The Leadership and Learning Podcast
The Leadership and Learning Podcast is a professional development resource for the building materials industry. The target audience is for all levels of leaders in any industry. However, it is definitely the podcast for you if you’re an emerging leader or involved in managing / leading anyone in the building material industry. You will benefit from this podcast if you’re in manufacturing, distribution, sales, accounting, human resources, customer service or technical support or active. Industry associations, college and high school students will also benefit from the lessons shared in this podcast. We will bring you an abundance of valuable leadership content. We’ll do this by bringing you recorded conversations on leadership lessons and insights from various building material industry leaders, industry legends and subject matter experts. On occasion, the host, Randy Goruk will share his leadership experiences and expertise by offering you relevant and actionable leadership tips to elevate your individual and team’s performance. The Leadership and Learning Podcast is all about helping you become a more effective leader by learning from others in the building material industry.
Episodes
Host Randy Goruk, has an insightful conversation with Victor Sella, Vice President of Contractor Engagement at United Contractors. The conversation ranges from leadership principles, career development insights, practical advice for emerging leaders, insights into the generational workplace and cultural transformation.
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In this episode, host Randy Goruk, has a conversation with the CEO of Saybr Contractors Inc., Karen Say-Valadez. They talk about her remarkable construction business start-up story and the leadership values and principles that have helped her and her team to grow the business to where ...
In this episode of The Leadership and Learning Podcast, we explore ways to strengthen safety culture of any organization. My guest, Terry Evans, Division Safety Manager, Boise Cascade is an expert in safety culture. Terry offers several strategies, tips and techniques to help you build and reinforce your safety culture.
In this episode, guest Noel Massie, former Vice President of UPS, share insights on leadership and career success for recent college graduates through senior leadership.
You will learn:
In this episode, host Randy Goruk talks integrated compensation strategies with Scott Trumpolt, a compensation expert with 30 years of experience. They discuss strategic approaches to compensation in the workplace and how to create effective compensation strategies that attract, engage, and retain employees.
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In this episode, host Randy Goruk and conflict resolution expert Ursula Taylor tackle understanding and resolving workplace conflicts. A challenging topic, but not when you have an expert in the house.
In this episode, with employee retention on the forefront on everyone’s mind, host Randy Goruk has a conversation with social Impact Leader Mai Moore about leadership and Generation Z employees. ...
In this episode, host Randy Goruk shares his views on how leaders can lead effective meetings. Based on over 40 years of experience leading a myriad of meeting types, his approach to meetings has proven to be effective many times over.
In this episode you will learn:
- What an effective meeting is.
- The 3 – components to an effective meeting fra...
This episode is a rare and personal look into the life, wisdom, and legacy of Earl Nightingale—the man behind The Strangest Secret and one of the founding fathers of the personal development movement.
My gues...
In this episode, host Randy Goruk invites listeners to an upcoming live webinar on tackling ineffective meetings and in advance of the April 3, 2025 webinar he shares some tips on managing meeting timelines.
In this episode, host Randy Goruk emphasizes the importance of employee retention and provided strategies to improve it, including creating an inspiring workplace culture, prioritizing employee engagement, and investing in skill development.
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In this episode, Queen City Roofing CEO, Larry Stock, a long-time construction industry professional shares his thoughts on, and experiences with, intentionality and success.
You will learn how intentionality leads to success with:
- Professional development
- Work-life balance
- Growing your business
- Tra...
In this episode, Andrea Sampson shares her journey from a career in advertising to becoming an expert storytelling and presentation coach. She discusses how her work with TEDX speakers taught her the power of storytelling to convey ideas and inspire change.
You will learn:
- Effective presentations start with a clear core idea and building a story around it to engag...
In this episode of The Leadership and Learning Podcast, host Randy Goruk shares a few ideas for you to elevate leadership performance.
These success factors and tips come from a replay of a condensed and edited version of a 90-minute presentation Randy did at a recent asphalt industry conference.
We hope you find all of these to be helpful in elevating your leadership t...
Host Randy Goruk encourages you to explore your area of responsibility for the items that cost you more than they’re worth or that anyone would pay for—these are “the pennies” of your business.
He emphasized...
In this episode of The Leadership and Learning Podcast, host Randy Goruk shares a podcast conversation he had as a guest on the Business Success Tip podcast hosted by Paul Sanneman.
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In this episode of The Leadership and Learning Podcast, host Randy Goruk shares a few ideas for you to build, grow and sustain a high-performance team.
These success factors and tips come from a replay of a condensed and edited version of a 90-minute presentation Randy did at a recent asphalt industry conference.
We hope you find all of these to be helpful in building, ...
In this episode, host Randy Goruk has an insightful conversation with author Amanda Kenderes, Ph.D. They discuss how the content of her work, and her book on ‘Talk Types’: How What We Say Reveals Who We Are, can help leaders be more effective communicators.
In this episode, in light of President Jimmy Carters recent passing, host Randy Goruk shares three of his favorite quotes from President Carter. He also offers insight into the meaning of Mr. Carter’s wisdom, then offers a valuable leadership lesson for all leaders.
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