Episode 120

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Published on:

8th May 2024

The Ultimate Guide For Managing Tradespeople

Do you HATE when employees make avoidable mistakes? 

Nobody’s perfect but employees can take a profitable job and screw it up big time. 

Mistakes in business can be a death sentence. 

But business owners like you and I can also make mistakes. 

The difference is our mistakes tend to be a lot more expensive. 

An apprentice might do a poor job which costs $500 to fix. 

But a business owner who hasn’t delegated that job properly is leaving much more on the table. 

It’s easy to see when staff muck up because we have to pay for it. 

But when we muck up, it sometimes isn’t even noticed. 

But that really needs to change because I’m sick of business owners throwing away 20% of their net margin on bad management and not noticing 

So Phil & I sat down to talk about how to be profitable managers. 

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

  1. The best ways to manage your team in 2024 
  2. How to make your team less dependent on you. 
  3. The process for reducing team mistakes. 

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About the Podcast

The Profitable Tradie Podcast
For Trades & Contracting Business Owners Who Want More Profit, More Freedom, and Less Stress
If you run a plumbing, electrical, HVAC, or any other trades business and you’re tired of long hours, cash flow headaches, and pricing battles, this podcast is for you.



Join Tony Fraser-Jones and Phil Smith from Profitable Tradie as they break down straight-shooting strategies to help you make more money, work fewer hours, and get your business running smoothly—without the usual headaches.



We tackle the real challenges every trades business owner faces:
✔ How do I find and keep good techs when everyone is hiring?
✔ What do I do when customers don’t pay their invoices?
✔ How do I charge what I’m worth without getting undercut?
✔ Should I buy or lease my next truck or van?
✔ How do I get my crew to stop scrolling their phones and actually work?
✔ What’s the second easiest way to increase my profits? (The first is hitting play on this podcast!)



We also bring on some of the most successful trades business owners in the world—real people who’ve built multimillion-dollar companies—so you can learn exactly how they did it.



This isn’t just another business podcast. It’s your shortcut to building a highly profitable, well-oiled trades business that gives you more money and more freedom.



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