Trade leaders
are built, not born.
Skill and experience got your team this far, let’s take it to the next level.
Tough work builds tough people, but not always people who are ready to lead teams or projects. It’s time to replace that hard edge with well-rounded leadership.
Leaders by Trade teaches a blend of technical and people skills that are necessary to build strong individuals with a complete toolbox. We take time to assess the individual, so you and your team can reach a level of success and sustainability rarely reached in the trades.
Tools to drive real results.
Workshops
Advisory Services
Strategic Consulting
Leadership Coaching
Andrew B.
Fire Sprinkler Designer, Impact Fire Company
“Jerry is a fantastic teacher. Very professional and knowledgeable. He keeps everyone engaged in his courses with full participation and hands-on problem solving exercises. Very willing and able to use real-life, personal examples of project management experience to help others understand how to apply successful project management practices in everyday life of the construction industry.”
Michael M.
Project Superintendent, LeChase Construction
“Jerry’s overall enthusiasm and real life examples throughout his trainings, are one way he keeps the class drawn in for more. The skills and practice situations he and the FMI team gave, are situations that not only make you a better person but helps your company be better. I highly recommend anyone to take trainings with Jerry to better themselves inside and outside there work. I am looking forward to the next trainings with him in the months to come.”
Brynne S.
Former CEO, BlueThread Services
“Our company benefited from both Jerry’s leadership, as well as his alignment with our culture. Jerry demonstrated leadership with humility that allowed him to build value-added and trusting relationships with our team. Jerry continues to add value, and we will continue to utilize his strengths: moving initiatives forward quickly while building alignment across our organization. His fingerprints are all over our Integration Playbook and our Project Leadership Development Course – both resulting in positive impact today and in our future.”
Sarah K.
Fire Sprinkler Contractors Association of Texas
“Leadership is the word that comes to mind when I think of Jerry. He was my boss for five years so I have first hand experience witnessing his leadership style. He is really good at clearly casting a vision for his team and giving tools to accomplish it. He is an effective communicator and inspiring speaker about all aspects of a successful business model. Anyone looking to grow their people and develop “soft skills” would highly benefit from spending some time with Jerry. “
Dylon M.
District Manager, International Fire Protection
“Jerry had a “People First” mentality that helped me gain the confidence to lead my operation. We spent a lot of time on our cultural refresh and documenting our processes. Jerry saw this as an opportunity to help the business, made time for it, and jumped in with both feet. I believe this speaks directly to Jerry’s desire to improve anything he is involved in. One thing that really stuck with me was Jerry wholeheartedly believed in the values we established as a group, if there was a difficult decision that had to be made he would bring up our values to help with making decisions, difficult or easy. “
Tina T.
Chief Administrative Officer, Allied Fire Protection
“Jerry provides a unique blend of robust Fire and Life Safety industry experience in various roles with a training style that everyone can relate to. He truly cares about the future of the industry and training and equipping current and future leaders with leadership and project management skills. We have enjoyed our experiences collaborating with him and look forward to building additional training opportunities with him for our team.”
Fire protection is where we started, but our methods are spreading like wildfire.
With over 30 years of experience in the trades, we’ve seen a lot, and not one moment would we trade away. Rest assured—we’re one of you. Specialty trades are our specialty.
Our team strikes the balance between hopeful outcome and concrete result, practiced experience and adult learning theory, because leadership is a multi-faceted discipline.