Build Your Success

Brian Brogen
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Establishing a foundation for your personal and professional development. This community and our guests will empower and equip you to be a better leader, enabling you to BUILD a brighter, better future for you and your team

  1. 2D AGO

    Delegation & Leading Franchisees with Adam Povitz

    In this Build Your Success podcast episode, host Brianinterviews Adam Povitz, CEO of Anago Cleaning Systems, a three-tier commercial cleaning franchise operating across the U.S. and Canada with 1,800 franchisees and 50 master franchise regions. Adam explains how Anago supports post-construction final cleans that often lead to ongoing cleaning relationships, and how the model separates responsibilities so master franchisees handle sales, marketing, and administration while unit franchisees focus on delivering cleaning services. He defines leadership as stepping back from micromanagement, hiring the right people, setting vision and goals, and “getting out of the way.” Adam describes leading franchisees through influence, testing and vetting initiatives in select markets before rollout, managing adoption challenges with enablement support, and maintaining professional “frenemy” relationships with competitors to address industry-wide issues. Guest Social: Adam Povlitz | LinkedInGuest Website:_Commercial Cleaning | Anago Commercial CleaningHost Email:brianb@buildcs.net Host LinkedIn: Brian Brogen, PMP 🧱| LinkedIn Host Website: BuildConsulting Services - Mulberry, FL - Brian Brogen About the host: Do you want true engagement at your event?Expect Brian Brogen to deliver a keynote that sparks dialogue, inspires growth, and leaves your audience thinking long after the event ends. Drawing on his extensive experience as a general contractor and project manager in the construction, power, and mining industries, Brian brings the real-world credibility and relatable rapport your audience craves.

    26 min

  2. MAY 5

    Self-Advocacy and Emotional Intelligence in the AEC Industry with Stephanie Nowak

    Host Brian Brogen introduces leadership readiness speaker and trainer Stephanie Nowak, who works with early-career professionals in the AEC industry. Nowak shares her background as an electrical design engineer, construction project manager, and engineering/construction group manager, thendefines leadership as servant leadership centered on trust, respect, collaboration, and advocating for one’s team. The conversation focuses on self-advocacy as both promoting oneself and setting boundaries, especially for middle managers managing up and down, including respectful ways to say no, clarify deadlines, and avoid burnout. They discuss reducing tension between engineers,contractors, office, and field through curiosity, communication, collaboration, and explaining requests with “because.” Stephanie explains she founded her work to improve leadership by building emotional intelligence and self-awareness, after recognizing her own gaps and seeing their impact on workplace culture and relationships. Guest LinkedIn: Stephanie Nowak,MBA | LinkedIn Guest Website: https://www.engineeredtobecome.com/ Host Email:brianb@buildcs.net Host LinkedIn: Brian Brogen, PMP 🧱| LinkedIn Host Website: BuildConsulting Services - Mulberry, FL - Brian Brogen About the host: Do you want true engagement at your event?Expect Brian Brogen to deliver a keynote that sparks dialogue, inspires growth, and leaves your audience thinking long after the event ends. Drawing on his extensive experience as a general contractor and project manager in the construction, power, and mining industries, Brian brings the real-world credibility and relatable rapport your audience craves.

