Building a Team That Builds the Business: How to Recruit Strategically

The Home Service Expert Podcast

Tommy Mello

Business, Management

4.8 • 705 Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

J.J. Levenske is the President and Co-Founder of Bleuwave, a company that provides facilities-based solutions for its clients. J.J. has over 30 years of experience in the construction and business solutions industry, and is a past board member at Vistage Worldwide, Inc., a global CEO peer advisory and executive coaching organization. He is also the host at MAC & Bleu, a podcast covering all things related to Building the Future.

In this episode, we talked about team building, mergers and acquisitions, visionary leadership, enterprise value growth...

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0:00.0	One of the things that was successful for me was always paying it forward.
0:03.5	And that's a common phrase now.
0:05.9	But when I saw someone in need, I would give, whether it was time, energy, knowledge, whatever.
0:13.2	You know, you're talking about Kent and Alan, all those people.
0:15.5	Yeah.
0:16.0	So it's one thing to ask, but other thing is don't keep score.
0:20.2	You do subconsciously, but I tell you what,
0:23.2	you have tremendous freedom and opportunities open up exponentially when you do not keep score.
0:28.9	Like I think of when I pay it forward when someone calls, and even if the answer is no,
0:33.8	find a yes, right? Like, hold it, I can't take care of you, but give me 10 minutes and I'll
0:38.3	find three other people that might be a befitting match. We get those calls all the time as general
0:42.7	contractors, we just can't, we're not the right fit, right? But I might give it to 10 competitors.
0:48.2	And then WAML, a year and a half from now, I get the call. Hey, do you remember me, JJ? I'm like, nope. Like, well, you paid it forward
0:54.3	with Bob and Bob ended up remodeling my house because you don't do residential. Well, guess what?
0:58.8	I own a business. Now I'm adding on to my business. Will you do it for me? Whammo. Welcome to the
1:04.2	home service expert where each week Tommy chats with world class entrepreneurs and experts in various
1:10.2	fields like marketing, sales,
1:12.5	hiring, and leadership to find out what's really behind their success in business. Now, your host,
1:19.3	the Home Service Millionaire, Tommy Mello. Before we get started, I wanted to share two important things with you.
1:33.0	First, I want you to implement what you learned today.
1:35.7	To do that, you'll have to take a lot of notes, but I also want you to fully concentrate on the interview.
1:41.4	So I ask the team to take notes for you.
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