No Bullshit with Alex Willis: The Go-To Source for Leaders in Construction (Leadership Surge)

What is Power? Who has it, and what does it look like? 

When it comes to power, most people think of the rich and famous. However, not all power dynamics are self-evident. There are dozens of factors in play that influence the power we have over others. Even those with a leadership title must earn the respect of their peers before they are truly leading in their workplace.

On today’s episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, you’ll be guided through the different ways power, position, and privilege show up on-site. Rather than challenging or ignoring them, Alex breaks down the ways you can leverage those existing dynamics, create a fair work environment, and create a culture of respect at your company.

What to look out for in today’s episode: 

• The 5 ladders of power in society
• The 5 levels of leadership in an organization
• Types of respect, and how individual values influence the way we respect others
• Overcoming the 4 emotions of intolerance: Fear, Shame, Guilt, and Sadness

In our third segment, The Foundation, we explore the question: “What is respect?”. Starting at basic human decency, Alex breaks down our “force-field of values” and why it’s important for high-performing teams to have a standard of respect for each other.

Tune into our final segment, The Frame Out, where you’ll sift through emotions that often come up during diversity and inclusion conversations. Alex will address how to tap into your teams’ unified standard of respect, and shift your team’s conversation towards “making awesome happen”!

Helpful Links

• The 48 Laws of Power
• 5 Levels of Leadership

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

We’re sure you’ve heard the words “diversity, equity, and inclusion.” But when you really think about it, do you know exactly what each of them means, especially as it relates to working in the construction industry? 

In this week’s episode, Alex is going to outline the building blocks of DEI and he’ll unpack how critical it truly is to our everyday lives. Drawing from his own experiences and in-person trainings, Alex will cover how big the problem of racism actually is, and what you can do to have a positive impact on every member of your team.

You might not agree with everything you hear from the episode, and that’s okay. Just remember, at the end of the day, as Alex says, what’s most important is trust and respect.

What to look out for in today’s episode: 

• The definitions of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• How racism takes shape in the workplace
• The 5 Rules in creating a belonging environment
• What you can do to help

In our third segment, The Foundation, you’ll figure out how to talk about race. And while you might think there are lots of different races of humans out there, you’ll hear the truth from Alex about how alike we all really are. Another key topic that will be covered is unconscious bias, keep an ear out for that one. 

Tune into our final segment, The Frame Out, to find out the four tools you can practice to combat unconscious bias and exclusion. Alex wants you to think about these tools as if they were weights you’d lift at the gym. In order to get better in your daily life, you have to workout with them daily. Time to get up for the challenge!

Helpful Links:

The Human Genome Project

Construction Dive Special Report

The Diversity Wheel

Do you ever wonder how the most successful people manage their day to day lives to set themselves up for big wins? There are steps to follow in order to become a peak performer, and on today’s episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, you’ll be guided on how best to incorporate some of these steps into your own life.  

Life is a marathon, not a sprint. And as the race goes on, more and more people fall to the wayside while the most committed and disciplined lead the pack, living the best lives they can. Regardless of how you feel about your life now or up to this point, Alex is here to tell you that you have full control over what comes next. This week, you’ll hear what it takes in order to shift your routines, mentally and physically, in order to best prioritize the things you want most. 

What to look out for in today’s episode: 

• The importance of discipline and commitment
• How to combat your inner voices telling you no
• Tools to help manage your day to day
• The 80/20 Rule
• Ways to set goals and target what you want to achieve

In our first segment, The Takeoff, Alex will start off by stressing just how critical discipline and commitment are to becoming a peak performer. You will be asked to identify what targets you want to hit most, and you’ll connect those “wants” to “whys” in order to really set yourself up for success. 

Tune into our next segment, The Level, to hear all about “The Pareto Principle,” AKA the 80/20 rule. While Alex will dive in more, it essentially means that 80% of all outcomes result from 20% of all causes for a given event. This is important to understand when prioritizing where to focus your energy most. 

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Helpful Links

• Weekly Rhythm Register 
• Goals Template 
• To-Do List Template

Welcome to the finale of Season 01! Throughout the last eleven episodes, you’ve been challenged on how you can improve for your coworkers, family, and yourself. We have covered topics such as managing stress at work, why you can indeed foster a “have it all” lifestyle, and why leading with empathy and compassion is critical in today’s workplace.  

To wrap things up, on the Season 01 Finale of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, Alex is going to walk you through where we are in the industry today, and how you can equip yourself to be ready for what’s coming down the road. As budgets get tighter and tighter, it’s critical to understand where you can empower yourself and your team in order to continue to achieve great results on every one of your projects. 

In our third segment, The Foundation, you’ll shift gears to emotional intelligence. Leadership involves change management, coaching, and time management. When it’s over, you’ll know how to make your team full of heroes.

Tune into our final segment, The Frame Out, where Alex tells stories of how to engage your team through personal conversations. We then have some final thoughts on  Season 1 of Leadership Surge, and what to look out for in Season 2!

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Helpful Links

• An Introduction to Hero Making
• Hero Maker Book

In the construction industry, you face tight schedules, flaring tempers, and an endless list of other pressures. So stress must be an unavoidable part of the job, right? 

Wrong. It is possible to work without stress! On today’s episode of No Bullshit, Alex will teach you exactly how to balance the everyday life pressures both on the job site and off the clock. It’s important to remember that life is a marathon, and your emotional well-being is critical to staying healthy and living it to the fullest. 

Building on our last episode, you’ll hear how each color personality naturally responds to stress, so if you haven’t found out which category you fall into, click the link below to take the 4 Lenses Assessment before we get started.

What to look for in today’s episode:

• The two traditional approaches to stress
• How pressure, stress, rumination, and reflection relate to one another
• The eight areas of pressure management
• The power of neutral thinking

In our third segment, The Foundation, Alex will describe the final three areas of pressure management: Detached coping, sensitivity, and flexibility. Unlike in The Level, you want to achieve high scores in all three of these areas to successfully mitigate stress.

Tune in to the final segment, The Frame Out, to hear about how critical it is to live in the present and frame your challenges through neutral thinking. 

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Helpful Links

4 Lenses Assessment 

Work without Stress by Derek Roger

Life Change Index Scale (Stress List Score)

We’re sure you’ve heard the words “diversity, equity, and inclusion.” But when you really think about it, do you know exactly what each of them means, especially as it relates to working in the construction industry? 

