Ep. 600 - Jarrett Companies COO Mike Wood - The $1M Mistake That Made His Team Stronger

Ever wonder what happens when the COO who scaled a company to $100 million realizes he was the problem?

In this episode, Cameron sits down with Mike Wood, COO of Jarrett Companies, who joined a $2 million Nashville construction firm and helped grow it into seven companies doing over $100 million.

They get into the machinery behind that growth: meetings from 6 to 9 a.m., five days a week, a double check on everybody in the building, and profit sharing that turns leaders into owners. Then it goes deeper. Mike opens up about learning to read at 25, the misery that followed his biggest turnaround, and the million-dollar flood where taking full ownership changed his entire team.

If the noise in your head is louder than the problems on your desk, this conversation is your way out. Listen now.

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Timestamped Highlights05:30 - Two million to one hundred million: why Mike had to keep replacing himself, over and over

07:38 - Meetings from 6 to 9 a.m., five days a week: the double check habit that ended repeat mistakes

13:16 - The six out of ten rule: why waiting two months on a problem employee costs you everything

15:51 - How to create safety before a hard conversation, so people can actually hear you

18:41 - The science of angry leadership: cortisol, the default mode network, and why exploding makes you dumber