He used to run hot in the cab — hands flying, yelling at trucks all day. Then one line changed how he shows up on site. A short but honest take on perspective, pressure, and what actually matters when the day gets heavy. 🎥 Full conversation on Learnings and Missteps.…
Tim Tuoni went from riding backhoes as a kid to running Tuoni Site Development, and he's got zero patience for people who think construction guys are just difficult for the sake of it. In this episode, Tim breaks down what actually gets mislabeled as "a-hole energy" in this industry: it's…
Tim Tuoni went from riding backhoes as a kid to running Tuoni Site Development, and he's got zero patience for people who think construction guys are just difficult for the sake of it. In this episode, Tim breaks down what actually gets mislabeled as "a-hole energy" in this industry: it's…
Not everyone is built for a desk job — and that's okay. Everyone has a role that fits their skills, personality, and wiring. Full episode dropping Thursday. Boost Your Leadership game with The Construction Leadership Lab: https://www.depthbuilder.com/construction-leadership-lab Download your free copy of Becoming the Promise You are Intended to Be:…
Having every resource in the world won't help if you don't know how to use it. On this week's episode of Learnings & Missteps, Tim Tuoni breaks down why resourcefulness, not resources, is what separates leaders who grow from those who stall out. A construction leadership mindset lesson every builder…
You're never above a shovel. If you're the owner, the foreman, or the boss, you should be just as dirty as your people. Tim Tuoni explains why the guys who stay dirty get more out of their crew than the ones who don't. Full episode with Tim Tuoni drops Thursday…
The book study isn't just business talk — it's about investing in yourself so you can show up better everywhere. Personal growth = professional growth. It's just one part of the Construction Leadership Lab. Sign up for more details via the link in comments. Boost Your Leadership game with The…
Leadership in construction is lonely. The 2 a.m. gut-check calls. The mistakes nobody at the office needs to know about. The moments where "fake it till you make it" stops working and you just need someone who gets it. This episode, Jesse opens the door to something new: the Construction…
Leadership in construction is lonely. The 2 a.m. gut-check calls. The mistakes nobody at the office needs to know about. The moments where "fake it till you make it" stops working and you just need someone who gets it. This episode, Jesse opens the door to something new: the Construction…
The higher you climb, the thinner your peer group gets. Construction leadership isn't just about performance under pressure — it's about having somewhere safe to say "I don't know what to do." Boost Your Leadership game with The Construction Leadership Lab: https://www.depthbuilder.com/construction-leadership-lab Download your free copy of Becoming the Promise…
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Ever quit on a goal the moment it stopped feeling like a win? This week's episode breaks down why treating progress as pass/fail is the quiet reason so many goals stall out before they get traction. He unpacks the start-stop cycle: new goals always run into friction from commitments you…
Ever quit on a goal the moment it stopped feeling like a win? This week's episode breaks down why treating progress as pass/fail is the quiet reason so many goals stall out before they get traction. He unpacks the start-stop cycle: new goals always run into friction from commitments you…
Boost Your Leadership game with The Construction Leadership Lab: https://www.depthbuilder.com/construction-leadership-lab Download your free copy of Becoming the Promise You are Intended to Be: https://www.depthbuilder.com/books Sign up for weekly insights on leaving the construction industry better than you found it: Subscribe on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7147552350830833665 #lifelessons #relationships #personaldevelopment #changeleaders #learningsandmissteps #depthbuilder #emotionalbungeejumpers…
You don't need a podcast to do this. Record yourself talking through an idea. A presentation. A hard conversation. Then watch it back. That's it. That's the exercise. Growth isn't pass/fail, it's bookends. Look back a year later and see how far you've come Boost Your Leadership game with The…
It's Monday. The day most goals get their first real test and lose. It's not the bad morning. It's the story you tell yourself right after you fail to take action as planned. Most people never even notice they're continually trapped in pass fail thinking. Listen to this week's full…
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AJ Waters wanted to design stadiums. Instead, he ended up rebuilding the operating system for one of the largest construction companies in the world and learning, the hard way, why so many digital transformations quietly collapse in the field. In this episode, AJ takes Jesse inside the messy reality of…
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The Jetsons at home. The Flintstones at work. That gap is exactly what pushed AJ Waters to change how an entire construction company used technology. Full episode (dropping Thursday) follows his journey — and what it taught him about leading change in an industry that doesn't love change. Subscribe so…
Most construction tech gets built top-down — for GCs and management — while the people actually installing on the job site get an afterthought version. Here's why that gap keeps showing up in the tools built for our industry. Boost Your Leadership game with The Construction Leadership Lab: https://www.depthbuilder.com/construction-leadership-lab Download…
"I'm supposed to be installing pipe, not feeding data to somebody." Jesse gets real about why so much construction tech misses the mark for the people actually doing the work in the field. Built for GCs, sold to the top — but what about the guy on the ground whose…
You're not for everyone and that's actually the point. Trying to be liked by everybody usually means you're not being real with anybody. This clip is a reminder that autthenticity, humility, and knowing when to sepak (and when not to ) is a journey, not a destination and it's one…
There's a version of "authentic" that's just an excuse to be obnoxious. Amy Houk isn't that version. Amy is the president of National Lien Services and RSC Preliminary Lien Services and joins Jesse to talk about turning 50 and how that moment changed everything: she stopped caring about most things…
