The Trade Den Podcast

In The Trade Den Podcast, we pull back the curtain to share the same tools, stories and strategies that have helped hundreds of businessmen in the trades and construction industry transform their businesses and reconnect with their families.  If you’re ready to take back control of your business and life you’re in the right place.

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How to Retain Great People in Hard Times (Part 3)

You found the ‘perfect person’, you got them trained up, you’ve taken a step back off the…

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How to Recruit even in a Tough Labour Market (Part 2)

Are you putting ads up on Seek but keep wondering “Why is everybody so terrible?” Are you…

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How to Design a Productive Ground Crew (Part 1)

Do you feel like there’s just no good people to hire? Or maybe you’ve got no idea…

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How To Become a Dad Your Kids Will Remember

Are you: Missing out on precious family moments because of work? Struggling to balance the roles of…

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Scaling From 12 to 80+ Employees, $14Mill in Revenue & Named Great Place to Work with Simon Parker from Parker Precision

When Simon started with Pravar he had 12 employees and was turning over $2 Mill a year. …

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Win The Morning, Win The Day

What’s the first thing you do when you open your eyes in the morning? Do you grab…

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Struggling to Leave Work At The Door? Our Guide to Separate Work & Home Life

One of the biggest challenges Trades and Construction Business Owners face is switching gears from being a…

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Finishing Strong: How to Avoid Christmas Chaos and Set Yourself Up for Success in 2025

For a lot of trade business owners, Christmas is the most stressful time of the year. And…

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Behind The Scenes of Our 2024 Lifestyle Mastermind & Awards Night

We held our annual Lifestyle Mastermind and Awards night a few weeks ago and thought we’d do…

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The Blueprint for Building a Successful Business Partnership, with Chris & Andrew from Kinetic Electrical & Data

When people start a partnership they think they’ll be able to grow twice as fast, but in…

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How to Transition From Being A Mate to A Manager

As you grow your trades & construction business there comes a time when you need to step…

How To Drive Productivity Without Getting Dragged Back To Site

How to Drive Productivity Without Getting Dragged Back to Site

If you’ve taken some steps to wind yourself off the tools but realised the second you step…

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The 3 Questions You Can Ask to Learn and GROW From Every Challenging Situation

“We cannot selectively numb emotion. If we numb the dark, we numb the light. If we take…

Face The Facts: How Is Alcohol Affecting Your Personal And Business Success?

Face the Facts: How is Alcohol Affecting Your Personal and Business Success?

Today is not about preaching to you about drinking less or quitting altogether.  Instead, we invite you…

Overcoming Adversity

Overcoming Adversity: How Zach Hansen Went from Leaving High School at 15 to Leading a Team of 13 & a Turnover of $ 3 Million

For someone who is only 27 years old, Zach Hansen has had to overcome his fair share…

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What You Need to be Charging in Your Trades Business (Pricing Part 3)

Where did your pricing model come from in business?  When you think of job costs, what comes…

How To Adjust Your Prices As Your Business Grows… Without Losing Customers (pricing Part 2)

How to Adjust Your Prices as Your Business Grows… Without Losing Customers (Pricing Part 2)

Where did your pricing model come from in business?  When you think of job costs, what comes…

The Most Costly Pricing Mistakes You Can Make In A Trades Business

The Most Costly Pricing Mistakes You Can Make in a Trades Business

Where did your pricing model come from in business?  For most trades business owners it’s usually something…

The Strategic Hires Every Trades Business Needs When They Hit $80k A Month

The Strategic Hires EVERY Trades Business Needs When They Hit $80k a Month

A lot of Trades business owners get to a point where they know they need to hire…

The Secret To Having Work/life Balance

The SECRET To Having Work/Life Balance

Are you getting what you want out of your life? Not just your work life… But your…

Overcoming Fear To Break Through The $1mil Mark

Overcoming Fear to Break Through the $1mil Mark and Build the Life of your Dreams with Phil Dawes