In this week’s episode, Alex is going to outline the building blocks of DEI and he’ll unpack how critical it truly is to our everyday lives. Drawing from his own experiences and in-person trainings, Alex will cover how big the problem of racism actually is, and what you can do to have a positive impact on every member of your team.

You might not agree with everything you hear from the episode, and that’s okay. Just remember, at the end of the day, as Alex says, what’s most important is trust and respect.

What to look out for in today’s episode: 

• The definitions of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• How racism takes shape in the workplace 
• The 5 Rules in creating a belonging environment
• What you can do to help

In our first segment, The Takeoff, you’ll hear just how far and wide racism is spread in the construction industry. Once we get a grip on the numbers, Alex will define diversity and the five different levels of it.

Tune into our next segment, The Level, to learn more about creating a belonging environment for yourself, and all the individuals you work with. No one wants to be left out, and it’s often easy for underrepresented groups to feel excluded unless organizations make an active effort to bring them into the fold. 

Helpful Links:

The Human Genome Project

Construction Dive Special Report

The Diversity Wheel

What is Power? Who has it, and what does it look like? 

When it comes to power, most people think of the rich and famous. However, not all power dynamics are self-evident. There are dozens of factors in play that influence the power we have over others. Even those with a leadership title must earn the respect of their peers before they are truly leading in their workplace.

On today’s episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, you’ll be guided through the different ways power, position, and privilege show up on-site. Rather than challenging or ignoring them, Alex breaks down the ways you can leverage those existing dynamics, create a fair work environment, and create a culture of respect at your company.

What to look out for in today’s episode: 

• The 5 ladders of power in society
• The 5 levels of leadership in an organization
• Types of respect, and how individual values influence the way we respect others
• Overcoming the 4 emotions of intolerance: Fear, Shame, Guilt, and Sadness

In our final segment, The Frame Out, you’ll sift through emotions that often come up during diversity and inclusion conversations. Alex will address how to tap into your teams’ unified standard of respect, and shift your team’s conversation towards “making awesome happen”!

Helpful Links

• The 48 Laws of Power
• 5 Levels of Leadership

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Think back to the last time you went through a big change. Whether it was the last time you moved homes, when you married your partner, or your last promotion, you most likely experienced some levels of stress or growing pains as a result. And that’s okay, change is hard…for everyone. 

On today’s episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, Alex will make sure you understand that old dogs can indeed learn new tricks, and he will show you some strategies designed to assist you and your team as you face your next big change. By the end of all our segments, you’ll know why a herd of cattle will run away from an impending storm, while a herd of buffalo will run towards it. 

In our second segment, The Level, you will see the typical timeline of how a new change impacts a team. You may have felt this before at work where morale and productivity are at all-time lows before the tides change, people adjust, and both start to improve to even higher levels than before the change was introduced. Alex will outline this all for you on what’s called, “The Change Curve.” 

Tune into our next segment, The Foundation, where Alex showcases the final steps along The Change Curve. You’ll also be challenged to think of the last time you had to go through any type of big change in your life. Using this example, Alex will walk you through the Circles of Change, which represent the stages we overcome in order to grow. 

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Helpful Links

• More about the Change Curve
• 7 Strategies for Managing Organizational Change
• How to Manage Change

Think about your perfect life: your dream job, dream partner, dream lifestyle… is it possible to “have it all”? What does having it all even look like? Often, many of us focus solely on improving our professional lives. But what about our personal life?

On today’s episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, Alex will guide you to take a look at various areas of your personal lives, and assess your happiness. Instead of repeating boring motivational catch phrases, he shares key ways to visualize the success you want in life, and how you can turn them into actionable goals right away.

In our first segment, The Takeoff, You’ll take a good look at certain areas of your life as they stand right now. Alex will guide you through the Wheel of Well-Being, and show you how awareness of your well-being can lead you to be proactive about your future.

Tune into our next segment, The Level, where you will think about targets and goals in your personal life. Rather than setting unspecific goals like “be happy and successful”, Alex asks us to clearly visualize what we want in life, and the “Why?” behind it all. 

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Helpful Links

• Wheel of Well-Being Quiz
• Wheel of Life Worksheet
• The 12 Week Year
• The Manifest Book
• The 1 Thing Book
• The 10x Rule Book
• Solve for Happy

Ever wish you could be in 2 places at once? What about 3? Or 10? While you can’t duplicate yourself, leaders can use delegation to effectively mobilize colleagues, as if you are there in the room yourself!

On today’s episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, you’ll explore ways you can organize your own thoughts and tasks. Alex gives clear examples from his time in the construction industry, and guides you through ways to effectively determine the importance and urgency of tasks at hand, and how to communicate those to others.

In our final segment, The Frame Out, we take our to-do lists and learn how to delegate them to others. Alex provides crucial tips for respecting everyone’s time, and shows you how to automate and simplify your processes!

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Helpful Links

• 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
• Delegating Using the SMART System
• Creating SMART Goals

What’s it really mean to be empathetic and compassionate? Do I really need it to be a good leader? We hear these words together all the time: empathy and compassion. But you don’t have to be Mother Theresa to be an empathetic and compassionate person. And you surely don’t have to discredit your hard work and compare yourself to others when it’s unfair.

On today’s episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, you’ll score your own level of empathy and compassion, reflect on your upbringing, unpack your privilege backpack, flex your muscles of understanding, and rise about the noise. Alex tells personal life stories on how he navigates privilege and bias, and how treating teammates as unique individuals is key to leadership in the workplace.

In our final segment, The Frame Out, we explore what happens when you work hard but don’t check your privilege: Entitlement. You’ll learn the 4 components of authentic compassion, and how you can show up for others on your team and not burn-out.

Helpful Links

• Harvard Business Review: Connect with Empathy, But Lead with Compassion
• More Info on Spheres of Influence
• More about Agents vs. Targets 

Think back to the last time you went through a big change. Whether it was the last time you moved homes, when you married your partner, or your last promotion, you most likely experienced some levels of stress or growing pains as a result. And that’s okay, change is hard…for everyone. 

On today’s episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, Alex will make sure you understand that old dogs can indeed learn new tricks, and he will show you some strategies designed to assist you and your team as you face your next big change. By the end of all our segments, you’ll know why a herd of cattle will run away from an impending storm, while a herd of buffalo will run towards it. 

