Ep. 59 - From Good to Great: Building Elite Teams - Interview with Dan Parish

Dan Parish is the Founder and CEO of Millworks by Design, a premier carpentry firm just outside Los Angeles.
We’re excited to have Dan join us for this episode, where he’ll share how he's developed a unique approach to training the next generation of carpenters and craftsmen.
In this conversation, we’ll dive into key topics such as:
Building a training system that elevates your team while boosting sales
Creating buy-in, even on a tight budget
The crucial role of accurate estimating and its impact on success
Catch some of Dan and his team's work here: www.millworksb...

[@devilaces]

Thanks for the video! It's interesting to see how different people have found success, and to consider how I may be able to adapt other systems into my own workflow. I'm curious if Dan has a collection of building procedures or protocols? It's great that he's able to research the best way to hang a door, or shim one thing or another and benefit from that internally, but I imagine that sort of research would be useful quite broadly in the industry.

[@contractorcommute]

Dan has been on quite a few podcasts and shared his overall training methods and his desire to find the most efficient way to do work, but he may very much still be in the process of determining what that is. I think he is the kind of guy that shares what he knows to better his company and the industry. It is just a bit harder to focus on the industry when you have to continue leading the company. Absolutely get your point though and would love to see a more formal breakdown of what he has found!

[@devilaces]

@@contractorcommute Indeed, the constant question for new projects that aren't directly related to building stuff for people. It sounds like he's developing really great content though, and that a lot of builders could run a more efficient operation if they had access to that. I mean I'm super curious what he's doing with all these shims that he's saved hundreds of thousands of dollars with this new method! It's like he's figured out how to use shims to mine bitcoin or something, it sounds incredible. If I had an opportunity to sit down with Dan for a coffee, I'd try to convince him that the natural progression of his in-house training program would involve a detailed, well laid out set of documents, perhaps ordered in a sequence of progressively more difficult tasks, including pictures and illustrations... and that he should sell that to me for $72.99, perhaps over amazon.