If you're struggling with employee turnover, team accountability, leadership challenges, or scaling your contracting business, this episode is packed with practical insights.

Dominic Rubino sits down with Pete Ficco, a serial entrepreneur who grew a custom cabinetry company from $3 million to $10 million and now helps contractors improve performance through proven business systems.

The conversation dives deep into one of the biggest challenges contractors face: people problems.

You'll learn how successful trade business owners create role clarity, develop leadership systems, build company culture, and use strategic planning to align their teams around growth goals.

Pete explains how tools like Team at Risk Reviews, organizational charts, core values, foreman training, and End of Job Reports can help construction companies make better hiring decisions, improve retention, and increase profitability.

The discussion also explores the balance between the emotional side of leadership and the logical side of data-driven decision making.

In this video, you'll learn:

• How to identify and solve people problems in the trades

• Why role clarity improves team performance

• How strategic planning creates alignment

• The importance of company values and culture

• Ways to improve employee retention

• How End of Job Reports reveal hidden profit leaks

• Why contractors lose money without realizing it

• Leadership lessons for growing construction companies Whether you're a remodeling contractor, custom home builder, cabinet shop owner, trades business owner, or construction entrepreneur, these systems can help you build a stronger team and a more profitable business.

This interview provides actionable strategies you can implement immediately to improve operations and scale your company.

More about Pete Ficco:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-ficco-b203b017?

Company's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/prosper-vp?

Website: https://www.prospervp.com/

Also check out:

Cabinet Maker Profit System: https://www.cabinetmakerprofitsystem.com

Profit Toolbelt: https://www.profittoolbelt.com/

Contractor Wealth System: https://www.contractorwealthsystem.com/

What's the biggest people challenge you're facing in your business right now, and what system have you put in place to solve it?

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In this episode, Dominic Rubino sits down with Jacob Deis of Formation Millwork to talk about what it really takes to grow a successful commercial millwork company without losing your culture, values, or sanity in the process.

They dive deep into estimating strategy, dashboards, throughput tracking, project management capacity, company rebranding, leadership blind spots, and how commercial millwork shops can become more intentional about growth.

Jacob shares real-world lessons from scaling a high-end architectural millwork business in Colorado, including how to choose the right projects, improve estimating accuracy, build stronger team culture, and create systems that support long-term profitability.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• How to estimate commercial millwork projects more strategically

• Why dashboards and scorecards matter for shop growth

• How company values impact hiring, leadership, and culture

• Why some shops stay stuck in day-to-day operations

• How to identify profitable millwork projects faster

• The importance of long-term planning in construction businesses

More about Jacob Deis: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-deis-51ab20314/

Company's Website: https://formationmw.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deisdesigns/

Also check out:

Cabinet Maker Profit System: https://www.cabinetmakerprofitsystem.com

Profit Toolbelt: https://www.profittoolbelt.com/

Contractor Wealth System: https://www.contractorwealthsystem.com/

Question - What's the biggest bottleneck in your construction or millwork business right now: estimating, hiring, culture, or project management?

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Most contractors work hard every day but never stop to ask if their business is truly building personal wealth and long-term legacy.

In this conversation, Dominic Rubino sits down with former Naval submarine commander Gary Pinkerton to break down personal finance for contractors, business owners, and trades professionals.

They discuss cash flow, liquidity, investing in your business, real estate investing, protecting your family financially, and why mindset matters just as much as money.

If you want more profit, more control, and a stronger financial future for your family, this episode is packed with practical lessons and real-world wisdom.

In this video, you'll learn:

• Why contractors need liquidity and reserve funds

• How mindset impacts financial success

• Why investing in your own business matters first

• How real estate creates long-term financial stability

• The biggest financial mistakes business owners make

• Why legacy is more than just money

More about Gary Pinkerton:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garywpinkerton/

Company's Website: https://www.garypinkerton.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pinkerton_gary/

Question - What's the biggest financial lesson you've learned as a business owner?

Also check out:

Cabinet Maker Profit System: https://www.cabinetmakerprofitsystem.com

Profit Toolbelt: https://www.profittoolbelt.com/

Contractor Wealth System: https://www.contractorwealthsystem.com/

DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE: @Cabinetmakerprofitsystemcom @profittoolbelt4527

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