Show Notes:  <ul> <li>A time of corruption and crisis </li> <li>The duty and responsibility of leadership </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Why leaders need support from "Jeremiahs" </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Who are your Jeremiahs? </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">What is the message of the Jeremiahs? </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Why are they important? </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Internal and external truth-tellers </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Jeremiahs understand your company's culture and care about your company </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Jeremiahs are willing to tell the truth</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">They come with problems and solutions </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">How to respond to Jeremiahs?  <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Listen to them </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Don't "kill the messenger" </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Take their feedback and respond appropriately </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Don't fear what other people think</li> </ul> </li> </ul>

49 - The Black Sheep Returns: How to Thrive in a Family-Owned Construction Business

Construction Genius is a construction leadership podcast for owners and senior leaders of commercial general contractors and specialty contractors.

Host Eric Anderton interviews construction owners and executives about how they run their companies. Solo episodes break down one leadership or management problem at a time.

Topics include developing project managers and superintendents, construction business development and negotiated work, succession planning and ESOPs, construction accounting and bonding capacity, and AI in construction.

Eric has worked only with construction companies for more than 20 years. His coaching clients run firms from $10M to over $3B in revenue, and he facilitates their strategic and succession planning.