In our first segment, The Takeoff, Alex discusses the importance of change and why each and every one of us can benefit from tackling it head-on. To take off in the right direction, you’ll be told what the 5 Keys of Change are, and how understanding them will help you lead your team through successfully.

Tune into our next segment, The Level, where you will see the typical timeline of how a new change impacts a team. You may have felt this before at work where morale and productivity are at all-time lows before the tides change, people adjust, and both start to improve to even higher levels than before the change was introduced. Alex will outline this all for you on what’s called, “The Change Curve.”

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Helpful Links

• More about the Change Curve
• 7 Strategies for Managing Organizational Change
• How to Manage Change

How do you manage your anger as a leader when things go wrong? How do you pull it together in such a way that corrects the behavior that you're trying to change?

On today’s episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, you’ll take a look at common ways anger shows up in the workplace. Alex will dispel common myths about anger, and teach you how to manage anger when conflict arises in the workplace. It’s not as easy as punching your pillow!

In our first segment, The Takeoff,  you’ll hear about common myths surrounding anger. Alex will parse down when and why anger might happen while at work. Turns out: anger isn’t a bad thing, and it’s not always red and fiery like we are used to.

Tune into our next segment, The Level, where Alex shows you a few skills to deal with anger. Oftentimes, anger leaves us fearful, frustrated, and hyper-focused on negative feelings, but Alex’s tips will help you zoom out and see the bigger picture.

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Helpful Links

• Hot Thoughts: What are they and How can You Handle Them?
• The ABC's of Anger

Ever wish you could be in 2 places at once? What about 3? Or 10? While you can’t duplicate yourself, leaders can use delegation to effectively mobilize colleagues, as if you are there in the room yourself!

On today’s episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, you’ll explore ways you can organize your own thoughts and tasks. Alex gives clear examples from his time in the construction industry, and guides you through ways to effectively determine the importance and urgency of tasks at hand, and how to communicate those to others.

In our first segment, The Takeoff, Alex defines delegation, and goes into why every leader has to delegate in the workplace. Time is money, and understanding your limitations allow you to create smart goals for yourself and others.

Tune into our next segment, The Level, where Alex dives into the best ways to plan before you delegate work for the day. You’ll learn more than just how to write a to-do list by asking questions like: What are the most urgent tasks at hand? What are the most important?

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Helpful Links

• 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
• Delegating Using the SMART System
• Creating SMART Goals

What is Power? Who has it, and what does it look like? 

When it comes to power, most people think of the rich and famous. However, not all power dynamics are self-evident. There are dozens of factors in play that influence the power we have over others. Even those with a leadership title must earn the respect of their peers before they are truly leading in their workplace.

On today’s episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, you’ll be guided through the different ways power, position, and privilege show up on-site. Rather than challenging or ignoring them, Alex breaks down the ways you can leverage those existing dynamics, create a fair work environment, and create a culture of respect at your company.

What to look out for in today’s episode: 

• The 5 ladders of power in society
• The 5 levels of leadership in an organization
• Types of respect, and how individual values influence the way we respect others
• Overcoming the 4 emotions of intolerance: Fear, Shame, Guilt, and Sadness

In our second segment, The Level, you’ll dive into how power works in an organization, and what you can do to influence your position as a leader in the eyes of others.  It turns out: the more power you give away, the more power you have in the long run.

Tune into our next segment, The Foundation, we explore the question: “What is respect?”. Starting at basic human decency, Alex breaks down our “force-field of values” and why it’s important for high-performing teams to have a standard of respect for each other.

Helpful Links

• The 48 Laws of Power
• 5 Levels of Leadership

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Welcome to No Bullshit with Alex Willis: The Go-To Source for Leaders in Construction. 

On the show, you’ll hear the real talk from on and off the job site and learn how to wield leadership tools critical to building your success.

Your host, Alex Willis, is a former Florida Gator who now leads the team at Leadership Surge. He’s worked directly with more than 1,500 executives, foreman leaders and frontline team members to help embed the values of diversity and inclusion in every area of the leadership mindset.  

Throughout every episode, Alex is going to challenge you to reframe the relationships you have with the people you work with in order to help you:

• Communicate effectively
• Motivate reluctant people
• Strengthen your leadership capabilities
• Reduce stress & conflict on the job site
• Teach challenging learners
• Create stronger relationships

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the show goes live.

Think about your perfect life: your dream job, dream partner, dream lifestyle… is it possible to “have it all”? What does having it all even look like? Often, many of us focus solely on improving our professional lives. But what about our personal life?

On today’s episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, Alex will guide you to take a look at various areas of your personal lives, and assess your happiness. Instead of repeating boring motivational catch phrases, he shares key ways to visualize the success you want in life, and how you can turn them into actionable goals right away.

In our second segment, The Level, you will think about targets and goals in your personal life. Rather than setting unspecific goals like “be happy and successful”, Alex asks us to clearly visualize what we want in life, and the “Why?” behind it all.

Tune into our next segment, The Foundation, where Alex debunks common myths about what it takes to “have it all”. You’ll see that discipline can lead to more freedom, not all work you do brings the same amount of results, and we only have so much energy every day!

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Helpful Links

• Wheel of Well-Being Quiz
• Wheel of Life Worksheet
• The 12 Week Year
• The Manifest Book
• The 1 Thing Book
• The 10x Rule Book
• Solve for Happy

What is one of the largest challenges frontline construction leaders share across the country? 

The answer is people. Whether it involves figuring out how to motivate workers on tough jobs, solving issues that come up on-site, or aligning everyone on the same page to reach a common goal, people, are tough. Ultimately, many find themselves asking “how do I bring the best out of myself and the best out of the ones around me?” 

On our first episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, take a deep dive into the four different personalities that every human being falls into, and how to be an effective leader to each one. Alex learned about the 4 Lenses Assessment over 10 years ago, and is sharing it with you today. 

The assessments determine if a person’s blue, green, orange or gold. The concept, created from the research of the Myers Briggs’ Personality Type Indicator, is aimed at building better and stronger relationships through effective communication. To find out what color your personality is, click this link.

