Contractor's Daughter
Stagnation can be a heavy burden for companies in the highway industry. Being stuck in neutral means falling behind competitors, missed opportunities, and unfulfilled growth potential.
Break free from the cycle of stagnant growth and accelerate down the highway to success with the right guidance and shared insights from other industry leaders and influencers.
Jeani Ringkob is a third generation contractor and an absolute business strategy and marketing geek. Subscribe today to catch all the insights and growth your business.
Episodes
56 episodes
From Chaos to Clarity: Transform Your Team Meetings for Better Results
Team meetings are all about making sure everyone is on the same page. When it comes to driving growth and making informed decisions in your highway construction business, structured team meetings can empower your team, ensure clarity, ...
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Episode 48
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23:17
How to Navigate Downturns in Your Business By Revitalizing Your Sales Strategies
Are you falling short of your forecasted business numbers right now?You’ve probably felt the possibility of a downturn coming, and you’re not alone. In the last few weeks, folks across the industry have been having tough conversations ab...
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Episode 47
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15:59
How Employee Research Helps Build a Resilient Workforce in the Construction Industry
Last week, you heard me talk about why understanding your workforce is important to recruiting and retaining top talent in your construction company. Now you need to know how implementing the data gathered from those employee interviews and sur...
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Episode 46
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39:58
Understanding Your Workforce is Key to Recruit and Retain Top Talent
CONEXPO isn’t just the largest construction show in North America. It also has an incredible amount of content on its website with articles, interviews, and other very helpful resources. So when they asked if I was willing to be
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Episode 45
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38:10
Take Control of Your Time By Creating Your Ideal Week Schedule
When you look up at the end of the week, does it feel like it’s gotten away from you? You put in work, but you don’t necessarily feel like it was the most efficient use of your time. You want to do more with less and ensure you and your team ar...
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Episode 44
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How to Maximize Your Marketing Through a Fractional Chief Marketing Officer
You’re at the point where you need to get serious about marketing. Yet, you feel like marketing can be a real drain on your resources. And it can be, unless it’s done right. So how do you do it in a cost-effective and adaptable way?...
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Episode 43
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24:12
Pros and Cons of Using a Headhunter to Fill Key Employee Roles
“If we’ve lost an employee in a really significant role, should I use a headhunter?”This question often comes up when we’re focused on workforce strategy with businesses, and there are both positives and negatives to hiring a headhunter ...
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Episode 42
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How to Use Storytelling to Set Your Proposal Apart and Close the Deal
How do you increase the percentage of closes you get during the proposal phase?An often overlooked but important element can shorten your sales cycle and make it easier for your construction sales team to close the deal. It helps extract...
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Episode 41
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23:42
How to Create Great Incentivized Compensation Packages for Your Construction Employees
You’ll be hard-pressed to find anybody who doesn’t like rewards. Having incentives in compensation packages for your employees helps you grow your highway construction business. You increase the likelihood of hiring and retaining worke...
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Episode 40
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29:38
Growing Your Business with AI: Unlocking Efficiency and Success
Explore the transformative impact of artificial intelligence on the highway paving industry. AI is more than just a trendy concept; it's a potent instrument that requires a well-thought-out strategy for it to be a boon for our businesses. ...
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Episode 39
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28:08
The Difference Between Toxic Superstars and Type A Team Players
It’s time we dove into the hiring landscape of our highway paving construction businesses. We start by tackling the tricky task of distinguishing between toxic superstars and the much-preferred type-A team players. We’ll discuss the...
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Episode 38
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20:05
Unlocking Success: Sales, Culture, and Hiring Insights with Tom Reber
We’re sitting down with the master of sales today, Tom Reber. Get a sneak peek into the world of sales strategies and company culture as Tom imparts his knowledge on what it takes to excel in sales within our industry. Discover the secrets behi...
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Episode 37
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Why Business Owners Struggle to Implement Even the Best Strategies
You’ve investigated and found the problems and bottlenecks in your construction business. You’ve identified the opportunities you should prioritize next. Now what?With the third and final piece of the Growth Strategy Flyheel, people some...
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How to Identify and Prioritize the Right Opportunities for Your Business
When you investigate your construction business, you often find multiple things you either don’t like or that excite you as an opportunity. But not all problems and bottlenecks that you see as opportunities are created equal.Identifying ...
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16:15
Investigate: Diving Into the First Phase of the Strategic Growth Flywheel
When people look at your business and think about where it’ll take them in the future, what do they see?If they invest in it, they want to see the strategy. They want to know that the company has momentum, processes, and systems designed...
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19:39
Strategic Growth Flywheel: A Gateway to an Informed Business Strategy
Almost half of business leaders have strategic planning failure because they can’t adequately track the execution of their strategy. But you need an effective strategy, though--an informed one.Does your business have a flexible framework...
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24:26
Is Proactive Prospecting Dead For Dealers and Contractors? with Miles Kaplanides
Is proactive prospecting a lost art? Whether it is or not, how do you stay in touch with that side of your business?After all, without leads, your business won’t have the customers or workforce to fulfill contracts and will eventually di...
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Episode 36
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25:21
Partnering with Your Dealer to Improve Operations with Miles Kaplanides
Do you think of dealers as your adversaries?Too many contractors often think of dealers as those to avoid until something breaks down and needs replacing. But what if you saw them as true partners with the intention of helping you grow y...
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Episode 35
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27:02
Sales vs Marketing: Align Them With Smarketing
Sales and marketing are essential to any business. But are they at odds with each other in yours? If so, then your business isn't as efficient as it should be.So how do you get both departments on the same page? Instead of having sales a...
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Episode 34
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How We Can Help Your Construction Business Overcome Workforce Obstacles
The construction industry is facing a workforce obstacle right now. It’s getting harder to recruit and retain workers for your construction crews, and you’re missing out on opportunities because of it.My team and I help clients address t...
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Episode 33
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26:44
Generations of Strength: A Mother-Daughter Journey In the Asphalt Industry
If you’ve listened to this podcast for a bit, you know that I come from an entrepreneurial family in highway construction. My mom took over when my dad suddenly passed away.She and I recently appeared together on a
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Episode 32
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How Jessica Lombardo Is Bringing An Immersive Experience to a Trade Show
Are you tired of seeing and experiencing the same old presentations at conferences and trade shows?There’s a new experience on the horizon! The upcoming PAVE/X conference promises to be different, and its co-creator, Jessica Lombardo, is...
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29:52
5 Post-Conference Tips You Can Use to Increase Your Success
When a conference is over, what do you do next?The post-conference period is the most important stage of the conference game, but it also tends to be where things frequently fall apart. You’re overwhelmed with the backlog of emails, phon...
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20:42
6 Conference Tips to 10X Your Return on Investment
So you’ve decided on a conference for you and/or your team to attend. You’ve booked your spot and made your pre-conference preparations.Now what? Well, now that you’re actually at the conference, let’s help you get ten times the return o...
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24:32
6 Pre-Conference Tips You Should Follow for Maximum Results
Conference season is coming up! If you haven’t already, you’ll soon start looking at which conferences are good options to invest in for you and your team...Or will you? Perhaps you’re hesitating because you’re wondering what you’ll get ...
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