Teaching a Laborer TO THINK like a LEADER #2

so in today's video we're going to be teaching zach how to install a set of steps on his own and learning those set of steps is only part of what we're really trying to teach zach and that's to become an independent thinker to make a mistake to learn from his mistake and then to move on from his mistake so we're going to be letting zack screw up and then trying to course correct him without trying to hurt his feelings so let's just dive right into today's video side [Music] so if you're just tuning in this is part two and in part two i can already see some of the things that we went over with zach are starting to sink in from part one he's noticing that you've got a level front to back he's also taking into account that you level side to side you you level each stair with the stairs adjacent to it he's doing all of this on his own and independently which tells me that what we were trying to drive home in the first part and it's working [Music] uh [Music] well we figured out why my corner wasn't going down when it was written away okay so take cut that throw that out of the way fill that in with a little dirt some sand pack it back in now my corner should go down finally so it was always sitting up i was wondering why the heck was it sitting up well [Music] now to me a leader a job foreman a boss whatever you want to label them the best ones out there answer to no one let me rephrase that they may have someone above them but they never bring their problems to them they always bring if there's an issue they may bring it to their attention with a solution these are the guys that i have found that whether it's in my company or any company they're at those are the guys that excel they don't wait for someone above them to come up with a solution for them they already have it in hand when they go to them so if you are one of those laborers and you just want an opportunity a chance just think of it like this you never bring a problem to a boss unless you also can bring one or two or even three solutions and understand this sometimes a bad boss will take credit for the things that you bring to them the solutions that you bring to them but that doesn't mean you stop it doesn't mean you cave and it doesn't mean you quit doing that because eventually someone will notice what you're doing and give you the credit that you deserve for it that's how a true boss or leader changes from being a laborer to moving on upward at least in my opinion [Music] now i have had the opportunity to train a lot of guys to become pretty good leaders run their own companies and little things go a long way and that's what i look for and the fact that zach just popped that timber out on his own if you guys go back to video number one you may recall where he left the timber in place and blindly followed instructions even though they weren't quite what we wanted to accomplish he's now making judgment calls on his own and changing his course of direction without needing to ask if it's okay to do it that shows me progress at least that shows me progress in my opinion [Music] now as the owner of the company one of the risks i take is the fact that some of the decisions that zach makes independently and on his own are going to be wrong and that just comes with the territory as a boss and an owner i've got to be understanding and flexible enough to allow zach to make these mistakes but i also feel personally that it's my job as a boss and a leader to give him the environment where he can make those mistakes safely that's why we happen to be working on a project at my own house whatever he screws up there i live with his mistakes they don't go to a customer's property and and the only time that i'll feel comfortable enough to release him onto a customer's property is after he's made all of his mistakes on my own [Applause] didn't even phase it now to me i've always firmly believed that there's more than one right way to accomplish anything meaning that i may have one way that i want something done that doesn't mean it's the only way for it to get done and to be done right now in this case the guys have a root that's in the way of letting that timber get in place they have two options they could cut that route or they could cut the timber they opted to cut the timber so that the tree would stay unharmed either way works with [Music] so if you missed part one zach missed a critical step during the initial construction of these stairs he forgot to level the stairs with the stairs adjacent to them meaning he would level one timber but he would not level it with the timbers above it below it and right next to it and i can see already we're allowing him to make that mistake and then correct that mistake has paid off if you notice here he's carefully measuring all of the stairs next to him to make sure that everything lines up the way that it's supposed to be [Music] so [Music] put them in at a little bit of an angle like this and you'll be all right so suck it in at the bottom i'm screwing man you want a pre-driller no [Music] good good okay come down here and do it this one good good keep going yep yep okay in fact that one's actually a little lower than the other one but it doesn't matter if you go like this it would level i almost double see okay but uh what i have to back it out back off one of them coming out back this one off a little bit this one heading back up okay i want three more in there put one in the middle and then split the difference on both ways oh this is invite off might have to go higher on that [Music] have hit one of the screws at random you know okay yeah yeah okay then you will need one here somewhere yep gee thanks frank i got some stuff done today with your help thank you you're a hell of a guy frank for helping me yeah you are [Music] good one more you need to get that center one to fight like that and he had a loss without you he would he would come this way from this side of that hole there you miss right there that's okay at least they went in it's we did deep enough that's good okay that's that the side balls or the side chunks put it on oh no we gotta put the board up there yeah but they can go that you can fill them up into here and then uh above on that landing and stuff all the them chunks from that landing that way you can put them on the sides of it but don't don't bury the grip and then down here these can be yeah this can all be backfilled not not in front but the side and then then this is going to be a hole right here for the hand railing okay so i'll help you get some of this backfield um [Music] um [Music] so [Music] zack what did you learn from the build uh how did i make sure everything's leveled and all that other stuff that goes along with laying up steps and all that jazz so one of the things too that you got to make sure is your steps have a slight slope on them that your step height is consistent yep because you don't want your cadence or rhythm thrown off yep and you don't want to feel like you're going uphill every time you're stepping or you go downhill you're going to be shooting off the bottom tread depth needs to stay consistent as well unless you have a dedicated landing or platform or some kind of a transition as well so we don't want to have one step then two steps then one step then two steps that throws your cadence off so let's take a look at what we've got done here so this is a dedicated landing pad and then we've got one two three four five timbers second landing pad right and then we've got one two here's your cadence your rhythm here's your steps going down and then another dedicated landing pad and so every single one of those steps if you take a look has the same one two one two one two the step height is the same now we're gonna dress this up we're not done we're doing some cosmetic stuff here um to match with the house to go with the look of the rest of the house and we're not done with the entire structure but this gives you the idea of what it takes and you don't need a lot of it's not fancy materials and you still can build a very functional very fun staircase and we wanted something rustic to go with the rustic look of the house you and your rustic yeah that's me and there she drive the is skid loader i like my i like my equipment nice i like my house is rustic but my equipment nice and that's all we got for you on this one hope you guys enjoyed watching the process and uh watching uh frankie and i teach zach on how to build a set of stairs and if there's anything else you guys want to see us teach uh maybe zach or somebody else if there's anything else you want to see us teach and period on what we do or share what how we do things let me know in the comments down below that's all we got for you today god bless you guys go get em we'll catch you guys on another one