Just Some BS

By Brandon Stanchock

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Just Some BS is where industrial leaders talk about what actually breaks when companies scale.


Hosted by Brandon Stanchock, CEO of an industrial construction company, this show challenges the myths industrial businesses tell themselves about control, accountability, and growth.


Because most industrial companies don’t struggle from lack of talent, they struggle with a lack of clarity.

And when clarity is missing, leaders tighten control instead of fixing the real issue.

This is not a generic leadership podcast.


It’s for operators responsible for execution — the ones dealing with scope definition, contract expectations, field-office tension, margin pressure, and modernization decisions that carry real risk.


Expect:
 • Solo breakdowns of operational friction
 • Honest discussions about leadership under pressure
 • Execution failures that teach more than wins
 • Accountability without control theater
 • Conversations with industrial operators and subject-matter experts

If you lead in construction, fabrication, industrial services, or execution-heavy environments — this show is built for you.


No fluff. No buzzwords. Just real operational leadership.


Episode Date
Thank You and Goodbye!
Jun 23, 2026
AR Isn’t Accounting’s Problem!
Jun 16, 2026
The Hidden Cost of Meeting Culture
Jun 09, 2026
Why Construction Schedules Start Too Late
Jun 02, 2026
Chaos Has Become Your Company Culture
May 26, 2026
The Leadership Problem No One Talks About
May 19, 2026
If You’re Early in Your Career in Construction, Watch This
May 12, 2026
How We Actually Use AI in Construction Safety
May 05, 2026
Why Most Construction Executives Should NOT Focus on Personal Branding
Apr 28, 2026
Scaling Your Business Is Making Things Worse (Here’s Why)
Apr 21, 2026
You Don’t Have a Culture Problem. You Have a Clarity Problem.
Apr 14, 2026
Why Your Field and Office Don’t Trust Each Other!
Apr 07, 2026
Leaders: You Might Be the Bottleneck
Mar 31, 2026
Your PMs Aren’t the Problem. Your System Is.
Mar 24, 2026
Why Construction Projects Lose Money Before Work Even Starts
Mar 17, 2026
He’s 83 and Taking More Risks Than You
Mar 10, 2026
How to Prepare for Hard Conversations (Without Making Them Worse)
Mar 03, 2026
I Let My First Podcast Guest Interview Me (100 Episodes Later)
Feb 24, 2026
Why Most Subcontractors Struggle With Cash Flow (And How to Fix It)
Feb 17, 2026
Can Schools Ban AI When the Real World Depends on It?
Feb 10, 2026
I Don’t Use AI Like a Tech Bro. Here’s What Actually Works.
Feb 03, 2026
I Spent 7 Weeks Working the Shop Floor as CEO. Here’s What Changed
Jan 27, 2026
What CEOs Get Wrong About Their CFO (From Someone Who Advises Them)
Jan 20, 2026
I’m Nothing Special — And That’s Why This Works
Jan 13, 2026
What Living Your Calling Actually Demands
Jan 06, 2026
She Took Her Kids to All 63 National Parks: Here’s What It Taught Her About Life
Dec 30, 2025
Why 60% of New Supervisors Fail (And How to Fix It)
Dec 23, 2025
10 Overrated Things in Life We All Pretend to Love
Dec 16, 2025
Top 10 Christmas Debates That Will Absolutely Ruin Your Group Chat
Dec 09, 2025
Top 10 TV Shows of All Time (My Definitive, Fight-Me List)
Dec 02, 2025
Top 10 Universal Pet Peeves (A Funny Therapy Session We All Need)
Nov 25, 2025
10 Rookie Leadership Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them)
Nov 18, 2025
Epic Universe vs. Disney World: Best Rides, Express Pass Math & Food Wins (w/ Cole)
Nov 11, 2025
Pastor to Peer Chair Karl Landis on Humble Leadership, ‘Catalytic’ Reviews & Ending CEO Isolation
Nov 04, 2025
Gratitude over Entitlement: HR Leader Brett Hower on Choice, Culture & ‘High-Production, Low-Maintenance’ Teams
