Can't Stop the Growth
Can't Stop the Growth is driven by Chad's personal mission to provide a platform for others to grow and thrive. CSTG offers inspiration, leadership lessons on growth, grit, and chasing potential.
Episodes
Some operators try to outspend the competition. Steve Holland built his business by outworking them, out-branding them, and most of all, out-caring them.
Chris and Chad sit down with Steve Holland, founder of Mr. Holland's Heating, Air & Electric, to unpack his journey from a chaotic upbringing to building and exiting a successful home services company. Steve shar...
Michael Aft is building a $1 billion commercial garage door empire — and his playbook for scaling skilled labor businesses is unlike anything you've heard.
Whether you're in HVAC, plumbing, electrical, or any skilled trade, this episode reveals how to unlock the growth you've wanted for 15+ years.
#BusinessGrowth #HomeServices #Entrepreneurship #SkillLabor #Leadership
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One simple tweak took an HVAC company from a 37% close rate to 68%. And it wasn't about working harder — it was about slowing down.
In this episode, Danny Zatarain (Head of Training at Can't Stop the Growth) breaks down the exact process he used to transform Ireland HVAC's sales performance in just 6 months.
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The ABC Decision Framework changed how we empower our team.
Steve Sorenson, Senior Director of Learning & Culture at Johnsonville, breaks down how to build a culture where your team makes decisions without waiting for permission.
Company culture training expert Steve Sorenson shares the ABC Decision Framework for employee empowerment and leadership development. Learn how to stop micromanaging, build organizational culture, and crea...
Most home service companies still treat the call center like an expense.
That is a mistake.
In this episode of Can't Stop the Growth, Chad Peterman sits down with Avoca's Tyson Chen to break down why the call center should be treated like a true revenue driver. From booking rate clarity to missed daytime opportunities, after-hours overflow, membership conversion, and smarter coaching, this conversation is packed with practical insi...
What separates people who stay stuck from people who keep growing?
Chad breaks down what it really means to think like a winner and why leadership starts with the habits, attitude, and daily choices most people overlook.
From building an environment that supports success to avoiding dream stealers and chasing goals big enough ...
High-performance sales teams are not built by accident. They are engineered through competitive culture, relentless action, and leaders willing to develop people at a deeper level. Chris and Chad sit down with serial entrepreneur and sales powerhouse Josey Parks to unpack what it really takes to scale an elite team.
Josey shares the gritty lessons behind growing a...
What if the reason your goals keep falling flat isn't that they're too big, but that they're not big enough? 🚀
Chad challenges leaders to stop playing small and start thinking 10X. He unpacks why bold goals are not really about bigger results, but about becoming a better version of yourself through daily behavioral change. From letting go of control to measuring ...
Success doesn't happen in one big moment. It's built in the small decisions, the hard lessons, and the chapters you almost quit.
Chris and Chad are joined by Aaron Gainor to unpack the real turning points that shaped their businesses. From writing down bold revenue goals before they knew how to reach them, to surviving bad hires, sales struggles, and the weight of...
In this Around the CAMPFire episode, CAMP Digital CEO Katie Donovan sits down with VP of Marketing, US Dock & Door Michelle Fadeley to talk about something every HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and garage door business needs to nail: brand, trust, and hyperlocal marketing that actually drives calls.
The conversation digs into the "same day challenge" every home service leader feels: balancing low-interest, high-intent emergencies with ...
Most HVAC, plumbing, and electrical companies obsess over bookings, average ticket, and close rate. Very few obsess over how people feel at work.
In this episode of Can't Stop the Growth, host Chad Peterman interviews Mark Mears, founder and Chief Growth Officer of LEAF Growth Ventures and author of Love at Work and The Purposeful Growth Revolution. Mark explains why "love" is not soft, why disengagement is costing companies trilli...
Growth looks glamorous from the outside. Until the summer never comes.
Chad sits down with Stephanie Allen, co-founder of Airworks, to unpack what really happens when bold goals, big budgets, and leadership transitions collide with economic reality.
Stephanie shares the raw truth behind scaling from gut instinct to structured ...
Avoiding hard conversations does not protect the team. It quietly erodes culture until problems turn into full-blown crises.
In this Future Leaders session, Andrew Hasty uses vivid lessons from World War I to challenge passive leadership and comfort-zone management inside HVAC and home service businesses.
If the business sometimes feels like trench warfare, this conversation will help reset how to lead, coach, and "hold the line" f...
What if one of the biggest legends in home services wasn't done yet?
In this episode of To The Point - Home Services Podcast, Chris sits down with Paul Kelly, the man who scaled Parker & Sons from $7M to $250M, to dig into why he's back in the game. From exotic dancing jokes to deep industry insights, this episode brings both laughs and leadership gold.
Trades grow when leaders grow.
In this solo episode, Chad breaks down the real work of leadership in HVAC, plumbing, and electrical: sacrifice, habits, unseen effort, and passion. He shows how a leader's day-to-day routine quietly shapes technicians' income, families, and even Christmas mornings.
Hear how to trade busy work for high-impact work, build simple daily habits that move revenue and culture, and embrace the "unrequited wo...
Andrew Hasty, COO at Peterman Brothers, challenges HVAC, plumbing, and electrical leaders to stop using the word "premium" as a label and start treating it as a daily standard. If pricing, marketing, and wrapped trucks all scream premium, but leadership behavior, culture, and follow-through do not match, that is not just a soft issue. It is a full-blown business identity crisis.
Andrew reframes what "premium" actually means in a ho...
If the plan for growing your HVAC, plumbing, or electrical company still sounds like "more techs, more calls, more marketing," this conversation is a reset. In this episode, Chad sits down with leadership strategist and "Let's Go Win" founder JM Ryerson to talk about how real growth starts inside the walls of your business, not out in the market.
They break down why so many companies scale revenue before they ever define who they a...
What would it change in a trades business if the sales team stopped waiting on leads and started owning the pipeline? In this episode, Jordan White tells Chad Peterman how he moved to Nashville with a beat-up truck, slept on a kid's couch, and built a high-end roofing company that grew from $2M to just over $20M in four years, almost entirely off door-to-door hustle.
Jordan breaks down how he and his partner built a visionary/integ...
What happens when some of the biggest voices in home services come together for a no-filter, high-impact roundtable?
Chris gathers industry giants Tommy Mello, Ismael Valdez, Chad Peterman, and more for a raw, unscripted take on where the home services industry stands, and where it's headed. From AI disruption to market shifts, personal growth to door-knocking tac...
If your team keeps missing the mark even though the numbers "look fine," this one is for you.
In this episode, Chad Peterman breaks down the fifth dysfunction of a team, inattention to results, and explains why so many HVAC, plumbing, and home service companies stall out even with strong individual performers. Using real examples from the field and a few sports stories, Chad shows how focusing on the company scoreboard, not just pe...
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