After tuning in, you’ll have:

• Found out what personality YOU are
• Discovered the largest motivating factors for each personality color
• Learned how to foster healthy collaboration among diverse personalities
• Unlocked the first door to mastering people

In our second segment, The Level, it’s time to find out how to succeed as the head coach of your construction team. And while you might have many goals on the construction site, as head coach, your one job is to win. So Alex is going to challenge you here to think about how to dial up and down your own personality style to interact better with your unique team. 

Make sure to hit play on our final segment, The Foundation & The Frame Out, to find out how to reach your number one goal as head coach of your construction team

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the show goes live.

Think about your perfect life: your dream job, dream partner, dream lifestyle… is it possible to “have it all”? What does having it all even look like? Often, many of us focus solely on improving our professional lives. But what about our personal life?

On today’s episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, Alex will guide you to take a look at various areas of your personal lives, and assess your happiness. Instead of repeating boring motivational catch phrases, he shares key ways to visualize the success you want in life, and how you can turn them into actionable goals right away.

In our third segment, The Foundation, where Alex debunks common myths about what it takes to “have it all”. You’ll see that discipline can lead to more freedom, not all work you do brings the same amount of results, and we only have so much energy every day!

Tune into our final segment, The Frame Out, where we take everything we’ve learned and take action today! What can we do right now to better our lives, so that our “someday” goals actually come true? 

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Helpful Links

• Wheel of Well-Being Quiz
• Wheel of Life Worksheet
• The 12 Week Year
• The Manifest Book
• The 1 Thing Book
• The 10x Rule Book
• Solve for Happy

In the construction industry, you face tight schedules, flaring tempers, and an endless list of other pressures. So stress must be an unavoidable part of the job, right? 

Wrong. It is possible to work without stress! On today’s episode of No Bullshit, Alex will teach you exactly how to balance the everyday life pressures both on the job site and off the clock. It’s important to remember that life is a marathon, and your emotional well-being is critical to staying healthy and living it to the fullest. 

Building on our last episode, you’ll hear how each color personality naturally responds to stress, so if you haven’t found out which category you fall into, click the link below to take the 4 Lenses Assessment before we get started.

What to look for in today’s episode:

• The two traditional approaches to stress
• How pressure, stress, rumination, and reflection relate to one another
• The eight areas of pressure management
• The power of neutral thinking

In our second segment, The Level, it’s time to hear about five of the eight key areas of pressure management. The five include rumination, emotional inhibition, toxic achieving, avoidance coping, and perfect control. The same rules in golf apply to these first five, we want you to have low scores in these areas. 

Keep listening in order to reach The Foundation, where you’ll hear about the remaining three areas of pressure management.

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Helpful Links

4 Lenses Assessment 

Work without Stress by Derek Roger

Life Change Index Scale (Stress List Score) 

What is one of the largest challenges frontline construction leaders share across the country? 

The answer is people. Whether it involves figuring out how to motivate workers on tough jobs, solving issues that come up on-site, or aligning everyone on the same page to reach a common goal, people, are tough. Ultimately, many find themselves asking “how do I bring the best out of myself and the best out of the ones around me?” 

On our first episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, take a deep dive into the four different personalities that every human being falls into, and how to be an effective leader to each one. Alex learned about the 4 Lenses Assessment over 10 years ago, and is sharing it with you today. 

The assessments determine if a person’s blue, green, orange or gold. The concept, created from the research of the Myers Briggs’ Personality Type Indicator, is aimed at building better and stronger relationships through effective communication. To find out what color your personality is, click this link. 

After tuning in, you’ll have:

• Found out what personality YOU are
• Discovered the largest motivating factors for each personality color
• Learned how to foster healthy collaboration among diverse personalities
• Unlocked the first door to mastering people

On our first segment, The Takeoff, Alex goes deep on all four personalities. Starting off with how they think and the way they prefer to work, going all the way to what they like to avoid and how they’re motivated. He will also break down how each color is represented in the construction industry. 

Make sure to hit play on our next segment, The Level, to find out how to reach your number one goal as head coach of your construction team. 

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the show goes live.

Think back to the last time you went through a big change. Whether it was the last time you moved homes, when you married your partner, or your last promotion, you most likely experienced some levels of stress or growing pains as a result. And that’s okay, change is hard…for everyone. 

On today’s episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, Alex will make sure you understand that old dogs can indeed learn new tricks, and he will show you some strategies designed to assist you and your team as you face your next big change. By the end of all our segments, you’ll know why a herd of cattle will run away from an impending storm, while a herd of buffalo will run towards it. 

In our third segment, The Foundation, Alex showcases the final steps along The Change Curve. You’ll also be challenged to think of the last time you had to go through any type of big change in your life. Using this example, Alex will walk you through the Circles of Change, which represent the stages we overcome in order to grow.

Tune into our final segment, The Frame Out, where we come full circle, and find out why cattle run away from the impending storm, and why buffalo run towards it. It might be surprising to find out who actually gets rained on the most. Hopefully by the end of the episode, you’ll know which herd you want to belong to.

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Helpful Links

• More about the Change Curve
• 7 Strategies for Managing Organizational Change
• How to Manage Change

Ever wish you could be in 2 places at once? What about 3? Or 10? While you can’t duplicate yourself, leaders can use delegation to effectively mobilize colleagues, as if you are there in the room yourself!

On today’s episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, you’ll explore ways you can organize your own thoughts and tasks. Alex gives clear examples from his time in the construction industry, and guides you through ways to effectively determine the importance and urgency of tasks at hand, and how to communicate those to others.

In our second segment, The Level, Alex dives into the best ways to plan before you delegate work for the day. You’ll learn how to sharpen your goals, by asking questions like: What are the most urgent tasks at hand? What are the most important?

Tune into our next segment, The Foundation, where you’ll uncover easy ways to make and execute a to-do list through delegating your own time. Oftentimes, you’ve got hidden minutes and hours during your workday to use to your advantage!

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Helpful Links

• 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
• Delegating Using the SMART System
• Creating SMART Goals

Do you ever wonder how the most successful people manage their day to day lives to set themselves up for big wins? There are steps to follow in order to become a peak performer, and on today’s episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, you’ll be guided on how best to incorporate some of these steps into your own life.  

Life is a marathon, not a sprint. And as the race goes on, more and more people fall to the wayside while the most committed and disciplined lead the pack, living the best lives they can. Regardless of how you feel about your life now or up to this point, Alex is here to tell you that you have full control over what comes next. This week, you’ll hear what it takes in order to shift your routines, mentally and physically, in order to best prioritize the things you want most. 

