Sept. 21, 2021

EP 38: Who's On Your Team?

EP 38: Who's On Your Team?

The best entrepreneurs have learned that you can’t do everything yourself. Join us for a conversation with Justin Thompson as he shares his insight into how building the right team has created freedom for his builder and remodeler clients (and himself).

The best entrepreneurs have learned that you can’t do everything yourself. A builder-turned-business-coach walks us through his team and shares his insight into how building the right team has created freedom for his builder clients (and himself).

Show highlights include:

  • Why working on your weaknesses is terrible advice and can trap you in your business instead of giving you freedom (6:16) 
  • 4 simple questions that reorganize your team so everyone’s working on their highest and best use (9:31) 
  • How building your company like a sports team creates a profitable, sustainable, and scalable construction business (15:19) 
  • Why putting the right people in the right seats can increase their income by 10x and grow your company’s revenue by 10x (23:45)
  • We’ve seen 10x in all kinds of ways and it’s all due to putting the right people in the right seats (25:07)
  • Most of our struggles are because we don’t have the right who (28:20)

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