Empowering Leadership and Recruiting Talent in Construction, with Stephanie McGregor, SMG Talent Partners (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 770)
On this episode of North Fulton Business Radio, hosted by John Ray, the spotlight shines on Stephanie McGregor, Managing Director at SMG Talent Partners. Stephanie shares her journey into the recruitment industry, focusing on the construction sector, and the unique challenges and opportunities it presents. She explains how her personal experiences and feedback have shaped her approach to leadership, and she emphasizes the significance of soft skills like empathy and humility in today’s leadership roles. Stephanie also highlights the growth of the construction and renewable energy sectors, pointing out the critical role of strategic recruitment in bridging talent gaps. Her company, SMG Talent Partners, pairs construction, solar energy, and renewables companies with top-tier talent, emphasizing the significance of mentorship, feedback, and a culture of leadership development.
John Ray is the host of North Fulton Business Radio. The show is recorded and produced from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.
Stephanie McGregor, Managing Director, SMG Talent Partners
Stephanie McGregor was recruited into the industry and quickly found a passion for connecting clients with their next high-impact hire. As a sales and market manager, she oversaw branches in KY, TN, and NC, where she worked closely with construction companies to help them meet their project deadlines with qualified, skilled workers.
After several years as a successful sales representative and trainer, Stephanie was promoted to lead a team but lacked the training and understanding of how to lead. With much personal investment, mentorship, and coaching, Stephanie became a highly regarded leader within the industry.
Today, Stephanie combines what she learned on her path to authentic leadership with her recruiting skillset to work with clients at SMG Talent Partners. She and her team of top recruiters get satisfaction from finding construction professionals their ideal roles to grow in.
SMG Talent Partners
SMG Talent Partners utilizes its extensive network to engage passive candidates, filling high-impact positions for their clients. Their mission is to become the preferred agency for sourcing construction professionals in the US.
SMG Talent Partners upholds core values that include positivity, focusing on controllable aspects; accountability, being responsible for decisions and outcomes; respect, honoring commitments; and honesty, maintaining clear and honest relationships with clients and candidates.
Through their executive search services, SMG confidently and confidentially helps companies hire their next high-impact senior leaders while nurturing high-potential passive candidates. In professional recruitment, they extend their clients’ recruiting teams during times of high growth, enabling quick reactions to market demand and facilitating expansion into new markets or specialties. SMG’s specialized approach ensures that even the most niche positions are filled with the right talent.
Topics Discussed in this Episode
00:00 Welcome to North Fulton Business Radio
01:22 Introducing Stephanie McGregor from SMG Talent Partners
01:42 The Unique World of Construction Recruitment
02:42 The Transformative Power of Recruiting
04:17 Leadership Lessons: A Personal Journey
07:17 Building Teams with Empathy and Leadership
08:56 The Exciting Future of Construction and Renewable Energy
13:31 The Importance of Soft Skills in Leadership
15:31 Navigating the Challenges of Talent Acquisition
20:00 Advice for Aspiring Leaders
24:36 Success Stories and Closing Thoughts
Renasant Bank and Casa Nuova Italian Restaurant support North Fulton Business Radio
Renasant Bank has humble roots, starting in 1904 as a $100,000 bank in a Lee County, Mississippi, bakery. Since then, Renasant has become one of the Southeast’s strongest financial institutions, with over $13 billion in assets and more than 190 banking, lending, wealth management, and financial services offices in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida. All of Renasant’s success stems from each of their banker’s commitment to investing in their communities as a way of better understanding the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, they understand you because they work and live alongside you every day.
Casa Nuova is a proud family-owned and operated restaurant, serving classic, authentic and traditional Italian cuisine and top tier hospitality since 1998.
Casa Nuova is a cook-to-order kitchen, serving traditional fare including pasta, chicken, seafood, veal, vegetarian and gluten-free options, plus daily specials. They are a farm-to-table establishment, meaning that in the summertime, they cultivate their own vegetables in their garden, steps away from the restaurant, including tomatoes, corn, peppers, zucchini, sunflowers and more!
Celebrating more than 25 years, Casa Nuova has become a true staple in the Alpharetta area, serving more than three generations of families, including friends old and new, visiting near and far from all over the metro Atlanta area and beyond.
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About North Fulton Business Radio and host John Ray
With over 760 shows and having featured over 1,200 guests, North Fulton Business Radio is the longest-running podcast in the North Fulton area, covering business in our community like no one else. We are the undisputed “Voice of Business” in North Fulton!
The show welcomes a wide variety of business, non-profit, and community leaders to get the word out about the important work they’re doing to serve their market, their community, and their profession. There’s no discrimination based on company size, and there’s never any “pay to play.” North Fulton Business Radio supports and celebrates business by sharing positive business stories that traditional media ignore. Some media leans left. Some media leans right. We lean business.
John Ray is the host of North Fulton Business Radio. The show is recorded and produced from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, and many others.
The studio address is 275 South Main Street, Alpharetta, GA 30009.
John Ray also operates his own business advisory practice. John’s services include advising solopreneurs and small professional services firms on their value, their positioning and business development, and their pricing. His clients are professionals who are selling their expertise, such as consultants, coaches, attorneys, CPAs, accountants and bookkeepers, marketing professionals, and other professional services practitioners.
John is the national bestselling author of The Generosity Mindset: A Journey to Business Success by Raising Your Confidence, Value, and Prices.
Steve Zylstra serves as president and CEO of the Arizona Technology Council, a role he assumed in 2007. He is responsible for strategy, operations, finance and policy development. Zylstra is a vocal spokesman for the value technology can provide in raising social and economic standards in Arizona.
Karen Nowicki is a successful author, speaker and the creator of Deep Impact Leadership™ and SoulMarks Coaching™. She is a two-time recipient of the prestigious national Choice Award® for her book and personal development retreat. Karen was crowned the first-ever “Mompreneur of the Year” Award in 2010 for the southwestern states. She was recognized for her leadership, business acumen, and work-life balance.
Born in Phoenix, Arizona, Bianca Buliga is a trilingual first-generation American of Romanian ethnicity. A marketing professional with experience in both the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, Bianca currently works as Director, Marketing & Communications for the Arizona Technology Council.
