Episode 163

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Published on:

5th Mar 2025

How to Build a Team That Grows Your Business

You built your team so they could share the load...  

So you wouldn’t have to handle everything yourself...  

Right? 

But instead of making your life easier...  

Has hiring more guys actually made your job harder? 

Now there’s more to think about...  

More responsibility...  

And less time to focus on running and growing the business.  

But don’t sack everyone and go at it alone...  

What you need is a First Team: your top guys who’ll help take your business where you want it to go.  

WHAT YOU’LL GAIN FROM LISTENING TO TODAY’S PODCAST: 

  1. GET YOUR GUYS TO STEP UP by developing strong leaders  
  2. ACHIEVE KILLER RESULTS your whole team is striving for  
  3. STOP DOING EVERYTHING YOURSELF and shift to mentoring & guiding your team 

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The Profitable Tradie Podcast
How to build a profitable Plumbing, Electrical or similar business that gives you the time, money and freedom to enjoy life.
Are you the owner of a Plumbing, Electrical, or similar service business and looking to increase your profits and regain your freedom?


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Presented by Tony Fraser-Jones and Phil Smith from Profitable Tradie. We dive into what it takes to build a profitable trades business that gives you the time and freedom you deserve.

We touch on topics like...
- How to hire decent tradespeople.
- What to do when clients don't pay their invoice.
- How to get around people beating me down on what I charge.
- Should I buy or lease my next van/truck?
- How to get my team to get off their phones and be motivated for work.
- The second easiest way to increase your profitability.

Along with sharing a ton of free resources so you can get started on what we're discussing right away!

We also talk with some of the world's most successful trades business owners and learn how they took their businesses from mediocre to multimillion.

In short. We don't know what we don't know.

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