The Builders Ladder: Business Growth Strategies for Residential Construction Businesses
Aug 25, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min · 12 segments
James, owner of Chain Construction in Auckland, was trapped hitting a severe growth ceiling. After taking over the business and doubling revenue from $1.6 million, he found himself working 60 hours a…
James DelaneyGuest
Marti AmosHost
Like throwaway lines like you don't grow your business, you grow your team and the team grow the business.
It's about how we hire world-class people, how we onboard them, how we train them, how we drill them, how we hold them accountable to their scorecard, and how they follow and improve the SOPs in the business.
And you're like, this is what it truly means to know, understand, and implement something.
So where was the business at when you bought it? What was it doing revenue was? It
And when I look at that now, you know, that was nerve-wracking then, going, how am I going to take this on? And turns out it wasn't too bad.
And then it wasn't too bad, you know, hunger kind of slips in, you go, cool, I can do this, and I can juggle everything, and I did, I juggled it all.
So I remember her coming out to me in the office at 11 o'clock at night going, I think you need to come in or take a break.
Like throwaway lines like you don't grow your business, you grow your team and the team grow the business.
It's about how we hire world-class people, how we onboard them, how we train them, how we drill them, how we hold them accountable to their scorecard, and how they follow and improve the SOPs in the business.
And you're like, this is what it truly means to know, understand, and implement something.
So where was the business at when you bought it? What was it doing revenue was? It
And when I look at that now, you know, that was nerve-wracking then, going, how am I going to take this on? And turns out it wasn't too bad.
And then it wasn't too bad, you know, hunger kind of slips in, you go, cool, I can do this, and I can juggle everything, and I did, I juggled it all.
So I remember her coming out to me in the office at 11 o'clock at night going, I think you need to come in or take a break.
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