Build the Operating System Your Business Needs to Scale - Without You Holding Everything Together.

A proven leadership operating system that helps you replicate yourself, elevate your team, and scale without burning out.

The hard truth?

60% of Construction Businessess Never Make It Past Year 10.

If your business only runs smoothly when you are personally involved in every decision, every handoff, and every problem - You don't have a people problem.

You have an operating system problem.

That’s exactly what the Build Master Program was created to fix.

This is your blueprint to building a business that runs smoothly, grows profitably, and frees you from the chaos of doing it all yourself.

Inside Build Master, you’ll master the systems and leadership tools that separate the few who scale from the many who stall.

Build a Business That Runs Without You - Even Through Growth & Turnover

For Construction & Trades Owner's Ready to Scale Without Chaos Discover the Operating System that Elevates Team Performance & Reclaims Your Time

Founder & Change Catalyst, Layla McGlone, shares a story of transformation.

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Five Interlocking Builds.

One Way To Scale Without Burnout.

Build Master is constructed through 5 interlocking Builds - each one strengthening the next, each one required for your business to scale.

This isn't theory. It's how strong businesses are built.

If your business feels heavier as it grows, one of these is missing.

Each Build locks into the next.

No Gaps.

No Shortcuts.

No collapse under growth pressure.

Build

Clarity

WIN: A clear 12-month blueprint with defined strategy, priorities, and outcomes.

You stop reacting.

You start leading with a plan.

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Team

WIN: Unified team language with a clear plan to grow & optimize each player.

Your team is prositioned for growth.

Build Communication

WIN: A complete communication operating system that drives execution.

Meetings, decisions, & handoffs stop breaking down.

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Culture

WINS: A custom coaching system that develops confident, competent team.

You stop being the bottleneck - leadership gets replicated.

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Scale

WIN: A simple, repeatable 90-day growth framework that drives results.

Growth becomes intentional, not chaotic.

This Is NOT Just Another Program.

Build Master is How the Business Finally Starts Running Right.

Build Master is a Leadership Operating System built for trades businesses that are done relying on the owner to hold everything together. It is installed through People, Process & Practice.

When we say Build Master is an operating system, we don't mean software - and we don't mean theory.

We mean a proven way of running the business that gets installed and comes to life through:

  • Diagnostic Assessments

  • Video-based training that creates unified language

  • Structured Coaching conversations that drive ownership

  • Proven frameworks that reset how decisions, communication, & execution happen

  • Establishes leadership standards that grow culture

  • Provides a cohort of like-minded trades leaders applying the system in real time

Together, these elements recalibrate how you and your leadership team operate, set expectations, and build efficient work-flow all to increase productivity and growth.

Build Master is about replacing old operating habits

with a clear, repeatable system that positions your business for:

  • Greater efficiency

  • Stronger leadership capacity

  • Healthier team dynamics

  • Readiness to scale

  • And increased market share without burning out the owner

Build Master isn't consumed.

It's implemented.

And once installed, it becomes the foundation your business runs on - quarter after quarter, even as the company grows.

Expert Wisdom

“In 20+ years of helping trades owners scale, I’ve seen the difference between businesses that survive and those that truly thrive.

It’s never about talent — it's about relationship, structure, systems and leadership. Build Master gives you the blueprint to master it all.”

— Layla McGlone, Founder of Building Excellence

WHAT I'VE LEARNED THE HARD WAY

Trades businesses don't fail because owners don't care.

They fail because leadership systems don't scale at the same pace as the business.

What works for 5 people breaks at 15.

What works at 15 breaks at 40.

And by the time most owners realize it, they're exhausted - not inexperienced.

Build Master exists to bridge that gap.

Not with motivation.

Not with generic business advice.

But with a leadership operating system built specifically for the realities of construction and the trades.

WHY I DO THIS WORK

I believe owners should:

  • Lead with clarity instead of constant pressure

  • Build teams that think and execute without hand-holding

  • Grow businesses that don't consume their health, time, or family

  • Replace heroics with standards

  • Replace chaos with rhythm

Build Master is the system I wish more owners had before growth made everything heavier.

It's not about doing more.

It's about building it right.

See What Happens When Trades Leaders

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Self Awareness & Growth

"Layla is so sensitive and aware of being in alignment with ownership and what you want to see developed within your company and within your people." - Karen

Team Alignment Focus

"Being able to go through a process where everyone is more aligned and focusing on the same things we're all working on has been able to overcome a lot of the challenges or assumptions." - Brett

Building Toward Excellence

"It has really brought action steps towards the things that you need to get better at in your work or personal life. Layla has given us exact steps to get after and go get it." - Tayler

Team Success Over Self

"Building Excellence has allowed us to see the best in each other and it's just allowed for better relationships." - Terry

Goal Setting Life Changing

"Being able to learn the skills of goal setting and then the follow through of that has been really life changing." - Natalie

Gold in Every Person

"She finds it and she brings it out, and she does it in a way that you can feel that she's here to help you. She just loves people." - Mark

These aren’t outliers — they’re the result of owners who decided to build differently.

Enrollment space is limited.

The Operating System That Scales Businesses — and the People Who Run Them

Inside Build Master, you’ll work directly with Layla McGlone and a small group of ambitious trades owners to implement proven strategies that work in the real world.

Here’s what you’ll experience inside the program:

  • Clarity Systems – Strategic framework that brings order to chaos.

  • Team Alignment - Optimizing talent while building accountability without friction.

  • Operational Efficiency – Scale profitably with smarter processes.

  • Culture & Ownership - Create your own coaching culture that inspires your team to lead themselves.

  • Leadership Development - Simple growth plans that drive implementation at every area of your business.

This isn’t about theory — it’s about practical tools that create measurable results week by week. You’ll walk away with a stronger team, better margins, and more control over your time.

From Chaos to Control: What Happens When You Build the Right Systems

You started your business for freedom — not to drown in fires, frustration, and long hours.
Yet somewhere along the way, the business began running you.

The Build Master Operating System helps you change that story.

You’ll learn to:

  • Lead instead of react

  • Build a team that’s accountable and engaged

  • Reclaim your time while your business keeps growing

This is the same process that’s helped hundreds of trades owners go from burnout to breakthrough — without adding more to their plate.

Your Results Are Our Mission — Backed by the Build Master Confidence Guarantee

We stand fully behind the Build Master Program because we know it works — when you do the work.

That’s why we offer a Performance-Backed Guarantee instead of a refund promise based on opinion.

Here’s how it works

When you join Build Master, you’ll spend your first month gaining absolute clarity on your vision, values, and leadership direction.

You’ll also guide your team through the Core Values Index Assessment — one of the most powerful tools we use to build alignment and ownership.

If you complete the full Month One process — including your Strategic Roadmap, Core Values Index, and Team Alignment actions — and feel you received no measurable clarity or progress, we’ll meet with you personally to review your work, identify gaps, and create a tailored plan to ensure your next steps drive results.

In other words, we don’t just refund and walk away —
we stand beside you to make sure the system works for you.

Because when you show up and do the work, results aren’t optional — they’re inevitable.

Join the program that delivers clarity, confidence, and results — guaranteed through partnership, not promises.

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