Luke & Erica share their thoughts during the last "Off the Hook with Erica & Luke" episode. Luke had an outstanding opportunity presented to him so with a great deal of mixed emotions, but mostly excitement for what the future holds, Luke is moving on and "gone fishin'". The podcast could have never gotten off the ground if it weren't for all of the amazing guests. It was a year of laughs, learning, and a ton of fun! Thank you to our faithful listeners for all of the support and encouragement ..read more

It's not every day we can get an incredibly talented industry professional's time to be a guest on our podcast, but listeners, we SCORED! Our latest episode features Tom Jacobs, Region President with M/I Homes. Tom is a stellar professional who is humble, knowledgeable and an amazing person, hands down. Tom shares so many insights about career growth with Erica and Luke, but some of the best highlights include him sharing his father's wisdom and lessons. Tom also shares about his career progression and how he landed in his current company, M/I Homes, one of the most prominent publicly-traded h ..read more

Dust settles, right? Nope, not here! Industry veteran, Melissa Galland of Do&Be Agency discusses how to build a whole brand experience using her unique, holistic approach to marketing to help her clients do and be better with innovative strategies focusing on a whole brand experience that drives meaningful results. With a marketing background that spans over two decades, Melissa is a true subject matter expert offering a great deal of insight. Of course, Luke, Erica & Melissa talk about a variety of different topics including New Year's resolutions/goals ..read more

Wow! We can hardly believe how fast a year flies by! In our first episode of Season #2, Luke and Erica have quite an energetic and informative conversation with guest, Herb Sargent, President/CEO of Sargent. Herb and his company are the epitome of the example of "doing it right". With intentionality and sincere respect for their team, Sargent has made significant headway on so many levels. Be sure to listen in and learn about how Sargent focused on attracting talent through their workforce development program and created value by becoming an ESOP company. And you might even hear some banter ab ..read more

On our latest podcast episode, Luke was going "solo" on this episode with Erica not being available but WOW, this is an impactful conversation that will not only educate you but inspire you. Scott Peper, CEO of Mobilization Funding talks about all things related to construction cash flow along with several snippets of advice and insight. Thank you, Scott, for joining Off the Hook with Erica & Luke and sharing so much invaluable information ..read more

The latest episode of Off the Hook with Erica & Luke is impactful and full of so much insight shared by our amazing guest, Abby Cornelius. Abby is a leadership coach and an amazing supporter of empowering women throughout the home building industry. Abby spent many years working in the corporate world until she realized her full potential and goal of developing leaders and created Abby Cornelius Coaching. Her vision and focus is to impact the future female leaders of tomorrow. Luke and Erica discuss such a variety of topics with Abby, but all are listener-worthy - trust me! Enjoy the lates ..read more

It's a holiday week, so we know you will all have time to catch the latest episode of Off the Hook with Erica and Luke! In this episode, we sat down with Michael Burnaz, the COO for Sargon Masonry Construction & Sargon Steel in Arizona to talk about his career, the awesome culture Sargon is cultivating in the area, and how that is impacting their growth. This was a fun conversation with one of our favorite leaders in the industry, you don't want to miss it ..read more

In this tech focused episode, Erica and Luke chatted with David Epps, CTO of Envision Construction. David brings 20+ years of construction experience and an incredibly visionary mindset. His passion-filled technology focus to create efficiencies and find relevant solutions is evident. We talk about all things tech, the advancements the industry has seen and what is to come. David brought incredible energy to this episode! It is a "must listen" without a doubt ..read more

If you are a general contractor implementing new processes, systems, or technologies to serve your team internally, or to better serve your clients, it's important to think about how these changes will impact your trade partners as well! Erica and Luke sat down with Brett Diamond of DeAngelis Diamond to record a new episode of "Off the Hook with Erica and Luke", and he shared all kinds of insights into how DeAngelis Diamond has become an industry-leading general contractor by leveraging strong culture, learning and development, and innovative systems, processes, and technologies to drive growt ..read more

Pet turkeys and zebras? Sneezing fits while leaving a voicemail? Being ghosted (and not the Halloween kind of fun)? Be sure to listen to the latest episode of "Off the Hook with Erica & Luke" and hear all about Krista Sontag and Savannah Moore's first year as Executive Recruiters at Joseph Chris Partners Executive Search. Suffice it to say, that no day is ever the same in the recruiting world (and we LOVE it that way!), but some are far more entertaining than others. Luke and I were so glad that we "hooked" our guests on this (pod)cast. ? We will let our listeners chime in on whether or no ..read more