Oct 28, 2025
If Not Now, When? Brandon Rogers on ‘The Safe Place,’ Redemption & a Multi-Book Deal
Oct 21, 2025
Manufacturing AI That Actually Works: 7 Tools to Save Hours (w/ Adam Marsh)
Oct 14, 2025
10 Leadership Quotes I Can’t Fully Get Behind (and Why)
Oct 07, 2025
AI in Construction? Start Here: Fit-First Software, RAG & 5 Data Steps (w/ Elena Malygina)
Sep 30, 2025
Selling Your Company? 3 Exit-Readiness Mistakes Owners Still Make (w/ Laurie Barkman)
Sep 23, 2025
Planet-First Beats: Mar Ibrahim on Turning Concerts into Climate Wins
Sep 16, 2025
Heart-Surgery Survivor to Benefits Fixer: Nate Bunty on Direct Primary Care, Fitness & Cost-Smart Insurance
Sep 09, 2025
Let My People Flow: Rabbi Ari on Somatic Healing, Spiritual Coaching & Beating Burnout
Sep 02, 2025
Building Legacy Barn Homes: JJ King on Barndominiums & Customer Trust
Aug 26, 2025
Epic Universe Unpacked: Helios Hotel Hacks, Ride Strategy & Food Wins with Hank from Outer Rim Travels
Aug 19, 2025
From Burnout to Mindset Conquest: Chris Atwell’s Playbook for Energized, Data-Driven Sales Leadership
Aug 12, 2025
Hungry-Dog Finance: Fractional CFO Jim Emmerich on Cash-Flow, Pricing & Beating 85 % of Business Failures
Aug 05, 2025
Sober Leadership, Shared Success: Drew Mousetis’ Guide to Slow-Motion Employee Ownership
Jul 29, 2025
Dirty Jobs, Clean Values: How Walters Services Scaled Portable Toilets, Dumpsters & Septic Across the Mid-Atlantic.
Jul 22, 2025
Captive Insurance: The Risk Strategy No One Talks About (But Should)
Jul 15, 2025
Disney Adults: 10 Things You Secretly Want to Know
Jul 08, 2025
Why Storytelling Sells: Tim Medina on Brand Clarity, Content that Hits, and Building with Purpose
Jul 01, 2025
Ironmans, AI, and the End of Mundane Work: How Grady O’Neill is Automating the Construction Industry
Jun 24, 2025
Skateboards, Setbacks, and Scaling a Movement: Rich Moorhead on Creativity That Doesn’t Quit
Jun 17, 2025
Burning Out? Why Doing Less Might Be the Leadership Advantage You Need with Whitney Hahn
Jun 10, 2025
From Farm to Construction Risk: Emily Glanz on Selling, Storytelling, and Staying Human in Insurance
Jun 03, 2025
Leadership Without the BS: The 5 Stages Every Great Leader Must Master
May 27, 2025
What No One Tells You About Being a CEO: 10 Brutally Honest Answers
May 20, 2025
Turning Grief Into a Movement: Bernice Quesenberry on Love, Loss & Chasing Rainbows
May 13, 2025
From Pharma to Filmmaking: Faith, Failure & Finding Your Voice with Michael Brown
May 06, 2025
Sales Psychology, Self-Belief & Disrupting the Norm with Joe Dalton
Apr 29, 2025
From Construction to Culture: Navigating Family Business Leadership with Brandon Stanchock
Apr 22, 2025
Leadership, Imposter Syndrome & Staying Weird – Brandon Stanchock on Building Culture Without BS
Apr 15, 2025
Why Employees Really Disengage – And How Culture Could Fix It
Apr 08, 2025
How One Question Changed Everything – Career, Leadership & Purpose
Apr 01, 2025
Why IT Is Like Toilet Paper – And Other Cybersecurity Truths
Mar 25, 2025
Fired with a 12-Day-Old Baby – From Job Loss to Leadership Coach
Mar 18, 2025
The Hidden Profits in Healthcare – Take Control of Your Employee Benefits
Mar 11, 2025
Building a Remodeling Business from Scratch – Vision, Grit & Growth with Donella Olson
Mar 04, 2025
From Police Detective to Business Developer – Reinventing Yourself with Ed Hanko
Feb 25, 2025
Fixing Pain Without the Gym – Mobility, Strength & Real-Life Training with Jake Molesky
Feb 18, 2025
How to Build a Fractional Sales Business – Jake Kreider’s Journey from Job Loss to Ownership
Feb 11, 2025
FEATURED on the Work Cultured Podcast with Jason P. Carroll
Feb 04, 2025
