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CGP Maintenance & Construction Services, Inc With almost 40 years years of operations, CGP has become one of the fastest growing self-performing GC’s in the country.

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09/24/2026

I'm retiring from being President/CEO in four years. I've got the date circled.

But I'm not going away. I'm trading the title for teaching, coaching, and building the trade school that brings more people into this industry.

Here's what I keep telling people: AI can help you find the fix. It'll hand you the content, the plan, the direction. But it still can't turn the wrench. Someone still has to pick up the tool and do the work.

That part isn't going away, no matter how good the platforms get.

Do you think AI ever gets good enough to replace the person holding the wrench?

AI didn't take away my need for people. It just changed what I need them for.We're training AI on our own data, so it th...
09/23/2026

AI didn't take away my need for people. It just changed what I need them for.

We're training AI on our own data, so it thinks like us, not like everybody else. But when it comes to actually fixing what's broken, it still takes someone turning the wrench.

That's the balance we're all trying to find right now. Not AI vs. people. AI and people.

Where do you land, are you using AI as a member of your team yet, or still standing on the sidelines?
Tell me in the comments.

09/21/2026

I call AI one of my team members. Not a tool. Not software. A team member.

And just like any high producer on my team, it makes mistakes.

We don't fear that, we manage it. We've fed it years of our own data, our own overhead numbers, our own history, so it knows exactly what "right" looks like for us specifically, not some generic answer.

Most companies are still deciding whether to let AI in the room. We've already given it a seat at the table, and we're training it the same way we'd train any new hire.

Where's your business on that spectrum? Still deciding, or already training it?
Let me know in the comments.

09/17/2026

If your weekly meeting feels like Kumbaya, you're not actually solving anything.

Real problems get solved when the room gets elevated, not chaotic, not disrespectful, just honest. Constructive. Caring, but real.

Because there's no change without emotion. No transformation happens in a meeting where everyone's just being polite.

How do you keep your team meetings from going flat?
Let me know in the comments.

I used to think letting go meant losing control. Now I know it's the only way to actually build something that lasts.Hol...
09/16/2026

I used to think letting go meant losing control. Now I know it's the only way to actually build something that lasts.

Holding on to everything is exactly what keeps a business capped at what one person can carry.

Trust starts with yourself. Then it extends to your team. And eventually, if you've built it right, you can walk away for 30 days and the company keeps running without you.

That's not losing your business. That's actually leading it.

What's the one thing you're still holding onto that you know you need to let go of?
Tell me in the comments.

09/14/2026

The hardest part of leadership isn't strategy. It's letting go.

When you build something from nothing, it feels like your baby, like it could fall apart the second you stop holding on to everything yourself.

But trust doesn't start with your team. It starts with trusting yourself. Once that's solid, trusting your team gets a lot easier.

This is still one of the hardest lessons I've had to learn as a founder.

What's been the hardest thing for you to let go of as a leader?
Drop it in the comments.

09/10/2026

You can't fake being real. And if you try, you'll go home exhausted every single day.

I've watched people try to "adjust their personality" to fit in or win people over. It never works. It's manipulative, it's exhausting, and people can feel it, that's exactly where the "used car salesman" reputation comes from.

The people you trust, the people you buy from again and again? They're not performing. They're just being who they actually are.

Staying true to your personality isn't a weakness. It's where real trust comes from.

Have you ever worked for — or been — a leader who wasn't being real? What did that do to the trust on the team?

🔗 Link to the full episode of Visionary Leader in the comments

DISC doesn't tell you who to become. It tells you how to communicate with the people already on your team.In this episod...
09/09/2026

DISC doesn't tell you who to become. It tells you how to communicate with the people already on your team.

In this episode, Lori and I get into something I've spent 35+ years studying, why high-D leaders think they're communicating clearly when they're not, why you can never actually change your personality (you just learn to flex it), and why faking empathy always backfires.

The biggest one for me: you can't manipulate your way into trust. People feel authenticity. Or they feel the absence of it.

Swipe through for a few of the lines that stuck with me most from this conversation.

💬 What's your DISC style, and where has it helped or hurt your communication as a leader?

09/07/2026

Most leaders, entrepreneurs, and CEOs I know share the same wiring: fast minds, fast pace. We walk faster. We talk faster. It's just how we're built.

That's not a problem. It's actually part of why we lead.

The problem shows up when we don't realize the rest of our team isn't wired the same way, and we never adjust.

Once you've been leading for a while, you get to choose your cadence. You can slow down on purpose, without losing who you are. That's self-awareness. And it's the difference between a leader people follow and a leader people just tolerate.

Where have you had to adjust your natural pace to actually lead your team well?
Drop it in the comments.

🔗 Link to the full episode in the comments.

09/03/2026

If you're two or three people into building something, you don't need to "find" a vision, you already have one.

You just haven't learned how to tell the story yet.

That's the momentum piece: naming the problem you see in the world, and showing people exactly how your team is going to solve it.

Are you sitting on a vision you haven't told yet? Let us know in the comments.

💻 Watch the full episode of Visionary Leader in the comments
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