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EP230: Hire-Train-Retain: The Science Behind Building a Winning Team with Mike Matalone

This episode features Mike Matalone of XP3 Talent, who discusses the science behind building and retaining a winning team for contractors. Mike shares insights from his Vistage background, emphasizing that most business problems are people problems and highlighting the need for a systematic approach to hiring, training, and retention to foster employee engagement and productivity.

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EP230: Hire-Train-Retain: The Science Behind Building a Winning Team with Mike Matalone 50:47

EP230: Hire-Train-Retain: The Science Behind Building a Winning Team with Mike Matalone

Aug 4, 2025
TCF1046: The Great Flood 14:54

TCF1046: The Great Flood

Aug 2, 2025
Snoball Effect: How Landon Taylor Built a Referral Machine for Home Services 58:33

Snoball Effect: How Landon Taylor Built a Referral Machine for Home Services

Aug 1, 2025
Brush Busters 36: I fired my friend from my Painting Business 32:29

Brush Busters 36: I fired my friend from my Painting Business

Aug 1, 2025
Family, Faith, and $4 Million: The Blueprint for Painting Success 40:46

Family, Faith, and $4 Million: The Blueprint for Painting Success

Aug 1, 2025
Ep 626. Take a Picture 40:21

Ep 626. Take a Picture

Aug 1, 2025
442: How a CRM and Virtual Assistants Helped This Roofer Go From Chaos to Control with Brian Huff 55:57

442: How a CRM and Virtual Assistants Helped This Roofer Go From Chaos to Control with Brian Huff

Aug 1, 2025
197. Creating Urgency With Andy Skarda 26:44

197. Creating Urgency With Andy Skarda

Jul 31, 2025
TCF1045: More Marketing ROASTS! (Micah Joins the Fire Pit) 39:08

TCF1045: More Marketing ROASTS! (Micah Joins the Fire Pit)

Jul 31, 2025
Ep 625. What’s it Gonna Take? 19:44

Ep 625. What’s it Gonna Take?

Jul 31, 2025
S2 EP49 Three Things Every Electrician Business Needs (That No One Talks About) 24:32

S2 EP49 Three Things Every Electrician Business Needs (That No One Talks About)

Jul 31, 2025
Ep 117 – What Painting My House Taught Me About Hiring, Marketing, and Scaling a Painting Business 48:14

Ep 117 – What Painting My House Taught Me About Hiring, Marketing, and Scaling a Painting Business

Jul 30, 2025
From Brushes to Books: Building a Profitable Painting Business 42:45

From Brushes to Books: Building a Profitable Painting Business

Jul 30, 2025
331 – Booked Solid? Here’s What to Do When You Have Too Many Remodeling Leads 19:40

331 – Booked Solid? Here’s What to Do When You Have Too Many Remodeling Leads

Jul 30, 2025
340. My Last Driveway Project Did NOT Go As Planned 26:27

340. My Last Driveway Project Did NOT Go As Planned

Jul 30, 2025
SPECIAL GUEST: Aging in Place – Tapping into the Home Access Market with Ross Gaskin 37:35

SPECIAL GUEST: Aging in Place – Tapping into the Home Access Market with Ross Gaskin

Jul 30, 2025
6 Psychological Skills Every Tech Needs to Win Trust in the Home 46:40

6 Psychological Skills Every Tech Needs to Win Trust in the Home

Jul 30, 2025
No Budget Talk = No Sales. Why Avoiding Conflict Is Costing You Clients 13:42

No Budget Talk = No Sales. Why Avoiding Conflict Is Costing You Clients

Jul 30, 2025
Brother QUITS and his Landscape Business CRASHES! 58:19

Brother QUITS and his Landscape Business CRASHES!

Jul 29, 2025
Strategic Vertical Integration: Turning Every Home into an Opportunity 54:16

Strategic Vertical Integration: Turning Every Home into an Opportunity

Jul 29, 2025
we DID IT🚙 i dont really like dealers? 29:03

we DID IT🚙 i dont really like dealers?

Jul 28, 2025
How I’d Build a 7-Figure Business from $0 (Step-by-Step) 10:43:36

How I’d Build a 7-Figure Business from $0 (Step-by-Step)

Jul 28, 2025
7 Ideas From Guests That Stand Out 1:01:28

7 Ideas From Guests That Stand Out

Jul 28, 2025
Landscapers Will Keep Undercharging Until They Redefine What Sales Really Means 16:07

Landscapers Will Keep Undercharging Until They Redefine What Sales Really Means

Jul 28, 2025
EP229: Leveraging the power of AI in digital marketing: A conversation with April Edwards 48:46

EP229: Leveraging the power of AI in digital marketing: A conversation with April Edwards

Jul 28, 2025
330 – Remodeling Lead Sources That Are Working Right Now 14:16

330 – Remodeling Lead Sources That Are Working Right Now

Jul 26, 2025
TCF1044: Business in 20 Minutes 24:23

TCF1044: Business in 20 Minutes

Jul 26, 2025
From Wall Street to Wall Paint: A Corporate Finance Professional’s Journey 33:38

From Wall Street to Wall Paint: A Corporate Finance Professional’s Journey

Jul 25, 2025
441: Building a Profitable Roofing Business: The Success Audit Explained 1:05:29

