FMI Built-In Podcast
by FMI Corp.
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How Strategic Compensation Drives Performance and Retention
How Strategic Compensation Drives Performance and Retention
About this podcast
The FMI Built-In Podcast is FMI Corp.'s podcast for those in the built environment. More than just a construction podcast, we'll talk to industry leaders and subject matter experts about best practices, challenges and opportunities, the underlying economic trends, and insights to help executives and managers better lead their companies. We'll uncover the characteristics of top firms and explore what makes great leaders. We'll dive deep into various market segments, and we'll have conversations that help those with a passion for continuous improvement better their management and their companies.
Episodes
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- How Strategic Compensation Drives Performance and Retention · 31 min · Season 4 Episode 10How can firms treat compensation as an investment in talent, performance and retention rather than a cost? In this episode of "Built In," FMI Consulting President Scott Winstead…
- Inside FMI's First 'Energy & Power Overview' · 32 min · Season 4 Episode 9Roughly $1 trillion of investment is headed into U.S. energy and power over the next five years. Whether the industry can build it is the harder question: transformer lead times…
- Your Fleet Is a Capital Decision, Not a Maintenance Department · 37 min · Season 4 Episode 8For a heavy civil contractor, the fleet is often the single biggest capital position on the balance sheet. So why does the person who runs it usually hear the strategy after it's…
- Why Culture Is Your Greatest Competitive Advantage · 55 min · Season 4 Episode 7What if your organization's greatest competitive advantage isn't your strategy, technology or market position, but your culture? In this episode of Built In, FMI Consulting…
- Scaling with Purpose: Preserving Culture While Driving Growth · 41 min · Season 4 Episode 6What does it take to grow a business while staying true to the values and culture that made it successful in the first place? In this episode of Built In, FMI Consulting…
- Nate Koetje on the Field-First Operating Philosophy Behind Feyen Zylstra · 43 min · Season 4 Episode 5In this episode of FMI's Built In Podcast, FMI Consulting President Scott Winstead sits down with Nate Koetje, CEO of Feyen Zylstra. Feyen Zylstra is a 600-person commercial and…
- Building an Ownership Culture: The Emery Sapp & Sons Growth Story · 45 min · Season 4 Episode 4What does it take to grow a construction company from $27M to over $1.5 billion — without losing your culture along the way? In this episode, Scott Winstead sits down with Tim…
- Operationally Elite: What Separates the Best Contractors from the Rest · 36 min · Season 4 Episode 3What separates elite contractors from the rest? In this episode of Built-In, Scott Winstead sits down with FMI Partner Scott Kimpland to unpack the fundamentals behind…
- FMI’s 2026 Engineering and Construction Economic Overview with Jay Bowman · 24 min · Season 4 Episode 2In this episode of FMI’s Built-In Podcast, host Scott Winstead welcomes back Jay Bowman, senior partner and head of FMI’s market research practice, for a grounded and strategic…
- 2026 M&A Outlook for the Built Environment · 41 min · Season 4 Episode 1The FMI Built-In Podcast is back for season 4! FMI Capital Advisors Managing Director Alex Miller joins FMI Consulting President Scott Winstead to talk about themes driving…
- Best Insights from Our 2025 Guests · 36 min · Season 3 Episode 12As 2025 wraps up, we're revisiting the standout insights that shaped this year’s conversations about leading and growing in the built environment. From turning talent strategy…
- Steena Chandler on Turning Talent Strategy into a Business Imperative · 38 min · Season 3 Episode 11In this episode of Built-In, host Scott Winstead sits down with Steena Chandler, FMI Partner and leader of the firm’s Leadership and Organizational Development practice…
- Building An Enduring Organization – Leadership Lessons from Fortis Construction · 39 min · Season 3 Episode 10What does it take to scale a $3 billion construction company without losing its soul? In this episode, FMI Consulting President Scott Winstead sits down with Rob Fallow…
- Creating Strategies to Win in Today's Construction Environment · 24 min · Season 3 Episode 9In our next episode, Scott Winstead interviews Brian Skipper, corporate director of project development at Hensel Phelps, about navigating the changing construction landscape and…
- Why Project Management Still Fails and What to Do · 29 min · Season 3 Episode 8Operational excellence doesn’t happen by accident. Yet in today’s construction environment, many firms continue to leave it up to chance. That’s one of the central takeaways from…
- Leading Breakthroughs - Strategy, Resistance & the Real Work of Driving Change · 38 min · Season 3 Episode 7In our latest podcast, host Scott Winstead talks with Bob Uhler, former CEO and chairman of MWH Global, and Garry Sanderson, former MWH executive and author of "The Change…
- From Cap Tables to the C-Suite: Cracking the Succession Equation · 46 min · Season 3 Episode 6Succession planning isn’t just about ownership or leadership — it’s about aligning both. In this episode, Jake Appelman and Matt Godwin of FMI sit down with host Scott Winstead…
- Built to Last & Wired for Growth - Strategy, Culture and Innovation at Interstates · 51 min · Season 3 Episode 5"Leaders were really the biggest constraint we had to reach our potential," Scott Peterson, CEO of Interstates tells FMI's Scott Winstead in this episode of the FMI Built-In…
- Chris Stricklin on Fostering Career Pathways in the Construction Industry · 32 min · Season 3 Episode 4After retiring from the Air Force, Chris Stricklin found his calling as founding president of Dunn University, a division of the Dunn Family of Businesses. Dunn University exists…
- Ed Kutschke on Staying Ahead in a Competitive Construction Market · 33 min · Season 3 Episode 3In this episode of the FMI Built-In Podcast, Scott Winstead sits down with Ed Kutschke, executive vice president at Aldridge Electric, to explore how the company has stayed ahead…
