/construction-leadership-that-puts-families-first/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/titans-of-the-trades-straight-talk-for-scaling-your-construction-business-6377052/construction-leadership-that-puts-families-first.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}