441: Building a Profitable Roofing Business: The Success Audit Explained

Jul 25, 2025
196. Our Expert Vs Our AI With Russ Stephens 44:52

196. Our Expert Vs Our AI With Russ Stephens

Jul 24, 2025
Torsion Talk S8 Ep112: Escaping the Field – From Technician to Visionary in Your Home Service Business 38:09

Torsion Talk S8 Ep112: Escaping the Field – From Technician to Visionary in Your Home Service Business

Jul 24, 2025
339. Doing Something New With Driveway Repair 24:36

339. Doing Something New With Driveway Repair

Jul 24, 2025
Ep 82. Biochar, Rain Delays, and Business Survival: A Candid Conversation 1:04:41

Ep 82. Biochar, Rain Delays, and Business Survival: A Candid Conversation

Jul 24, 2025
TCF1043: From Paint Brush to 7-Figure Sales Machine with Tanner Mullen 1:00:15

TCF1043: From Paint Brush to 7-Figure Sales Machine with Tanner Mullen

Jul 24, 2025
376: The AI revolution in construction 41:32

376: The AI revolution in construction

Jul 24, 2025
S2 EP 48 The One Pricing Shift That Unlocks Time, Profit, and Freedom 30:02

S2 EP 48 The One Pricing Shift That Unlocks Time, Profit, and Freedom

Jul 24, 2025
329 – The Uncomfortable Truths of Growing a Remodeling Business 24:33

329 – The Uncomfortable Truths of Growing a Remodeling Business

Jul 23, 2025
SPECIAL GUEST: Ryan Cohn from Blazeo 27:24

SPECIAL GUEST: Ryan Cohn from Blazeo

Jul 23, 2025
Episode #278: Has AI Killed SEO? – Greg Bray and Kevin Weitzel 30:52

Episode #278: Has AI Killed SEO? – Greg Bray and Kevin Weitzel

Jul 23, 2025
Ep 116. The Marketing Playbook Every Painting Contractor Needs with Brandon Pierpont 50:47

Ep 116. The Marketing Playbook Every Painting Contractor Needs with Brandon Pierpont

Jul 23, 2025
Interview with Sabrina Dunham, Co-Owner of Dunham’s Lawn Care LLC 23:19

Interview with Sabrina Dunham, Co-Owner of Dunham’s Lawn Care LLC

Jul 23, 2025
Ep 623. What do Your Clients Want? 19:54

Ep 623. What do Your Clients Want?

Jul 23, 2025
Still Waiting 3 Days to Quote? Your Customers Are Buying Elsewhere 44:20

Still Waiting 3 Days to Quote? Your Customers Are Buying Elsewhere

Jul 21, 2025
The Beauty of Small Projects 55:52

The Beauty of Small Projects

Jul 21, 2025
What Outdoor Living Pros Can Learn From Clients Who Say “We’re Fine With What We Have” 9:38

What Outdoor Living Pros Can Learn From Clients Who Say “We’re Fine With What We Have”

Jul 21, 2025
How to Win the Contractor Lead Gen Game in 2025 | Eric Peschke 48:52

How to Win the Contractor Lead Gen Game in 2025 | Eric Peschke

Jul 21, 2025
TCF1042: Say What Needs to be Said 21:01

TCF1042: Say What Needs to be Said

Jul 19, 2025
From Truck to Top: How Ryan King Built Two 5-Star Moving Companies 1:13:07

From Truck to Top: How Ryan King Built Two 5-Star Moving Companies

Jul 18, 2025
Cabinet Kings: Mastering the Art of Refinishing 27:47

Cabinet Kings: Mastering the Art of Refinishing

Jul 18, 2025
How to Turn Admins Into a Sales Engine (Without Cold Calling) 25:42

How to Turn Admins Into a Sales Engine (Without Cold Calling)

Jul 18, 2025
Ep 622. You Have to Work on YOU 55:21

Ep 622. You Have to Work on YOU

Jul 18, 2025
Brush Busters 36: Hiring Painters, Setting Expectations, and Building Systems That Work 32:23

Brush Busters 36: Hiring Painters, Setting Expectations, and Building Systems That Work

Jul 18, 2025
440: From Nurse to $10M Roofer: A Journey of Smart Growth and Strategic Hiring with Emily May 44:39

440: From Nurse to $10M Roofer: A Journey of Smart Growth and Strategic Hiring with Emily May

Jul 18, 2025
How This $500K Business Ended Up With NOTHING! 42:43

How This $500K Business Ended Up With NOTHING!

Jul 17, 2025
Ep 81.  Big Fish, Small Bream: Learning How to Let Others Lead 54:58

Ep 81. Big Fish, Small Bream: Learning How to Let Others Lead

Jul 17, 2025
S2 Ep 47 More Sales, More Problems: How to Survive the Success Wave 16:59

S2 Ep 47 More Sales, More Problems: How to Survive the Success Wave

Jul 17, 2025
$1 MILLION Business CAN’T MAKE PAYROLL… 52:02

$1 MILLION Business CAN’T MAKE PAYROLL…

Jul 16, 2025
From Family Business to Industry Leader 45:29

From Family Business to Industry Leader

Jul 16, 2025
Crossover Episode: The One Metric That Will Make or Break Your Painting Business (Ft Masters Of Home Service Podcast) 28:17

Crossover Episode: The One Metric That Will Make or Break Your Painting Business (Ft Masters Of Home Service Podcast)

Jul 16, 2025
Handling Know-It-All Customers Without Getting Defensive 33:53

Handling Know-It-All Customers Without Getting Defensive

Jul 16, 2025
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