1 year ago

Ron Nussbaum is a dynamic, results-oriented leader.
After serving in the Marine Corps., he went on to add over a decade of experience in the construction industry.

Now the Founder and CEO of Nuttnest, Ron uses his knowledge and experiences to help others grow and change the overall mindset around construction.

In this episode, Ron shares his journey transitioning from Marine Corps. to the construction industry and building Nuttnest that helps contractors give their customers access to projects, communication, and peace of mind to choose the right service provider for the job.

This episode is filled with insights on how to build great leadership within you without losing your authentic self.

Today, Ron is continuing on expanding Nuttnest and plans to have 5000 contractors on the platform in the next 12 -18 months.

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Quotes
• Renovations can be crazy.
• Not losing who you were but still devout being in a leader’s mentality in being able to make those tough decisions tell us a lot about who somebody is as they work their way through the ranks.
• I need to continuously get better at what I’m doing and know how I could have a greater impact to those around me.
• Discipline and leadership are tangible skills that if you don’t continue to work on them, you will lose them
• Being authentic in anything that you do is going to be the best leadership trait that we can have
• You wanna put your best foot forward
• Confusion is the evil we fight
• The moment confusion happens is the moment thoughts start to breakdown
• What the industry needs is better, more precise communication
• In the construction industry, most people don’t have the right person to talk to about their problem and that’s why the bar gets dropped and that is the root of the problem
• Not being on the same page with expectations in communication is the biggest breakdown that happens
• Freedom of opportunity to be able to go start creating what that life looks like that we wanna have and then go chase that

Concepts
• Being a leader means not losing who you are in the process and capable making tough decisions.
• Reading self-development books is a great avenue to keep you on track
• Take whatever chance you got to improve yourself–listen to uplifting audiobooks, engage in social connections, read self-help books.
• Be your authentic self and not try to be somebody else to fit in
• “It’s essential to control the room I was in and what my responses should be without losing who I am as a person”
• Being able to communicate effectively is a sign of good leadership
• The capability to give better communication is what everybody is aiming for
• Confusion hinders effective communication and becomes the root of many issues
• Communication can help remove misconceptions and misunderstandings

Time Stamps
0:00 – Introduction and crazy construction story
2:00 – The whole ceiling collapsed
3:00 – How I ended up in the residential construction
5:50 – We all want to be a leader
7:00 – Being a leader vs where you were staying at
8:30 – What kind of avenue do you go down?
11:36 – The most valuable leadership trait
14:15 – What things are you, and what things just need to improve
17:00 – I went down the wrong path
19:00 – Communication breakdown that happened
22:28 – What does more communication look like?
25:20 – Giving the right updates at the right time
26:35 – In the construction industry, we have a misconception of they’re just going to ghost me
28:30 – Setting expectations
32:00 – After spending 12 years in the construction industry
35:25 – I wanna change the mindset around the construction industry
36:45 – Some contractors are great at communicating but they’re not probably great being the frontline communicator
40:00 – My dream is for communication that no longer be the biggest complaint in the construction industry
41:15 – Are you gonna stay in the construction niche forever?
43:00 - The freedom you experience now in your business
44:38 – 12-18 months I plan to have 5000 contractors on the platform