"Stop micromanaging" has become the go-to excuse to avoid structure, standards, and accountability. In this episode, Jason flips that script and makes the case that what most people call micromanagement is actually either bad leadership or good training.

In this episode you will learn

• Why "micromanaging" is often a lazy label for cowboy behavior and resistance to systems?

• The real problem behind most micromanagement complaints: unclear expectations and bad leadership, not too much leadership.

• How masters actually teach using the EDGE method: explain, demonstrate, guide, enable?

• Why nobody calls it micromanagement when a pro like Stephen Curry breaks down your stance, footwork, and follow-through?

• How different leadership styles (directive, collaborative, consensus, hands-off) are each crucial at different phases of team development?

If you've ever wondered where the line is between helpful coaching and "micromanaging," this episode will redraw it in a way that actually serves your people and your projects.

If you like the Elevate Construction podcast, please subscribe for free and you'll never miss an episode. And if you really like the Elevate Construction podcast, I'd appreciate you telling a friend (Maybe even two 😊).

Also, here are links to our YouTube Channels:

· Jason Schroeder YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4xpRYvrW5Op5Ckxs4vDGDg

· LeanTakt YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/leanTakt

· LeanSuper YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzQDevqQP19L4LePuqma3Fg/featured

· LeanSurvey YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Ztn3okFhyB_3p5nmMKnsw

What if your job stopped drowning in pallets, trash, and late trucks, and your logistics yard quietly saved you six figures in waste. In this episode, Jason walks you through a complete Logistics 2.0 system where every delivery is queued, kitted by zone, inspected, and only the value-add material ever touches the building.

In this episode you will learn:

• Why logistics is one of the most overlooked levers for cost, flow, and sanity on a project?

• How to design a flat, gridded logistics yard that becomes the single entry point for all materials?

• The power of using a shop forklift in a dedicated yard instead of abusing telehandlers in the mud.

• A practical system for binning and kitting materials by zone so crews only receive what they can install today

• How to onboard not just people but trucks, tools, and materials through a logistics gate with clear standards.

• How Logistics 2.0 supports lean flow, safer sites, happier trade partners, and work that actually brings people joy.

If you want your crews installing instead of hunting, fighting clutter, and babysitting deliveries, this episode will give you the blueprint.

If you like the Elevate Construction podcast, please subscribe for free and you'll never miss an episode. And if you really like the Elevate Construction podcast, I'd appreciate you telling a friend (Maybe even two 😊).

Also, here are links to our YouTube Channels:

· Jason Schroeder YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4xpRYvrW5Op5Ckxs4vDGDg

· LeanTakt YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/leanTakt

· LeanSuper YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzQDevqQP19L4LePuqma3Fg/featured

· LeanSurvey YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Ztn3okFhyB_3p5nmMKnsw

What if your jobsite logistics were so dialed in that workers wanted to show up early for the morning huddle? In this episode, Jason shares his latest "universe revelations" about turning the entry sequence of a project into a powerful culture engine, from parking lot to gate to worker huddle to site.

In this episode you will learn:

• Why the way workers first enter your site shapes everything that happens for the rest of the day?
• How the Japanese Masagura and Genkan concepts translate into a modern construction entry gate and holding area?
• What a real worker queuing area can look like, with heat, shade, coffee, visuals and actual dignity?
• How to turn the morning worker huddle into a dojo where you teach standards, mock up behaviors and model respect?
• Simple upgrades to logistics that make neurotypical and neurodivergent brains both want to engage.
• How a clear two gate system protects flow, raises standards and builds buy in before anyone even picks up a tool?
• Why Jason believes the morning worker huddle is the most misunderstood and underused lever in construction today?

If you are tired of dragging people into change and want them leaning in instead, this episode will change how you design every jobsite from the gate in.

If you like the Elevate Construction podcast, please subscribe for free and you'll never miss an episode. And if you really like the Elevate Construction podcast, I'd appreciate you telling a friend (Maybe even two 😊).

Also, here are links to our YouTube Channels:

· Jason Schroeder YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4xpRYvrW5Op5Ckxs4vDGDg

· LeanTakt YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/leanTakt

· LeanSuper YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzQDevqQP19L4LePuqma3Fg/featured

· LeanSurvey YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Ztn3okFhyB_3p5nmMKnsw