What to look out for in today’s episode: 

• The importance of discipline and commitment
• How to combat your inner voices telling you no
• Tools to help manage your day to day
• The 80/20 Rule
• Ways to set goals and target what you want to achieve

In our third segment, The Foundation, it’s time to go back to the basics when trying to create new, healthy routines. Alex will show his own virtuous cycle that he follows each day, and challenge you to think about what your ideal one might look like. Remember to be a little selfish by intentionally carving out time each day for yourself, we all need it. 

Tune into our final segment, The Frame Out, where Alex will help you in combating those voices in your head that tell you “you can’t do it!” He will also arm you with more strategies you can utilize to maintain a positive outlook on and off the jobsite. 

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Helpful Links

• Weekly Rhythm Register 
• Goals Template
• To-Do List Template

What’s it really mean to be empathetic and compassionate? Do I really need it to be a good leader? We hear these words together all the time: empathy and compassion. But you don’t have to be Mother Theresa to be an empathetic and compassionate person. And you surely don’t have to discredit your hard work and compare yourself to others when it’s unfair.

On today’s episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, you’ll score your own level of empathy and compassion, reflect on your upbringing, unpack your privilege backpack, flex your muscles of understanding, and rise about the noise. Alex tells personal life stories on how he navigates privilege and bias, and how treating teammates as unique individuals is key to leadership in the workplace.

In our third segment, The Foundation, Alex will discuss how we’ve all internalized inferiority and superiority within ourselves. You’ll learn how to unpack your privilege without guilt, and ask: What can I control when it comes to privilege? How can I use empathy and compassion to understand others, past their privileges (or lack thereof)?

Tune into our final segment, The Frame Out, where we explore what happens when you work hard but don’t check your privilege: Entitlement. You’ll learn the 4 components of authentic compassion, and how you can show up for others on your team and not burn-out.

Helpful Links

• Harvard Business Review: Connect with Empathy, But Lead with Compassion
• More Info on Spheres of Influence
• More about Agents vs. Targets 

What is one of the largest challenges frontline construction leaders share across the country? 

The answer is people. Whether it involves figuring out how to motivate workers on tough jobs, solving issues that come up on-site, or aligning everyone on the same page to reach a common goal, people, are tough. Ultimately, many find themselves asking “how do I bring the best out of myself and the best out of the ones around me?” 

On our first episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, take a deep dive into the four different personalities that every human being falls into, and how to be an effective leader to each one. Alex learned about the 4 Lenses Assessment over 10 years ago, and is sharing it with you today. 

The assessments determine if a person’s blue, green, orange or gold. The concept, created from the research of the Myers Briggs’ Personality Type Indicator, is aimed at building better and stronger relationships through effective communication. To find out what color your personality is, click this link.

After tuning in, you’ll have:

• Found out what personality YOU are
• Discovered the largest motivating factors for each personality color
• Learned how to foster healthy collaboration among diverse personalities
• Unlocked the first door to mastering people

In our final segments, The Foundation and The Frame Out, Alex is going to help you look beyond yourself and your own perspective to see the people around you for who they are. It’s really tough to put your ego aside and step into someone else’s shoes, but as you’ll find out, it’s critical to understanding how to master people and become a great leader. Alex will also summarize all the previous segments for you at the end in case you missed anything. 

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the show goes live.

We all want to be part of an amazing team. And every leader wants to lead a high-performing team. But how do you do it? How do you get a group of people to bond, work together, and get stuff done?

On today’s episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, you’ll learn the secrets to uniting others under your leadership. Alex dissects not only how to give directions and manage others clearly, but how to unlock your team's potential and super-charge their performance.

Additionally, at the end of the episode, Alex will tell you how you can enter to win free No BS merchandise. So be on the lookout!

In our second segment, The Level, we take a look at the 10 Elements to Win when leading a team. If you’re slacking on most of these, it’s time to study up and get clear on your expectations!

Tune into our next segment, The Foundation, where you’ll ask yourself: What is your personality type when you’re working? Is it blue, green, gold, or orange? Alex dives back into the 4 Lens Personality Assessment, and expresses how to unlock the high-performing individual within each type.

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Helpful Links

• The 4 Lenses Personality Test - Hubspot

We all want to be part of an amazing team. And every leader wants to lead a high-performing team. But how do you do it? How do you get a group of people to bond, work together, and get stuff done?

On today’s episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, you’ll learn the secrets to uniting others under your leadership. Alex dissects not only how to give directions and manage others clearly, but how to unlock your team's potential and super-charge their performance.

Additionally, at the end of the episode, Alex will tell you how you can enter to win free No BS merchandise. So be on the lookout!

In our final segment, The Frame Out, Tune into our final segment, The Frame Out, where you’ll hear all about keeping it cool, calm and collected. Even when times are stressful as a leader, you’ll learn how to act accordingly and get the most respect out of everyone around you.

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Helpful Links

• The 4 Lenses Personality Test - Hubspot

What’s it really mean to be empathetic and compassionate? Do I really need it to be a good leader? We hear these words together all the time: empathy and compassion. But you don’t have to be Mother Theresa to be an empathetic and compassionate person. And you surely don’t have to discredit your hard work and compare yourself to others when it’s unfair.

On today’s episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, you’ll score your own level of empathy and compassion, reflect on your upbringing, unpack your privilege backpack, flex your muscles of understanding, and rise about the noise. Alex tells personal life stories on how he navigates privilege and bias, and how treating teammates as unique individuals is key to leadership in the workplace.

In our second segment, The Level, we’ll broaden our definitions of our identity, and you’ll learn about how everyone is an “Agent” and a “Target” within power dynamics. As Spider-Man once said: with great power comes great responsibility.

Tune into our next segment, The Foundation, where Alex will discuss how we’ve all internalized inferiority and superiority within ourselves. You’ll learn how to unpack your privilege without guilt, and ask: What can I control when it comes to privilege? How can I use empathy and compassion to understand others, past their privileges (or lack thereof)?

Helpful Links

• Harvard Business Review: Connect with Empathy, But Lead with Compassion
• More Info on Spheres of Influence
• More about Agents vs. Targets 

Do you ever wonder how the most successful people manage their day to day lives to set themselves up for big wins? There are steps to follow in order to become a peak performer, and on today’s episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, you’ll be guided on how best to incorporate some of these steps into your own life.  