Every time we talk about this topic people find hundreds of thousands of dollars (and no we’re…

This Follow Up Process Made Our Client $250k In 2 Weeks

This Follow-Up Process Made Our Client $250k in 2 weeks

Every time we talk about this topic people find hundreds of thousands of dollars (and no we’re…

How To Get New Customers & Increase Sales Without Feeling Pushy

How to Get New Customers & Increase Sales WITHOUT Feeling Pushy

How’s Business Going For You Right Now?  The most common answer we’re hearing from the industry right…

The Fastest Way To Fill Your Sales Pipeline

The Fastest way to Fill your Sales Pipeline

How’s Business Going For You Right Now?  The most common answer we’re hearing from the industry right…

How Ben Wolff Went From $250k In Debt To Be On Track To Turnover $5mil

How Ben Wolff went from $250k In Debt to be On Track to Turnover $5Mil this Year Whilst Only Working 40 hour weeks

One of our core principles in Pravar is to ‘Never Settle’ and Ben Wolff from Wolff Energy…

5 Strategies That Can Add $50 $100k To Your Bottom Line In The Next 90 Days

5 Strategies that can add $50-$100k To Your Bottom Line in the next 90 Days

If you’re experiencing cash flow problems you just need more cash right?  WRONG.  Well at least in…

Why Making More Money Won’t Solve Your Money Problems

Why Making More Money Won’t Solve Your Money Problems

If you’re experiencing cash flow problems you just need more cash right?  WRONG.  Well at least in…

Turning $6.5 Mil And Working 30 Hours A Week

From Almost Losing His Family To Having It All, Turning $6.5 Mil and Working 30 Hours A Week with Nathan Wilson from Rescue U Plumbing

In our last few episodes we’ve told you how to get more time, grow your business and…

2 Questions To Stay Focused & Get More Done!

2 Questions to Stay FOCUSED & Get MORE Done!

In our last few episodes we’ve told you how to get more time, grow your business and…

The Cycle That Hurts So Many Trades & Construction Businesses (and Costs You Money!)

The Cycle That HURTS So Many Trades & Construction Businesses (and costs you money!)

There’s a cycle that every trades business goes through before they figure out how to stop it…

How To Stop Your Team Hijacking Your Time

How to Stop Your Team Hijacking Your Time and Cut Your Phone Calls in Half

Getting off the tools is usually so you can have MORE time right?  But the day you…

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From Working 70hrs+ to a $650K Net Profit Turnaround & A Complete Personal Transformation with Anthony Rentzis

“If I wasn’t in coaching and I didn’t face the facts I don’t think I’d be in…

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Unlocking Capacity is Your Key To Growth

Most trades and construction business owners will hit a ceiling when they are growing their business.  They…

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Feeling Overwhelmed? How to Prioritise What Matters Most

As a business owner in the trades and construction industry, your to-do list can often feel never-ending……

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The SECRET to having MORE TIME in your Week

Most people get into business so that they can have MORE TIME. But the wish for almost…

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If you feel like Shutting Your Business Down … this Episode will Change Your Life with Ahmad Radi from Radi Electrical

When Ahmad started working with us, all he wanted was to go on a holiday with his…

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The Reason Trades Business Owners Get STUCK and Can’t Grow

Have you hit a plateau in your business and life, where you can’t break through no matter…

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What $1 Million+ Trades Business Owners & Great Sporting Teams Have in Common

There are things in this episode I have never spoken about before.  Welcome to Episode Two of…

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Behind the Mic with Rob Kropp & the Origin Story of Pravar Group

There are things in this episode I have never spoken about before.  Welcome to Episode Two of…

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Why So Many Tradies Lose It All & How This Podcast Will Help You

  Welcome to the first episode of The Trade Den.  This is a podcast we’ve wanted to…

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The Reality of Running A Business in the Trades & Construction Industry. Welcome to The Trade Den ????

If you’re a tradie and you’ve gone out on your own you’ve probably done it because you…