Check A Pro Radio Show · June 19, 2024
Plan Service Scope Before You Buy or Replace
Define the problem, inventory what exists, confirm restrictions and repairability, then compare a written service scope before approving work.
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The Service MVP Podcast · December 15, 2023
Design Better Decisions Around Human Limits
Dan Ariely explains how service teams design clearer decisions by lowering defensiveness, asking explanatory questions, and demonstrating aligned interests.
The Phenomenal Business Growth Podcast · January 15, 2024
From Technician to System Builder
Philip Stoltzfus explains how a service-business owner can narrow focus, monitor demand, develop the team, apply values, and close accountability loops.
Phenomenal Business Growth Podcast · January 24, 2024
Keep an Established Business Adaptable
Korry Petterson explains how an established business can evolve through customer signals, systems, leadership continuity, and accountable execution.
Beach Money Podcast · April 1, 2024
Turn Motivation Into Consistent Action
Réal Andrews explains how to name fear, choose one next action, practice consistently, and review evidence without treating motivation as a guaranteed result.
Service MVP Podcast · May 20, 2024
Turn Service Expertise Into a Business Book
Helena Bouchez explains how to organize recorded expertise, choose a reader and purpose, shape useful stories, and revise a coherent business book.
Contractor Stories · December 4, 2024
Build an Electrical Company Around Safety and Systems
Build an electrical service company around qualified safety evidence, defined scope, coordinated work, operating systems, and succession readiness.
Phenomenal Business Growth Podcast · December 1, 2024
Choose an Evidence-Led Roof Cleaning Plan
Choose roof cleaning from verified material, manufacturer instructions, product labels, access controls, and documented before-and-after evidence.
Check A Pro Radio Show · December 15, 2024
Diagnose Home Energy Before Choosing Upgrades
Use a whole-house assessment, blower-door evidence, moisture checks, and ventilation review before choosing insulation or HVAC upgrades.
Contractor Stories · December 11, 2024
Expand a Construction Business Without Losing Focus
Expand a construction business through bounded adjacent-service tests, documented capability, clear risk ownership, and deliberate focus.
Contractor Stories · January 21, 2025
Give Home-Service Customers Clear Repair Options
Build clear home-service repair options around observed conditions, scope, urgency, warranty, and customer choice instead of pressure.
The Beach Money Podcast · January 24, 2025
Start Sales Conversations Without Scripts or Pressure
Start better home-service sales conversations by disclosing the agenda, listening for the customer's meaning, and treating resistance as a stop signal.
Check A Pro Radio Show · February 9, 2025
Test Direct-Response Radio for a Home-Service Market
Evaluate direct-response radio with a bounded local pilot: define the buyer, station fit, capacity, call stages, and stop rules before spending.
Check A Pro Radio Show · March 19, 2026
Diagnose Uneven Home Comfort Before Replacing HVAC
Use a room-by-room comfort log, qualified airflow and duct tests, humidity evidence, and repair history before deciding whether to repair or replace HVAC.
Check A Pro Radio Show · February 11, 2026
Inspect the Roof and Attic Before Repair or Replacement
Use dated exterior and attic evidence, safe qualified inspection, and written scopes to separate roof maintenance, repair, ventilation work, and replacement.
Check A Pro Radio Show · February 24, 2026
Test Water Before Choosing a Softener or Filter
Start with the utility report and fit-for-purpose testing, then match hardness or a verified contaminant to the right treatment and maintenance plan.
Bring On Success Radio · September 5, 2022
Apply AC Lockyer's Five Keys to Pattern Success
AC Lockyer's five-key framework becomes a guarded operating loop for planning, action, review, replication, documentation, and exceptions.
Phenomenal Business Growth Podcast · August 7, 2023
Evaluate a Complementary Supply Business
Loren Goodrich's recording-time supply story becomes a go/no-go method built on separate economics, capacity, controls, and a stop rule.
Contractors' Stories Podcast · December 13, 2024
Operationalize Integrity in a Service Company
Billy Gregus's integrity discussion becomes a practical control loop for promises, work changes, quality checks, recovery, and team accountability.
Phenomenal Business Growth Podcast · August 21, 2023
Run a Clear Service Communication Procedure
Renée Marino's communication discussion becomes a practical service procedure for listening, clear messages, channel choice, escalation, and closeout.
Contractors' Stories · September 1, 2024
Test Service Processes With Frontline Ride-Alongs
Ellen Rohr's field-observation lesson becomes a consent-aware ride-along method for testing service processes before a company-wide rollout.
Phenomenal Business Growth Podcast · January 29, 2024
Validate a New Service With a Bounded Pilot
John Torres's cautionary startup story becomes a lawful, competence-bounded pilot for testing one adjacent service before scaling it.
The Beach Money Podcast · July 5, 2024
Build a Referral Network by Helping First
Nate Dominguez shares a help-first referral practice built on listening, useful resources, consent-aware follow-up, and deeper relationships.
ABACUS Plumbing Podcast · January 1, 2025
Build Employee Support Before Customer Service
Alan O’Neill's people-first lesson becomes a practical employee-support system with clear manager limits, confidential routing, and learning loops.
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Home Service Lessons
Field-tested lessons from contractors and home-service specialists interviewed by Jim Klauck.
Customer Trust
How service businesses earn confidence through communication, workmanship, and follow-through.
Contractor Growth
Practical operating lessons for contractors building teams, systems, and a durable reputation.
Homeowner Education
Plain-language guidance that helps homeowners ask better questions before hiring a service company.
Team Development
Transcript-grounded conversations and practical field lessons about team development.
Garage Doors
Garage-door operation, maintenance, product quality, and homeowner safety discussed with working professionals.
Backup Power
Planning considerations for standby generators, electrical loads, fuel, transfer equipment, and maintenance.
Electrical
Transcript-grounded conversations and practical field lessons about electrical.
Home Comfort
Transcript-grounded conversations and practical field lessons about home comfort.
Roofing
Transcript-grounded conversations and practical field lessons about roofing.
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