Construction Leadership
Sales, Leadership, and Language Training for the Construction Industry
What We Offer at Bradley Hartmann & Co
At Bradley Hartmann & Company, we are dedicated to transforming the construction industry through expert consulting and targeted training programs. Our mission centers on driving sales and enhancing communication by tackling the prevalent issues of miscommunication and inefficient teamwork that lead to project setbacks. We also prioritize bridging language gaps, especially between English and Spanish speakers, to ensure more effective team communication. By refining small communication aspects into significant operational advantages and smoothing language barriers and buyer-seller interactions, our strategic initiatives aim to streamline teamwork and remove common frustrations. This holistic commitment to excellence helps build a more robust construction industry, making our services essential for those aiming to improve their operations.
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Learn How To Increase Sales
The construction industry thrives on consistent predictability, especially in operations but not in sales. We expertly establish stable, predictable, repeatable sales processes that differentiate your services, ensuring value delivery and an increase in market share.
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6-Week Spanish Courses
Spanish dominates on many construction sites. By intentionally bridging the language gap—helping English speakers learn Construction Spanish and vice versa—we enhance productivity and accountability, while reducing rework, injuries, and fatalities.
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Hispanic Employer of Choice
Leading construction firms prioritize talent attraction across all backgrounds. By advancing your DE&I efforts and streamlining the recruitment and retention of Hispanic talent, we help expand your business's capacity and market reach.
Small Communication Improvements, Big Results
Whether your communication challenges are between English and Spanish speakers or between Buyer and Seller, we take the frustration out of the teamwork required to build America.
What People Are Saying
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TIM MALONEY
Vice President at Kraemer North America
“Based on concepts introduced by Hartmann & Co., we have already identified numerous strategies to improve our approach to safety, quality, and production on a daily basis.”
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IAN HELLER
President at Modern Distribution Management
“Bradley Hartmann sees the world in a way most don’t and his style is unorthodox to a purpose: he brings superior insights, an intriguing and entertaining communication style and an offbeat (yet very professional) use of humor to business challenges.”
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CHUCK STOBBIE
Chief Marketing Officer at 3M
“Good to Excelente is an excellent book on cultural awareness. I highly recommend it. It's an easy read and will make you a better leader.”
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MATTEO CERASOLI
District Manager
“Your workshop went over exceptionally well with the group. The most used adjective? Engaging. That's great to hear, particularly given the complicated nature of the material for most of our attendees: Culture and a second language.”
Who We Serve
Bradley Hartmann provides comprehensive services tailored for various sectors within the construction industry. From construction retailers and LBM dealers to distributors, manufacturers, commercial builders, residential builders, subcontractors, universities, and associations, Bradley Hartmann offers expert solutions to meet the unique needs of each segment.
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We work with some of the nation’s largest construction retailers. If you hire Spanish speakers or sell to them, we’ll help you remove the linguistic and cultural friction in your sales process. Learn more about our construction retailer programs here.
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We've worked with more 100+ LBM dealers and more than 2,500 sales reps helping them drive sales faster at higher margins. Learn more about LBM dealer training here.
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With Hartmann's expertise buying from distributors and helping LBM dealers sell, we offer our distributor clients unique methods to increase market share. Learn more about training programs for construction distributors here.
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Standing out amidst millions of construction products isn't easy; we help manufacturers simplify their message and reach through the channel to drive new sales. Learn more about training for manufacturers here.
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More than 150 commercial GCs have come to us to help them bridge the language gap and improve cultural intelligence on their projects. Learn more about our training for commercial builders here.
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Our founder and CEO, Bradley Hartmann, was raised in the residential building community and launched his first business in 2011 to help builders simplify communication and build it right the first time.
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We have helped more than 75 subcontractors bridge the language gap and attract more Hispanic talent to their teams.
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Helping the next generation of builders improve communication and leadership, we're proud to be part of the construction curricula at Texas A&M, Oklahoma State, the University of Oklahoma, Texas State, and Prairie View A&M.
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We partner with associations to deliver unique, profitable training content—keynotes and workshops, online and off—to help their members improve their leadership, decision-making, and communication.
DEVELOPING CONSTRUCTION LEADERS SINCE 2011
Our mission is to help improve communication, trust, and teamwork in the construction industry.
The daily challenge in construction is communication—whether it's on the job site, at the negotiating table, or in the boardroom. The results are rework, lost time, injuries, frustration, and stress which all negatively impact teamwork and decrease profitability. Hartmann & Co. is built to bridge the language gaps in construction, between buyer and seller and English and Spanish speakers.
Recent Blog Articles
Featured Podcast
Ep. 375 ❯ Aaron Witt: Chief Dirt Nerd, Ironman, Shaper of Meaningful Conversations in Construction
In episode 375, Bradley is joined by Aaron Witt, BuildWitt's CEO and Chief Dirt Nerd. They discuss the art of shaping a conversation and the challenges faced when conducting interviews. Witt delves into the Dunning Kruger effect, which describes the initial overestimation of one's abilities followed by a realization of their limitations as they gain experience.
