In episode 415, Krysta Van Ranst of Building PPL joins The Construction Leadership Podcast to discuss how to leverage learning and development to build stronger people that will drive your future growth. Krysta offers insights on when NOT to invest in leadership training and shares her firm’s proprietary Building PEOPLE model, which includes providing professional development, employee growth planning, onboarding, leveraging processes and procedures, and the best methods to engage future hires. They also discuss the relationship between people and profits and the importance of balancing both, based on a LinkedIn article by Jon Vaughan, a frequent guest on the show. Krysta closes the episode with a pair of books recommendations: "The Pursuit of Excellence” by Ryan Hawk and “Unreasonable Hospitality” by Will Guidara. Thanks you for listening.   *** This episode is brought to you by The Simple Sales Pipeline® —the most efficient way to organize and value any construction sales rep's roster of customers and prospects in under 30 minutes once every 30 days. If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Your feedback will help us on our mission to bring the construction community closer together. If you have suggestions for improvements, topics you'd like the show to explore, or have recommendations for future guests, do not hesitate to contact us directly at [email protected].