The Builders Ladder: Business Growth Strategies for Residential Construction Businesses

After 10 months as a one-man bathroom renovation business, Rob was trapped. When you're responsible for everything, you can't take time away - and when you do, you're still on the phone handling emergencies.

Join Owen Chambers and coach Carla as they break down how Rob transformed his Texas renovation business using TPB's hiring framework. Discover why his previous helper didn't work out, how the right job ad attracted A-plus talen...

Sitting in the office wondering "what does working ON the business actually mean?" You know you should be doing sales, marketing, and numbers - but where do you start when everything feels urgent and important?

Join Owen Chambers for Part 3 of the Builder to Business Owner series as he reveals the A to Z of Operations framework - your business blueprint that maps exactly how leads flow through your company from first inquiry to fin...

Stop Being Employee of the Month in Your Own Business

Most builders get trapped being the best employee instead of the business owner. They roll up their sleeves, get their hands dirty, and stay stuck doing $47/hour tasks when they should be building systems and leading people.

Join Owen Chambers as he breaks down Part 2 of the Builder to Business Owner series, revealing how to calculate your Professional Builder Rate (PBR) and cre...

When builders hit $1.5M, $5M, or $10M revenue marks, the same painful pattern emerges: what got them there becomes their biggest bottleneck. Most end up with a "busy job with overheads" instead of a real business.

Join Luke Kemeys on Keep the Change as he interviews our very owen Marti Amos (Founder of TPB) . Discover why 22% gross margin nearly destroyed Marti’'s cleaning business, the three critical areas every building com...

Ever wonder why successful construction company owners still struggle to make profit… even when their P&L “checks out”. Growth advisor John sees 10+ building company financials every week - and the patterns are shocking.

Join Owen Chambers as he interviews John, TPB growth advisor and former carpenter-turned-casino dealer-turned business coach, who reveals what happens behind the scenes of residential constru...

The bottleneck in your building business isn't your team, your subs, or your systems - it's you. When every decision runs through the owner, growth stalls and burnout becomes inevitable.

Join Owen Chambers as he breaks down the exact framework successful builders use to delegate effectively and buy back an entire day per week. Discover the three critical delegation questions that prevent miscommunication, the 10-80-10 rule for outc...

Paying top dollar is enough to keep good employees, right? Wrong! Competitive salary actually ranks LOW on the list of what workers really prioritise.

And without knowing these priorities, you’re at risk of losing top talent in your construction business

In this episode, performance coach Andy Ross and Owen Chambers discuss the systematic approach to building a high-performance team culture that attracts talent and keeps them...

Builders waste thousands on websites, ads, and "shiny object" marketing strategies that deliver zero results. But what if your entire marketing strategy could fit on one page?

Join Owen Chambers as he interviews Alan Dib, author of "The One Page Marketing Plan" (nearly 1 million copies sold worldwide). Discover why the most successful builders focus on just 2-3 marketing channels instead of trying everything, and learn the exact fr...

In a notoriously tight-lipped industry where builders company owners rarely share challenges or collaborate, isolation has become the norm. But what if there was a better way?

Join Owen Chambers as he interviews Coach Matt Banks about the transformative power of community in The Professional Builder. Discover stories of members sharing profitable contracts, filling schedule gaps with fellow builders' overflow work, and accessing HR...

Join Owen Chambers from The Professional Builder as he interviews Lachlan Stewart, who recently completed 58 marathons in 58 days across all 50 US states and 8 Australian states/territories - a world-first achievement.

Beyond the physical feat, Lachlan shares powerful mindset strategies directly applicable to builders struggling with tying their self-worth to business performance. After transitioning from professional sports to ent...

One of the biggest needle movers for construction companies and custom home builders that want to scale is mastering a proven sales process.

Tune in today to hear how successful residential builders are implementing sales systems into their businesses - with profit-boosting results.

You’ll hear the story of Ben, a custom home builder from Victoria, who installed a professional quoting and sales process into his construction b...

👉Get Your Price For Profit Template Here: https://info.theprofessionalbuilder.com/pricingforprofit 

Mastering your profit margins is what truly transforms a busy job with overheads into a thriving construction business.

Join Owen Chambers from The Professional Builder as he explains what your job as a construction business owner really is - and what it’s centred around…

Your gross profit margin.

In this episode, ...

Wendy and Paul, two former academics turned trades business owners, faced the growing pains most of us face in the construction industry - no reliable systems, constant overwhelm, and stalled growth.

Despite being four years into running their business, they lacked the right structure in sales, marketing, leadership, and pricing. Like many others, everything still funnelled back through them.

That’s when they joined The Profe...

We’ve trained an AI to hire better than humans. And if you’re struggling to hire good people in your construction business - you may already know the old ways of hiring aren't cutting it anymore.

Access this POWERFUL AI hiring tool by attending the upcoming builders summit: https://www.builderssummit.co.nz/

In this episode, Owen and Vinnie reveal an AI tool that creates compelling job ads in minutes - ads that attract A...

Want to SCALE your construction biz? Book your strategy call here: https://tpb.tools/pod-call 

Your sales process is probably what’s costing you projects - not your building skills or your pricing.

In this episode, we reveal the five critical mistakes builders make during their first prospect interactions that cost them thousands in lost contracts over time.

We break down a proven triage call framework that helps constru...

Want to SCALE your construction biz? Book your strategy call here: https://tpb.tools/pod-call 

There’s a simple 4-step process that transforms change orders and variations into profits for your construction business.

Most builders and construction companies lose money on change orders and variations. But with the ACES framework - variations can become profitable. 

One Sydney-based construction company implemented th...

Stop chasing low-paying clients! Your most valuable asset in your construction business isn’t your tools or skills - it’s your ability to attract premium clients who value quality construction. 

In this episode, Owen and Marti reveal how builders can use simple marketing strategies to position themselves as trusted authorities.

Tune in to discover:

✅Effective marketing strategies for construction companies (these a...

In this episode of The Builder's Ladder, we talk with Corey Brown, owner of Kiwi Built in Wellington. Corey shares his journey from working for others to running his own successful small business specialising in high-end heritage renovations.

Corey reveals the lessons learned and struggles overcome while growing Kiwi Built - sharing actionable advice for builders, remodelers, and tradespeople looking to scale effectively. 

Tun...

The difference between a struggling and thriving construction business isn't volume - it's controlling the four profit levers most building business owners never touch. 

While most chase revenue, top builders and contractors maintain 25% margins by mastering these hidden profit zones

Tune in as we expose why revenue pursuit without profit focus keeps builders trapped on the hamster wheel. 

You'll discover exactly how top-...