{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/69a389dcbbda7540f4d3d36a/6a9ea4062a7730b8963d505f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 4: Breaking the Mould: Youth Leadership, Boardroom Warfare & Site Culture w/ Charlie Lewis","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/69a389dcbbda7540f4d3d36a/1788781425821-ddbcf35f-dabe-4c8b-9814-4a3fdb557ef9.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In Episode 4 of <em>Built on People</em>, David Baker sits down with <strong>Charlie Lewis</strong>, the young and disruptive Managing Director commanding the Construction arm of the P+O Group.</p><p><br></p><p>Charlie has a simple but massive mandate: to build the subcontractor that bricklayers <em>actually</em> want to work for. But how do you command respect on site when you’re in your twenties? How do you shield your workforce from brutal boardroom negotiations, JCT contracts, and squeezed margins? And how does site mindset tie directly into mental survival?</p><p>David holds Charlie’s feet to the fire on the real commercial and cultural challenges facing subbies today—no PR spin, just raw trade reality.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>In this episode, we cover:</strong></p><p><br></p><ul><li><strong>The \"Where Are You in Life?\" Check-In:</strong> Charlie’s current mindset managing rapid growth in a traditional sector.</li><li><strong>The 60-Second Charity Smuggle:</strong> Charlie rants about the public's worst assumptions regarding brickies and scaffolders while trying to smuggle four completely random words for cash! ⏱️</li><li><strong>Youth Leadership:</strong> Earning the respect of old-school site teams who have been laying bricks longer than you’ve been alive.</li><li><strong>Boardroom Warfare:</strong> Insulating your workforce and culture from brutal main contractor schedules and aggressive retentions.</li><li><strong>The Compliance vs. Skills Squeeze:</strong> Balancing the Building Safety Act and Net Zero targets against a national skills shortage (including insights from major sites like Davigdor Road).</li><li><strong>Mental Survival &amp; SWAG:</strong> Why a positive site culture is a matter of life and death, and why subbies have a non-negotiable duty of care to their workforce.</li><li><strong>The Ambush:</strong> David putting Charlie on the spot for the upcoming SWAG charity clay pigeon shoot! 🎯</li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"David Baker"}