Life is a marathon, not a sprint. And as the race goes on, more and more people fall to the wayside while the most committed and disciplined lead the pack, living the best lives they can. Regardless of how you feel about your life now or up to this point, Alex is here to tell you that you have full control over what comes next. This week, you’ll hear what it takes in order to shift your routines, mentally and physically, in order to best prioritize the things you want most. 

What to look out for in today’s episode: 

• The importance of discipline and commitment
• How to combat your inner voices telling you no
• Tools to help manage your day to day
• The 80/20 Rule
• Ways to set goals and target what you want to achieve

In our final segment, The Frame Out, Alex will help you in combating those voices in your head that tell you “you can’t do it!” He will also arm you with more strategies you can utilize to maintain a positive outlook on and off the jobsite.

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Helpful Links

• Weekly Rhythm Register 
• Goals Template
• To-Do List Template

Think back to the last time you went through a big change. Whether it was the last time you moved homes, when you married your partner, or your last promotion, you most likely experienced some levels of stress or growing pains as a result. And that’s okay, change is hard…for everyone. 

On today’s episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, Alex will make sure you understand that old dogs can indeed learn new tricks, and he will show you some strategies designed to assist you and your team as you face your next big change. By the end of all our segments, you’ll know why a herd of cattle will run away from an impending storm, while a herd of buffalo will run towards it. 

In our final segment, The Frame Out, we come full circle, and find out why cattle run away from the impending storm, and why buffalo run towards it. It might be surprising to find out who actually gets rained on the most. Hopefully by the end of the episode, you’ll know which herd you want to belong to.

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Helpful Links

• More about the Change Curve
• 7 Strategies for Managing Organizational Change
• How to Manage Change

How do you manage your anger as a leader when things go wrong? How do you pull it together in such a way that corrects the behavior that you're trying to change?

On today’s episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, you’ll take a look at common ways anger shows up in the workplace. Alex will dispel common myths about anger, and teach you how to manage anger when conflict arises in the workplace. It’s not as easy as punching your pillow!

In our final segment, The Frame Out, we hear our first listener question. You’ll learn ways to transform the anger you feel before it even arises, and change the way you react to your feelings while delegating in the workplace. A deep breath can go a long way!

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Helpful Links

• Hot Thoughts: What are they and How can You Handle Them?
• The ABC's of Anger

We all want to be part of an amazing team. And every leader wants to lead a high-performing team. But how do you do it? How do you get a group of people to bond, work together, and get stuff done?

On today’s episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, you’ll learn the secrets to uniting others under your leadership. Alex dissects not only how to give directions and manage others clearly, but how to unlock your team's potential and super-charge their performance.

Additionally, at the end of the episode, Alex will tell you how you can enter to win free No BS merchandise. So be on the lookout!

In our first segment, The Takeoff,  you’ll start with the teams we’re most familiar with: sports. Alex shows how a misstep from one player can ruin a plan, and how taking ownership of mistakes is a secret super-power. 

Tune into our next segment, The Level, where we take a look at the 10 Elements to Win when leading a team. If you’re slacking on most of these, it’s time to study up and get clear on your expectations!

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Helpful Links

• The 4 Lenses Personality Test - Hubspot

Think about your perfect life: your dream job, dream partner, dream lifestyle… is it possible to “have it all”? What does having it all even look like? Often, many of us focus solely on improving our professional lives. But what about our personal life?

On today’s episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, Alex will guide you to take a look at various areas of your personal lives, and assess your happiness. Instead of repeating boring motivational catch phrases, he shares key ways to visualize the success you want in life, and how you can turn them into actionable goals right away.

In our final segment, The Frame Out, we take everything we’ve learned and take action today! What can we do right now to better our lives, so that our “someday” goals actually come true?

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Helpful Links

• Wheel of Well-Being Quiz
• Wheel of Life Worksheet
• The 12 Week Year
• The Manifest Book
• The 1 Thing Book
• The 10x Rule Book
• Solve for Happy

Welcome to the finale of Season 01! Throughout the last eleven episodes, you’ve been challenged on how you can improve for your coworkers, family, and yourself. We have covered topics such as managing stress at work, why you can indeed foster a “have it all” lifestyle, and why leading with empathy and compassion is critical in today’s workplace.  

To wrap things up, on the Season 01 Finale of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, Alex is going to walk you through where we are in the industry today, and how you can equip yourself to be ready for what’s coming down the road. As budgets get tighter and tighter, it’s critical to understand where you can empower yourself and your team in order to continue to achieve great results on every one of your projects. 

In our second segment, The Level, Alex dives into how to set your leadership up for success. “Plans are always changing. They’re very useful, even though you’re always changing them”.

Tune into our next segment, The Foundation, where you’ll shift gears to emotional intelligence. Leadership involves change management, coaching, and time management. When it’s over, you’ll know how to make your team full of heroes.

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Helpful Links

• An Introduction to Hero Making
• Hero Maker Book

We’re sure you’ve heard the words “diversity, equity, and inclusion.” But when you really think about it, do you know exactly what each of them means, especially as it relates to working in the construction industry? 

In this week’s episode, Alex is going to outline the building blocks of DEI and he’ll unpack how critical it truly is to our everyday lives. Drawing from his own experiences and in-person trainings, Alex will cover how big the problem of racism actually is, and what you can do to have a positive impact on every member of your team.

You might not agree with everything you hear from the episode, and that’s okay. Just remember, at the end of the day, as Alex says, what’s most important is trust and respect.

What to look out for in today’s episode: 

• The definitions of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• How racism takes shape in the workplace
• The 5 Rules in creating a belonging environment
• What you can do to help

In our second segment, The Level, Alex is going to outline how you can create a belonging environment for yourself, and all the individuals you work with. No one wants to be left out, and it’s often easy for underrepresented groups to feel excluded unless organizations make an active effort to bring them into the fold. 

Tune into our next segment, The Foundation, to figure out how to talk about race. And while you might think there are lots of different races of humans out there, you’ll hear the truth from Alex about how alike we all really are. Another key topic that will be covered is unconscious bias, keep an ear out for that one.

Helpful Links:

The Human Genome Project

Construction Dive Special Report

The Diversity Wheel

We all want to be part of an amazing team. And every leader wants to lead a high-performing team. But how do you do it? How do you get a group of people to bond, work together, and get stuff done?