    22 min

  3. APR 28

    Building a Better Construction Workforce with Luke Hill

    On the Build Your Success podcast, host Brian interviewsLuke Hill, a Marine Corps veteran and staffing manager for Telson in Houston, about leadership, mentoring, and construction recruiting. Luke shares his background in staffing and apprenticeshipplacement, his family ties to the trades, and how a former gunnery sergeant shaped his leadership “true north”: leaving an organization and its people better than he found them. They discuss the ripple effect of mentoring, the mission ofthe nonprofit Crew Collaborative to improve lives in blue-collar and construction careers by sharing real stories in schools, and the importance of presenting trades as a destination while acknowledging long hours, toughconditions, and cyclical work. Luke explains MEP (mechanical, electrical, plumbing), notesongoing workforce shortages and retirements and describes the most surprising and rewarding part of recruiting: the industry’s tangible community impact through projects like hospitals and schools. Guest Social: Luke Hill |LinkedIn Guest Website: Tellepsen| Commercial Contractor Host Email:brianb@buildcs.net Host LinkedIn: Brian Brogen, PMP 🧱| LinkedIn Host Website: BuildConsulting Services - Mulberry, FL - Brian Brogen About the host: Do you want true engagement at your event?Expect Brian Brogen to deliver a keynote that sparks dialogue, inspires growth, and leaves your audience thinking long after the event ends. Drawing on his extensive experience as a general contractorand project manager in the construction, power, and mining industries, Brian brings the real-world credibility and relatable rapport your audience craves.

    28 min

  4. APR 21

    Connection Through Trust with Missy Washam and Mayce DelValle

    In this Build Your Success Podcast episode, Brian welcomesleadership coaches Missy Washam and Mayce DelValle from Mpactful Messages, they share how they met, became best friends and business partners, and help companies transform through leadership development. They define strong leadership as authentic, vulnerable, androoted in connection, emphasizing that everyone deserves to be led well and that connection drives trust, buy-in, commitment, productivity, profit, and accountability. They discuss how leaders can move teams from compliance tocommitment by knowing people’s lives, strengths, passions, and motivators, and identify micromanagement as a major cause of disengagement. The conversation highlights practical examples from blue-collar environments, the impact ofleadership on work and home life.  Get the Mpactful Messages Offer by texting: Time to (772)732-6684 Missy: MissyWasham | LinkedIn Mayce: MayceDelValle | LinkedIn Guest Website: MpactfulMessages Host Email:brianb@buildcs.net Host LinkedIn: Brian Brogen, PMP 🧱| LinkedIn Host Website: BuildConsulting Services - Mulberry, FL - Brian Brogen About the host: Do you want true engagement at your event?Expect Brian Brogen to deliver a keynote that sparks dialogue, inspires growth,and leaves your audience thinking long after the event ends. Drawing on his extensive experience as a general contractorand project manager in the construction, power, and mining industries, Brianbrings the real-world credibility and relatable rapport your audience craves.

    30 min

  5. MAR 24

    What it Takes to Weld with Rob Sublette of Mountain Man Welding

    On this episode of the Build Your Success podcast, host Brian Brogen welcomes Rob Sublette Vice President of Mountain Man Welding, a family-owned Denver welding and fabrication company founded in 1992 that transitioned from oil and gas into water infrastructure and has welded much of Colorado’s major welded-steel water pipelines over the past 34 years.  Rob shares his path from welder helper to project engineer, operations manager, and VP in 2024, and discusses buying out the business as his mom serves as president. He defines leadership as being people-first, accessible, and willing to work alongside crews. Rob outlines opportunities for young people in fabrication, emphasizing starting at the bottom, gaining real field experience, and being patient about pay and progression.  He highlights 2026 challenges including tariffs affecting material lead times and the ongoing labor and training gap, and advises newcomers to stay humble, invest in themselves, and avoid job hopping.  Guest Social: Rob Sublette |LinkedIn GuestWebsite: https://mountainmanwelding.com Host Email:brianb@buildcs.netHost LinkedIn: Brian Brogen,PMP 🧱 | LinkedIn About the host: Do you want true engagement at your event? Expect Brian Brogen to deliver a keynote that sparks dialogue, inspires growth, and leaves your audience thinking long after the event ends. Drawing on his extensive experience as a general contractor and project manager in the construction, power, and mining industries, Brian brings the real-world credibility and relatable rapport your audience craves.

