Leading with Authority - Special Guest: Rob Weddle of Authority Brands

Waste No Day: A Home Services Motivational Podcast

Brian Burton & Nate Minnich

Entrepreneurship, Business, Business:entrepreneurship

5.0 • 547 Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2021

⏱️ 76 minutes

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In today’s show, we are putting Rob Weddle in your passenger seat discussing his role in leading one of the biggest home services providers in the country. Rob serves as the CEO of Authority Brands and provides operational guidance for the ten portfolio brands under the umbrella including One Hour Heating and Air Conditioning, Benjamin Franklin Plumbing, and Mister Sparky Electric. As a start up business owner himself Rob has experiences on both sides of the employee/employer table and opens up about his journey and what he has learned. We talk all that and more as we explore the future of the trades with special guest Rob Weddle.

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0:00.0	Hey friends, these episodes are recorded in advance, so we wanted to take a moment before this one to just pay our respects to Jack Pruitt.
0:12.1	Jack passed away September 16th this past Thursday, and he was the brand manager of Benjamin Franklin Plumbing under authority brands.
0:22.8	Jack joined Benjamin Franklin Plumbing under ClockWorks in 2008 and has been part of the franchise ever since.
0:30.5	Jack was a strong advocate of Benjamin Franklin Plumbing, and frankly, he's a strong advocate of the plumbing trade in general.
0:36.6	He had a real passion for bringing kids into the plumbing trade and giving them a shot at freedom, frankly, and financial success that so many of us have found in the plumbing trades.
0:50.0	Nate and I had the opportunity to actually eat some ice cream with Jack this past June and hang out with them and chat for a little bit.
0:58.4	And the same thing that strikes us every time we hang out with Jack struck us then as well,
1:03.7	that he was just a fountain of optimism and smiles and just the most caring guy.
1:10.1	And we at the Waste No Day podcast and Benjamin Franklin Plumbing will certainly miss Jack.
1:18.8	Yeah, well, I think it's a combination of hard work and opportunity, right?
1:23.1	And what drove me is I really couldn't fail.
1:26.7	Like, I mean, my wife and I were so far in debt that if I failed, I mean, it was going to be an ugly situation. And so I worked harder than I ever had my entire life to get there. And, you know, a couple of things that I look at that helped me. And I think, you know, business owners say what can help them. I look at having that family support is important. important. I mean, if you're you have a partner, parents, or whatever it is, I mean, you go home at night.
1:48.6	I mean, sometimes you just might need a hug.
1:54.2	Welcome to the Waste No Day podcast, a podcast specifically for and about the home services industry as it relates to plumbing,
2:03.2	heating, air conditioning, and electrical.
2:06.0	More than a podcast, Waste No Day is a credo, a determination, a mindset.
2:11.5	It is a never-ending discipline.
2:13.6	It is a refuse to lose pursuit.
2:16.1	It is a wake-up call every morning to waste no day.
2:20.1	Now here's your host, Brian Burton and Nate Minnick.
2:31.5	Hey, welcome to another episode of the Waste No Day podcast.
2:35.2	Your host, Nate and Brian, hanging out with here on a new Monday.
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