On today’s episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, you’ll learn the secrets to uniting others under your leadership. Alex dissects not only how to give directions and manage others clearly, but how to unlock your team's potential and super-charge their performance.

Additionally, at the end of the episode, Alex will tell you how you can enter to win free No BS merchandise. So be on the lookout!

In our third segment, The Foundation, you’ll ask yourself: What is your personality type when you’re working? Is it blue, green, gold, or orange? Alex dives back into the 4 Lens Personality Assessment, and expresses how to unlock the high-performing individual within each type

Tune into our final segment, The Frame Out, where you’ll hear all about keeping it cool, calm and collected. Even when times are stressful as a leader, you’ll learn how to act accordingly and get the most respect out of everyone around you.

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Helpful Links

• The 4 Lenses Personality Test - Hubspot

In the construction industry, you face tight schedules, flaring tempers, and an endless list of other pressures. So stress must be an unavoidable part of the job, right? 

Wrong. It is possible to work without stress! On today’s episode of No Bullshit, Alex will teach you exactly how to balance the everyday life pressures both on the job site and off the clock. It’s important to remember that life is a marathon, and your emotional well-being is critical to staying healthy and living it to the fullest. 

Building on our last episode, you’ll hear how each color personality naturally responds to stress, so if you haven’t found out which category you fall into, click the link below to take the 4 Lenses Assessment before we get started.

What to look for in today’s episode: 

• The two traditional approaches to stress 
• How pressure, stress, rumination, and reflection relate to one another
• The eight areas of pressure management 
• The power of neutral thinking

In our first segment, The Takeoff, Alex will start off by outlining key stress signs to keep an eye out for in yourself and your teammates. Once identified, you can take the proper steps to address the stress directly. You will also be challenged to pull back and look at the bigger picture to gain control within high-pressure situations. And finally, you’ll find out how stress actually is developed, because it doesn’t just happen! 

Hit play on our next segment, The Level, to hear about some of the eight areas of pressure management. 

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Helpful Links

4 Lenses Assessment 

Work without Stress by Derek Roger

Life Change Index Scale (Stress List Score) 

How do you manage your anger as a leader when things go wrong? How do you pull it together in such a way that corrects the behavior that you're trying to change?

On today’s episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, you’ll take a look at common ways anger shows up in the workplace. Alex will dispel common myths about anger, and teach you how to manage anger when conflict arises in the workplace. It’s not as easy as punching your pillow!

In our third segment, The Foundation, you’ll be guided through common thought patterns that happen when we’re angry. Instead of focusing on imaginary circumstances, Alex shows you how to cool your “hot thoughts” and start a dialogue that feels good for everyone. 

Tune into our final segment, The Frame Out, where we hear our first listener question. You’ll learn ways to transform the anger you feel before it even arises, and change the way you react to your feelings while delegating in the workplace. A deep breath can go a long way!

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Helpful Links

• Hot Thoughts: What are they and How can You Handle Them?
• The ABC's of Anger

In the construction industry, you face tight schedules, flaring tempers, and an endless list of other pressures. So stress must be an unavoidable part of the job, right? 

Wrong. It is possible to work without stress! On today’s episode of No Bullshit, Alex will teach you exactly how to balance the everyday life pressures both on the job site and off the clock. It’s important to remember that life is a marathon, and your emotional well-being is critical to staying healthy and living it to the fullest. 

Building on our last episode, you’ll hear how each color personality naturally responds to stress, so if you haven’t found out which category you fall into, click the link below to take the 4 Lenses Assessment before we get started.

What to look for in today’s episode:

• The two traditional approaches to stress
• How pressure, stress, rumination, and reflection relate to one another
• The eight areas of pressure management
• The power of neutral thinking

In our final segment, The Frame Out, Alex will review everything discussed in our second episode and leave you with a few final challenges for your week.

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Helpful Links

4 Lenses Assessment 

Work without Stress by Derek Roger

Life Change Index Scale (Stress List Score)

What’s it really mean to be empathetic and compassionate? Do I really need it to be a good leader? We hear these words together all the time: empathy and compassion. But you don’t have to be Mother Theresa to be an empathetic and compassionate person. And you surely don’t have to discredit your hard work and compare yourself to others when it’s unfair.

On today’s episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, you’ll score your own level of empathy and compassion, reflect on your upbringing, unpack your privilege backpack, flex your muscles of understanding, and rise about the noise. Alex tells personal life stories on how he navigates privilege and bias, and how treating teammates as unique individuals is key to leadership in the workplace.

In our first segment, The Takeoff,  you’ll take an honest look at your own empathy and compassion, and learn tips and tricks to develop your muscles of compassion in the workplace. Alex addresses the assumptions people reflexively make based on appearance and non-verbal cues, and explains how you can start to evaluate people on an individual basis.

Tune into our next segment, The Level, where we’ll broaden our definitions of our identity, and you’ll learn about what it means to be an “Agent” and a “Target” within power dynamics. As Spider-Man once said: with great power comes great responsibilityBe sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Helpful Links

• Harvard Business Review: Connect with Empathy, But Lead with Compassion
• More Info on Spheres of Influence
• More about Agents vs. Targets 

Ever wish you could be in 2 places at once? What about 3? Or 10? While you can’t duplicate yourself, leaders can use delegation to effectively mobilize colleagues, as if you are there in the room yourself!

On today’s episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, you’ll explore ways you can organize your own thoughts and tasks. Alex gives clear examples from his time in the construction industry, and guides you through ways to effectively determine the importance and urgency of tasks at hand, and how to communicate those to others.

In our third segment, The Foundation, you’ll uncover easy ways to make and execute a to-do list through delegating your own time. Oftentimes, you’ve got hidden minutes and hours during your workday to use to your advantage!

Tune into our final segment, The Frame Out, where we take our to-do lists and learn how to delegate them to others. Alex provides crucial tips for respecting everyone’s time, and shows you how to automate and simplify your processes!

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Helpful Links

• 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
• Delegating Using the SMART System
• Creating SMART Goals

We’re sure you’ve heard the words “diversity, equity, and inclusion.” But when you really think about it, do you know exactly what each of them means, especially as it relates to working in the construction industry? 

