Running a building business today takes more than bricks, mortar and margins. The skills shortage is biting hard, young talent is looking elsewhere and stress levels across the industry are dangerously high. To thrive, builders need a new playbook, one that tackles skills, inclusion, leadership and wellbeing head-on. I learned this the hard way. In my first business, we scaled quickly but ignored culture, structure and wellbeing. By the time we hit AU$6 million turnover, staff were leaving, s...
