Brent Oberlink Fifteen minutes a day: the dashboard habit that separates growing contractors from busy ones Most contractors check their numbers the way most people check the oil, which is after something starts making a noise. This episode is about what changes when you look before that. Brent Oberlink sit... Sep 23, 2026 Podcast Episodes
Brent Oberlink Performance pay on a crew: what changes when the bonus is weekly instead of at Christmas Most contractors have some kind of bonus. Most contractors also cannot point to a single thing their crew does differently because of it. In this episode Brent Oberlink and co-host Travis talk with Mi... Sep 23, 2026 Podcast Episodes
Brent Oberlink When to buy equipment, when to rent it, and when to turn it over Equipment is the biggest check most contractors write, and the decision gets made on gut more often than anyone admits. In this episode Brent Oberlink and co-host Travis sit down with Andrew Fiala of ... Sep 23, 2026 Podcast Episodes
Brent Oberlink Revenue is not profit: what separates contractors who build wealth from the ones who just stay busy Brent Oberlink opens this episode with a claim most contractors will not want to hear on a Monday. Most contractors never get rich, and the reason usually has nothing to do with how hard they work. Hi... Sep 23, 2026 Podcast Episodes
Brent Oberlink What contractor coaching actually is, and who it is not for Coaching is a word that got ruined. It covers everything from a guy on Instagram selling a course to a retired executive charging four figures an hour to tell you to delegate more. So it is fair to be... Sep 22, 2026 The Better Contractor Blog
Brent Oberlink Leading a crew you used to work on Here is how it usually goes. Your best operator has been with you four years. The foreman quits. You promote the operator on a Friday and on Monday he is running the crew he was on the week before, in... Sep 22, 2026 The Better Contractor Blog
Brent Oberlink Training a crew when you do not have a training department Nobody running a twelve man operation has a training department. What they have is a foreman who is already behind, a new guy who needs to be useful by Thursday, and a customer expecting the job done ... Sep 22, 2026 The Better Contractor Blog
Brent Oberlink Why crews quit, and what actually keeps them When somebody quits, they tell you it was for more money. Sometimes that is true. More often it is the easiest thing to say on the way out the door, because the real answer would mean a conversation n... Sep 22, 2026 The Better Contractor Blog
Brent Oberlink How to hire crew members who actually stay Every contractor we talk to has the same hiring story. They put out an ad, they get twenty applications, eighteen of them are unqualified, one ghosts the interview, and the last one shows up for six w... Sep 22, 2026 The Better Contractor Blog