In this week’s episode, Alex is going to outline the building blocks of DEI and he’ll unpack how critical it truly is to our everyday lives. Drawing from his own experiences and in-person trainings, Alex will cover how big the problem of racism actually is, and what you can do to have a positive impact on every member of your team.

You might not agree with everything you hear from the episode, and that’s okay. Just remember, at the end of the day, as Alex says, what’s most important is trust and respect.

What to look out for in today’s episode: 

• The definitions of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• How racism takes shape in the workplace
• The 5 Rules in creating a belonging environment
• What you can do to help

In our final segment, The Frame Out, you’ll find out what four tools you can practice with to combat unconscious bias and exclusion. Alex wants you to think about these tools as if they were weights you’d lift at the gym. In order to get better in your daily life, you have to workout with them daily. Time to get up for the challenge!

Helpful Links:

The Human Genome Project

Construction Dive Special Report

The Diversity Wheel

How do you manage your anger as a leader when things go wrong? How do you pull it together in such a way that corrects the behavior that you're trying to change?

On today’s episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, you’ll take a look at common ways anger shows up in the workplace. Alex will dispel common myths about anger, and teach you how to manage anger when conflict arises in the workplace. It’s not as easy as punching your pillow!

In our second segment, The Level, Alex shows you a few skills to deal with anger. Oftentimes, anger leaves us fearful, frustrated, and hyper-focused on negative feelings, but Alex’s tips will help you zoom out and see the bigger picture.

Tune into our next segment, The Foundation, where you’ll be guided through common thought patterns that happen when we’re angry. Instead of focusing on imaginary circumstances, Alex shows you how to cool your “hot thoughts” and start a dialogue that feels good for everyone. 

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Helpful Links

• Hot Thoughts: What are they and How can You Handle Them?
• The ABC's of Anger

Do you ever wonder how the most successful people manage their day to day lives to set themselves up for big wins? There are steps to follow in order to become a peak performer, and on today’s episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, you’ll be guided on how best to incorporate some of these steps into your own life.  

Life is a marathon, not a sprint. And as the race goes on, more and more people fall to the wayside while the most committed and disciplined lead the pack, living the best lives they can. Regardless of how you feel about your life now or up to this point, Alex is here to tell you that you have full control over what comes next. This week, you’ll hear what it takes in order to shift your routines, mentally and physically, in order to best prioritize the things you want most. 

What to look out for in today’s episode: 

• The importance of discipline and commitment
• How to combat your inner voices telling you no
• Tools to help manage your day to day
• The 80/20 Rule
• Ways to set goals and target what you want to achieve

In our second segment, The Level, you will hear all about “The Pareto Principle,” AKA the 80/20 rule. While Alex will dive in more, it essentially means that 80% of all outcomes result from 20% of all causes for a given event. This is important to understand when prioritizing where to focus your energy most. 

Tune into our next segment, The Foundation, to go back to the basics when trying to create new, healthy routines. Alex will show his own virtuous cycle that he follows each day, and challenge you to think about what your ideal one might look like. Remember to be a little selfish by intentionally carving out time each day for yourself, we all need it. 

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Helpful Links

• Weekly Rhythm Register 
• Goals Template
• To-Do List Template

Welcome to the finale of Season 01! Throughout the last eleven episodes, you’ve been challenged on how you can improve for your coworkers, family, and yourself. We have covered topics such as managing stress at work, why you can indeed foster a “have it all” lifestyle, and why leading with empathy and compassion is critical in today’s workplace.  

To wrap things up, on the Season 01 Finale of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, Alex is going to walk you through where we are in the industry today, and how you can equip yourself to be ready for what’s coming down the road. As budgets get tighter and tighter, it’s critical to understand where you can empower yourself and your team in order to continue to achieve great results on every one of your projects. 

In our final segment, The Frame Out, Alex tells stories of how to engage your team through personal conversations. We then have some final thoughts on the 1st Season of Leadership Surge, and what to look out for in Season 2!

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Helpful Links

• An Introduction to Hero Making
• Hero Maker Book

What is Power? Who has it, and what does it look like? 

When it comes to power, most people think of the rich and famous. However, not all power dynamics are self-evident. There are dozens of factors in play that influence the power we have over others. Even those with a leadership title must earn the respect of their peers before they are truly leading in their workplace.

On today’s episode of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, you’ll be guided through the different ways power, position, and privilege show up on-site. Rather than challenging or ignoring them, Alex breaks down the ways you can leverage those existing dynamics, create a fair work environment, and create a culture of respect at your company.

What to look out for in today’s episode: 

• The 5 ladders of power in society
• The 5 levels of leadership in an organization
• Types of respect, and how individual values influence the way we respect others
• Overcoming the 4 emotions of intolerance: Fear, Shame, Guilt, and Sadness

In our first segment, The Takeoff,  Alex will analyze the way power shows up in society through “The 5 Ladders”. You’ll learn the ways that you currently have power in the world: from physical strength, to social influence, to visible and invisible identities. 

Tune into our next segment, The Level, where you’ll dive into how power works in an organization, and what you can do to influence your position as a leader in the eyes of others. It turns out: the more power you give away, the more power you have in the long run.

Helpful Links

• The 48 Laws of Power
• 5 Levels of Leadership

Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as well as the YouTube channel to watch full video episodes and be notified as soon as the next episode is live.

Welcome to the finale of Season 01! Throughout the last eleven episodes, you’ve been challenged on how you can improve for your coworkers, family, and yourself. We have covered topics such as managing stress at work, why you can indeed foster a “have it all” lifestyle, and why leading with empathy and compassion is critical in today’s workplace.  

To wrap things up, on the Season 01 Finale of No Bullshit with Alex Willis, Alex is going to walk you through where we are in the industry today, and how you can equip yourself to be ready for what’s coming down the road. As budgets get tighter and tighter, it’s critical to understand where you can empower yourself and your team in order to continue to achieve great results on every one of your projects. 

In our first segment, The Takeoff, you’ll reflect on your success in the construction industry. As our society shifts to a work-from-home model, large tech companies are squeezing the market of work. Besides your established high priced merit, Alex suggests that creating a desirable workplace for senior leaders will attract and empower high-performing workforce to elevate your business.

Tune into our next segment, The Level, where Alex dives into how to set your leadership up for success. “Plans are always changing. They’re very useful, even though you’re always changing them."

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Helpful Links

• An Introduction to Hero Making
• Hero Maker Book