Virtual Campfire: People and Efficiency with Greg Hamann

In this Virtual Campfire, Greg Hamann of Truliance Consulting joins me to talk about people and efficiency. If you run a plant, a crew or any operation that still leans on you every day, this one is for you. Greg grew his family's precast company from a garage to more than 100 employees and sold it in 2018. Today he works inside other companies' plants, and he built his plant-building business to run without him. He shares what the 2008 recession taught him about running lean, and how he pays and develops the people who run things day to day. In this session, we talked about: What a recession teaches you about leverage and growth. Building a company that can run without you. Passing a family business to the next generation. Open vacation time and fully paid healthcare. How to pay salespeople, project managers and leaders. Running a business with fewer layers. Using AI for planning, reports and quotes. Bring a question from your business to our next Virtual Campfire. It's a small online conversation where you can ask questions and hear what other owners have tried: https://businessbuildercamp.com/virtu... For ongoing support, explore our Mastermind groups. We get to know your business and work through the decisions you'd otherwise make alone: https://businessbuildercamp.com/maste... CHAPTERS 00:00:00 Welcome and introductions 00:01:59 From a garage to 100-plus employees 00:12:20 What the recession taught about lean 00:16:45 Build it to run without you 00:24:43 Handing off to the next generation 00:26:59 The stress owners carry 00:32:14 Open vacation, full healthcare 00:34:26 Pay plans and stepping back 00:43:15 Lean teams and acquisitions 00:48:42 Putting AI to useful work