Culture, Branding & Real Leadership – What I Shared at Wake Up to Manufacturing
Jan 28, 2025
Why Retirement Feels So Hard – Identity, Purpose & What Comes Next
Jan 21, 2025
How to Cut Your Company’s Electric Bill Without the Headache – LED, Energy & Real Talk with Doug Mullett
Jan 14, 2025
From Mowing Lawns to NFL Stadiums – Inside Turf Management with Matt Weimer
Jan 07, 2025
Transformational Leadership & The Search for Truth – A Conversation with Bob Price
Dec 31, 2024
Hiring Without the Guesswork – How Data Can Transform Your Team (ft. Jason Carroll)
Dec 24, 2024
The Personal Branding Playbook (From a Reluctant Creator Who Figured It Out)
Dec 17, 2024
How to Actually Use AI at Work (Without Firing Anyone) With Charlie Treadwell of Tomorrow Today
Dec 10, 2024
Leaving the Amish, Building a Brand: Jonathan Fisher’s Journey from Tradition to Disruption
Dec 03, 2024
The Disney VIP Tour Experience: What $900/hr Gets You at the Parks
Nov 26, 2024
How to Find Your Authentic Self (Without the Self-Help Fluff) – ft. Katie Sandoe
Nov 19, 2024
Why Supply Chain is a Leadership Game—Not Just a Cost Center
Nov 12, 2024
How to Find the Right Trade for You
Nov 05, 2024
Welding, Faith, and Finding Purpose – A Life Rebuilt with Andy Bachert
Oct 29, 2024
What do Senior Marketing Specialists Do
Oct 22, 2024
How to Start a Metal Fabrication Shop
Oct 15, 2024
How to Build a Productive Team
Oct 08, 2024
What is Micro Sprint Racing?
Oct 01, 2024
Tips for Construction Social Media Marketing
Sep 24, 2024
How to be an Empathetic Leader
Sep 17, 2024
Behind the Scenes of the Education Industry
Sep 10, 2024
What to do Before Selling Your Business?
Sep 03, 2024
Behind the Lens: The Art and Science of a Career in Photography
Aug 27, 2024
Sensory Clues & Parent Power: Ashton Smith’s OT Blueprint for Thriving Kids
Aug 20, 2024
The ‘Open-Computer’ Rule: Tyler Lake’s Mission to Fix Broken Marketing & Grow Juggernaut
Aug 13, 2024
Podcasting as a CEO: Niches, Guests & Gear—5 Big Lessons from My First 19 Episodes
Aug 06, 2024
Step Up to the Line: Electrician-Turned-Chairman Joshua Mellott on Grit, Faith & Building Black Line
Jul 30, 2024
Career Lemons to Branding Lemonade: Kristen Pucci on Awards, Adversity & Building Cray Consulting
Jul 23, 2024
Smile, Dial & Cold-Plunge: Jake Kreider’s Leap from Telemarketing to B-to-B Manufacturing Sales
Jul 16, 2024
Welding Student to President: Joe Vincent on Loyalty, Leadership & Growing Earlbeck’s 4-Site Empire
Jul 09, 2024
Outer Rim Travels: Hank’s Proven Playbook for Stress-Free Disney, Universal & Cruise Vacations
Jul 02, 2024
Healing 30 Years of Misdiagnosed Lyme — Angela Lerro on Carnivore, Reiki & Taking Back Your Power
Jun 25, 2024
From Farm Hands to Boardrooms: AR Smith on Building Leaders Who Last
Jun 18, 2024
Beating the 90 % Odds: 5 Years, 4 YouTube Channels & the Creator Lessons That Got Us to Episode 11
Jun 11, 2024
Comparing our Star Wars Hotel Experience VS Jenny Nicholson's Viral Review
Jun 04, 2024
The Realities of Entrepreneurship: Hard Work, Sacrifice, and Success
May 28, 2024
Faith, Fatherhood, and the Long Game: Lessons from Joseph Blackman
May 21, 2024
How This Guy Turned a Fear of Snakes into a Scaled-Up Side Hustle
May 14, 2024
Why This Dad Races Dirt Bikes Through the Woods Every Weekend
May 07, 2024
Reinventing Yourself: Dan Sahd on Leaving TV for the Family Business
Apr 30, 2024
He Built Fantasy NASCAR Before the Internet—Here’s the Wild Story
Apr 23, 2024
Inside Collegiate Esports: What It’s Really Like to Coach a Varsity Gaming Team
Apr 16, 2024
Balancing a Day Job & Creative Passion: The Night Shift Content Creator Story
Apr 09, 2024
Travel for a Living: What They Don’t Tell You About Life on the Road
Apr 09, 2024