Legacy leadership starts with who you hire, how you develop them, and the mission you reinforce every day.

In this episode of The Craft & Calling, host Christene Marie sits down with Sean Madole, a third-generation trades leader who has carried his family’s construction business forward since the 1970s. Together they dig into what actually scales a trades company: values-based hiring, culture-driven retention, systems that compound, and leadership that evolves as the business grows.

Sean shares what he has learned across decades: how to inspire teams, how to build a company people want to work for, how to use CRMs to grow value, and why the future of the trades belongs to leaders who can evolve.

• Hiring for mindset instead of desperation
• What actually keeps trades talent (and why it’s not just pay)
• How to build mission, culture, and daily leadership rhythms
• Systems that increase valuation and long-term stability
• Who leaders must become to build a business that lasts

0:00 Intro

1:02 Sean’s 3rd-generation story & company origins

2:40 Why developing people is the foundation of growth

5:18 Labor shortages & Retention strategies that actually work

14:17 Social media’s impact on culture & retention

16:14 Why CRMs and systems matter more than ever

23:22 Financial tools & processes that support scaling

27:16 Who leaders must become to build a legacy

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Sean Madole is a third-generation owner and president of Madole Construction, serving Nevada and Northern California since the 1970s. With 40+ years across three generations in the trades, Sean specializes in team development, operations, systems, and scaling high-trust construction teams.

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Website: http://MadoleConstruction.com

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