In this episode of Everyone Leads, we sit down with Zach Brown, Journeyman Lineman and Safety Training Manager with MYR Group, to break down two things every lineman and leader faces daily: how to fuel the body for demanding work and how to lead when safety and productivity are both on the line.

We kick things off with an Ask Copilot segment answering a question every working hand has asked at some point: What’s the ideal daily meal to fuel a journeyman lineman?

In the second half, we shift gears into leadership, tackling a trending industry challenge: balancing safety and productivity in high demand projects. With tighter deadlines and zero injury expectations, foremen and supervisors are under more pressure than ever. Zach shares real world insights on communicating priorities, empowering crews to speak up, and applying leadership principles like Extreme Ownership to take responsibility for both the schedule and the safety outcomes.

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