The Construction Leadership Podcast: Executive Strategies to Build Elite Teams & Consistently Deliver On-Time, Under Budget
Are you spending more time solving problems than actually leading in your construction business?
The Construction Leadership Podcast helps executives build high-performing teams, finish on time and under budget—without all the firefighting and babysitting—so you can lead with clarity, consistency, and control.
Hosted by Bradley Hartmann—author of 15 books for the construction industry who teaches leadership in the University of Oklahoma’s Master’s program for construction professionals—each episode delivers real-world lessons for real-world builders.
You’ll learn how to:
• Lead change with less resistance using field-tested strategies that increase engagement
• Build a culture of accountability—without micromanaging or constant confrontation
• Eliminate confusion with mental models and tools that drive confident execution
New episodes drop every Tuesday and Thursday.
Ready to jump in? Start with episode 470: The Glock 17, a Billionaire, and the Leadership Lesson That Will Transform Your Team’s Change Management. It’s a listener favorite and will shift how you lead through resistance.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 477
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Ep. 156 :: Brand Identity and Positioning with Bonnie Mauldin of The Mauldin Group
In episode 156, Bradley Hartmann is joined by Bonnie Mauldin of The Mauldin Group, an Atlanta-based web design and internet marketing firm that specializes in the construction industry.
Bonnie is th…
Ep. 155 :: Gridiron Leadership Lessons with Charlie Coggins
In episode 155, Bradley is joined by Charlie Coggins, Greenville-Spartanburg Market President at Professional Builders Supply. With the college football season lurching its way through October, we as…
Ep. 154 :: Digitizing LBM with Mike Wisnefski of MaterialsXchange
In episode 154 of The Behind Your Back Podcast, Mike Wisnefski, co-founder and CEO of MaterialsXchange, joins the show. Mike discusses the (un)natural progression he made from Badger U (University of…
Ep. 153 :: Thinking Like a Franchisor with Jenna Duett
In episode 153, Jenna Duett brings her enthusiasm and insights to the Behind Your Back Podcast. Jenna is the Director of Media and Regional Marketing for one of the largest franchisors in the constru…
Ep. 152 :: Going on Offense with Information: the 90x90 Meeting
In episode 152, host Bradley Hartmann outlines how teams can invest 90 minutes every 90 days to build stronger, more insightful teams that leverage the commodity of information to bring more contextu…
Ep. 151 :: Tim Lyons, VP of Sales at BROSCO sponsored by the World Millwork Alliance
In episode 151, Tim Lyons (VP of Sales at Brockway-Smith Co. aka BROSCO) joins the podcast to discuss sales and leadership at the 130-year-old firm. Founded in 1890, BROSCO is the largest distributor…
Ep. 150 :: Dr. Ben Bigelow of Boomer Sooner U: From Building Homes to Building Leaders
In episode 150, Dr. Ben Bigelow joins the show. Ben is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Construction Science program at the University of Oklahoma.
After graduating from Texas A&M, Ben …
Ep. 149 :: How To Be Remarkable: utiles-doux
In episode 149, Bradley Hartmann shares the timeless components of remarkability as defined by Michel de Montaigne: utiles-doux in Latin meaning, useful-delightful.
Ep. 148 :: The B Words with Tricia Kagerer, EVP at Jordan Foster
In episode 148, Bradley Hartmann and Jenny T. welcome Tricia Kagerer (Executive Vice President of Risk Control at Jordan Foster Construction) to the show to discuss her new book, The B Words: 13 Word…
Ep. 147 :: Your Email Sales Pitch: Do this, not that.
As COVID-19 has made face-to-face selling harder than ever, communicating well via email is as important as ever.
In episode 147, Bradley Hartmann and Jenny T. dissect a series of real-life email sa…
Ep. 146 :: Innovating Results with Corinne Miller
"Because its purpose is to create a customer, the business enterprise has two—and only two—basic functions: marketing and innovation."
- Dr. Peter Drucker
In episode 146, Bradley Hartmann connects …
Ep. 145 :: Leadership Lessons with Russ Kathrein
In episode 145, Russ Kathrein joins the show to talk about his recent departure from Alexander Lumber, a few of his lessons learned, and leadership principles that can guide us all.
Ep. 144 :: Profits, Gazelles, and Charlie The Milkman: Bruce Merrifield Part II
Part II of Bradley Hartmann's conversation with Bruce Merrifield, President of Merrifield Consulting Group and partner at WayPoint Analytics. They continue the discussion on profit models, customer p…
Ep. 143 :: Bruce Merrifield on Intentional Profit Management
“To succeed in business, you have to have a genuine, honest-to-goodness interest in profitability. And most people don’t.”
—The Art of Profitability by Adrian Slywotzky
Our guest on episode 143 is…
Ep. 142 :: Marketing the Non-Redskins and Wood Science With WindsorONE's Corbin Rinehart and Brian Bunt
On today’s episode, Hartmann and Jenny T. are joined by a pair of guests from WindsorONE. Corbin Rinehart is a Regional Sales Manager at WindsorONE, a wood science expert, and an avid fisherman—all o…
Ep. 141 :: Leading Boomers to Gen Z with Jim Thillen, Regional General Supt. at The Beck Group
In episode 141 you'll meet Jim Thillen, the Regional General Superintendent at The Beck Group, an international commercial construction firm based in Dallas, TX. Jim is a 3rd generation builder, an e…
Ep. 140 :: Emergency Muji Pod with Jenny T.
In this emergency podcast, Jenny T. and Bradey Hartmann discuss the Muji bankruptcy (in the U.S. only) and its effects on the supply and demand of .38 gel ink ballpoint pens. They also discuss the wo…
Ep. 139 :: Coach Herm Edwards on Football, Leadership, and Life.
In episode 139, host Bradley Hartmann recounts his impromptu one-on-one session with Coach Herm Edwards, former NFL player and coach who is currently the Head Coach at Arizona State University in Tem…
Ep. 138 :: Coaching and Leadership with Sean Reid of Arrowhead
In episode 138, Bradley Hartmann connects with Sean Reid of Arrowhead Coaching and Facilitation Solutions based near Hamilton, Ontario (CA). Sean shares lessons learned from writing a speech for the …
Ep. 137 :: Hartmann's Out! Guest host Tim Rethlake Interviews Builders
In episode 137, a bit of (meaningless) history is made as Bradley Hartmann's role of podcast host transitions to past guest, VP of Trade Marketing and Sales Training at Hearth and Home Technologies, …