    27 min

  6. MAR 10

    What Are Your Culture Signals with Justin Barksdale

    On this episode of the Build Your Success podcast we welcome Justin Barksdale, founder of Barksdale Safety and Barksdale Leadership. Justin shares his 15–16 years as a safety professional, starting as a scaffold builder, and explains his companies’ missions: educating, equipping, and empowering organizations to create safety and building leaders people want to follow and cultures people never want to leave. Justin defines leadership as servant influence that adds value and builds trust, and defines culture as how people think, act, and interact. They discuss how leaders shape culture through what they reinforce and tolerate, how “culture isn’t what we expect; it’s what we accept,” and how poor culture drives disengagement, turnover, and hidden costs. Justin warns against “flavor of the month” change, stresses measuring culture, investing in leadership development, and cites Microsoft’s culture shift from “know-it-alls”to “learn-it-alls.”   Guest Social: JustinBarksdale, CSP | LinkedIn Guest Website: BarksdaleLeadership Solutions ; BarksdaleSafety Solutions -Safety Consultants Host Email:brianb@buildcs.net Host LinkedIn: Brian Brogen, PMP 🧱| LinkedIn About the host: Do you want true engagement at your event?Expect Brian Brogen to deliver a keynote that sparks dialogue, inspires growth, and leaves your audience thinking long after the event ends. Drawing on his extensive experience as a general contractorand project manager in the construction, power, and mining industries, Brian brings the real-world credibility and relatable rapport your audience craves.

    30 min

  7. MAR 3

    Growing Trades Through Safety and Innovation at Dewalt with Rob Newman

    In this Build Your Success Podcast episode, host Brian Brogen interviews Rob Newman, Vice President of DeWalt Business Development Strategies, aboutleadership, innovation, safety, and workforce development in construction. Rob shares his 27-year journey at DeWalt, emphasizing leadership through listening, continuous learning, and self-reflection in communication. He highlights DeWalt’s new down-drilling robot partnership with August Robotics, tested on data center projects to improve accuracy, reduce dust exposure, enhance safety, and save significant schedule time, including reducing a seven-week drilling scope to seven days.  They discuss labor shortages and how automation can repurpose workers into higher-value roles, including operating and programming robots. Rob also covers inherently safer tools and DeWalt’s Grow the Trades commitment, including expanded funding, tool donations, support for trade schools, veteran’spathways, and programs exposing youth and girls to skilled trades. Guest LinkedIn: Robert Newman |LinkedIn Guest Website: https://dewalt.com and https://stanleyblackanddecker.com   Host Email:brianb@buildcs.netHost LinkedIn: Brian Brogen,PMP 🧱 | LinkedIn About the host:Do you want true engagement at your event? Expect Brian Brogen to deliver a keynote that sparks dialogue, inspires growth, and leaves your audiencethinking long after the event ends. Drawing on his extensive experience as a general contractor and project manager in the construction, power, and mining industries, Brian brings the real-world credibility and relatable rapport that your audience craves.

    24 min

  8. FEB 17

    Community Investment for the Next Generation with Jeff Martin

    Welcome to this episode of the Build Your Success Podcast! Host Brian Brogen is joined by Jeff Martin, EHS Manager for Komatsu America, as they discuss leadership, culture, and community involvement. With over 34 years at Komatsu, Jeff shares his journey from EMT to Environmental Health and Safety Manager, his insights on leadership and extreme ownership, and the importance of building a strong culture. Learn about Komatsu's innovative pre-apprenticeship programs that invest in future workforce and the company's commitment to community and technical education. Don't miss out on this episode filled with inspiring stories and valuable lessons on leadership and community building!   Guest Social: Jeff Martin |LinkedIn Guest Website: en-us| Komatsu Host Email:brianb@buildcs.net Host LinkedIn: Brian Brogen, PMP 🧱| LinkedIn About the host: Do you want true engagement at your event?Expect Brian Brogen to deliver a keynote that sparks dialogue, inspires growth, and leaves your audience thinking long after the event ends. Drawing on his extensive experience as a general contractorand project manager in the construction, power, and mining industries, Brian brings the real-world credibility and relatable rapport your audience craves.

    25 min
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Establishing a foundation for your personal and professional development. This community and our guests will empower and equip you to be a better leader, enabling you to BUILD a brighter, better future for you and your team

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  • Creator
    Brian Brogen
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    255
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