Fix Yourself First: Why Personal Problems Become Business Problems. Working 12-hour days, constantly firefighting, and having your team dependent on every decision isn't a business issue, it's a leadership issue that starts with you. Join Marti for part 2 of the Profitable Builders Playbook series as he reveals why the secret isn't working harder on your business, but working harder on yourself first. Discover how Adam from Seattle went from $2.5M to $7M revenue while reducing his hours from 65 ...
Jul 04, 2025•18 min•Ep. 153
Last year Andrew was stressed, dealing with rollercoaster cash flow and bad apples on his team. His books weren't up to date, he had no financial visibility, and despite having work, the cash wasn't there. Today, he's landing $400-500K jobs at 23% gross profit margin with completely different stress levels. Join Owen Chambers and Coach Cole as they break down Andrew's 9-month transformation story. Discover how getting the right people off the bus (and the right people on) can actually improve mo...
Jul 02, 2025•23 min•Ep. 152
Mark works 60 hours a week running his building company while his foreman works 40 hours - yet Mark only makes $2 more per hour despite carrying all the liability, stress, and responsibility. Sound familiar? Join Marty Amos as he breaks down Chapter 1 of The Profitable Builders Playbook, revealing why the top 5% of building company owners work just 35 hours per week while the bottom 25% grind through 65+ hour weeks. Discover the Professional Builder Rate formula that shows your true hourly worth...
Jun 27, 2025•15 min•Ep. 151
Has your Building Company become a prison? Do you focus on making more money but ignore the systems that give them time, ending up trapped in a "busy job with overheads" instead of a real business. This week’s episode we are sharing a recent podcast that Marti was featured on with Michael Creer from Straight Talk Builder. Marti shares The Professional Builder Rate formula that shows exactly what tasks you should stop doing, why you can't scale chaos or lack of profits, and the two critical growt...
Jun 25, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 150
People don't leave jobs - they leave bosses and opportunities. As your building company grows, your biggest challenge isn't finding good people, it's keeping them aligned and pulling in the same direction instead of operating like individual contractors under one roof. Join Owen Chambers for the final part of the Builder to Business Owner series as he reveals the Four Ds of CEO leadership: Dollars, Decibels, Discipline, and Direction. Discover how to create a Same Page Plan that gets your entire...
Jun 20, 2025•12 min•Ep. 149
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 talent instead of 200 mediocre applicants, and the specific strategies...
Jun 19, 2025•22 min•Ep. 148
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 final invoice. Discover how successful members like Alvin built syst...
Jun 13, 2025•11 min•Ep. 147
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 create the most important list in your business - your stop doing li...
Jun 11, 2025•14 min•Ep. 146
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 company owner gets wrong, and how to find $10K in pure profit using the Pr...
Jun 05, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 145
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 construction companies. Discover why builders consistently price at 22% margins but end up ...
Jun 04, 2025•26 min•Ep. 144
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 outcome-based delegation, and how to create repeating task calendars ...
May 30, 2025•14 min•Ep. 143
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 engaged long-term. You’ll hear how to establish non-negotiable standar...
May 26, 2025•23 min•Ep. 142
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 framework that transforms scattered efforts into predictable profit...
May 22, 2025•52 min•Ep. 141
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 templates in minutes when they need them most. Learn why surroun...
May 21, 2025•22 min•Ep. 140
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 entrepreneurship, Locke discovered how to build multidimensional suc...
May 16, 2025•1 hr 2 min
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 business and dramatically improved his income and profit margins - going...
May 12, 2025•17 min•Ep. 138
👉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, Owen breaks down exactly how small margin improvements create massive impacts - shar...
May 08, 2025•17 min•Ep. 137
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 Professional Builder. In this powerful episode, Coach Carla reveals the exac...
May 05, 2025•16 min•Ep. 136
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+ players while repelling those who won't fit your culture. Watch as they cre...
May 01, 2025•32 min•Ep. 135
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 construction businesses position themselves as the expert, uncover client motivation...
Apr 24, 2025•13 min•Ep. 134
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 this framework and consistently increased its project margins from 22-23% to 26-27% b...
Apr 17, 2025•10 min•Ep. 133
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 are easy to implement and work like crazy) ✅The key differences between being a gene...
Apr 10, 2025•25 min•Ep. 132
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. Tune in to discover: ✅Building Systems for Success: Learn how Corey transi...
Apr 03, 2025•27 min•Ep. 131
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-performing construction companies maintain 20-25% profit margins while stayin...
Mar 27, 2025•20 min•Ep. 130
76% of construction business owners spend 15+ hours a week on tasks their foreman could handle Today, we’re exploring why 80% of your building project's success depends on your foreman - and how to transform this role from a glorified carpenter into your mini-CEO. We dive deep into practical systems for empowering your foreman with clear scorecards, ‘Wildly Important Goals’ (WIGs), and accountability measures that drive results. You’ll see how to create visibility across your projects, implement...
Mar 20, 2025•21 min•Ep. 129
There's a critical difference between being a great builder and running a great construction company. Most builders are working 60+ hours weekly yet struggle to break past mediocre margins. This is because running a successful building company requires an entirely different skillset AND mindset than being a great builder. In this episode of The Builders Ladder Podcast, TPB growth advisor Josh shares what he's learned from analysing thousands of building company financials - along with guiding co...
Mar 13, 2025•22 min•Ep. 128
There are hidden costs in your construction business which could be killing your profits. David Baker, founder of RapidQS, joins us for another episode of The Builders Ladder podcast to share exactly why most builders are silently losing money on every project. After losing $2,500 on a $6,000 bathroom renovation early in his career, David discovered a key pricing element most building business owners overlook - properly accounting for time and management costs. In this episode, David shares: ✅Wh...
Mar 06, 2025•41 min•Ep. 127
Imagine structuring your week so effectively that you only need to visit sites once or twice a week, while your residential building business runs better than ever. Join your host, Marti Amos, for another episode of The Builders Ladder podcast - where he shares the ‘perfect week formula’ successful residential builders are using to scale & operate their $10M-$25M+ building businesses. Most building companies hit a ceiling at $2M-$5M because they're trapped by the "no one can do it like me" m...
Feb 27, 2025•13 min•Ep. 126
If you’ve been curious about breaking into luxury residential construction, this episode of The Builders Ladder provides a realistic roadmap for you - from someone who's built this path over 15+ years. Award-winning builder Stephen Malinger shares his journey from doing decks and bathroom renovations to becoming Sydney's leading specialist in bespoke architectural and luxury homes. With achievements, including the 2021 HIA-CSR Australian Home of the Year, Stephen reveals how he built Mallinger C...
Feb 20, 2025•54 min•Ep. 125
Stop being the best-paid tradie in your company and start being a true business owner. If you’ve grown your construction business, but still find yourself caught between running sites, chasing materials, and putting out fires - you’re spending more time behind the steering wheel and on your phone than building your business. In this episode of The Builder's Ladder, host Marti Amos sits down with Matt Banks, a construction coach with 15 years of business experience in construction. Matt shares hi...
Feb 13, 2025•40 min•Ep. 124
