E96 Risk and Confidence In Leadership with Paul Hanson

This week Chad, Dan, and Adrian sit down with Paul Hanson, President of Epcon Franchising.

In this conversation we chat about:

• The power of the franchising model
• Risk and confidence, what’s the relationship?
• Where Paul continues to risk at his level of leadership
• Evaluating if a risk is worth taking
• What having confidence in your team says about you was a leader

Paul Hanson has been a leader in homebuilding for twenty years,
beginning his career with a national builder and rising from
entry-level positions to leadership and management roles in
Construction, Purchasing, and Sales for markets across the
country.
In 2015 Paul began working with a regional homebuilder in
Florida as a Vice President, overseeing the 23 markets in which
that company operated across the Sunshine State.
In 2018, Paul was appointed President of Epcon Franchising, a
network of independent builders across the United States
building homes and communities popular with the 55+
demographic, and has since presided over a period of
unprecedented growth in the recruitment of franchise builders.
Paul was a speaker at the 2020 International Builder Show,
speaking to the benefits that franchised homebuilding can offer
local builders. Paul has been interviewed on industry podcasts,
and is published and quoted in several trade publications on
general construction topics. Paul was a 2020 ProBuilder Magazine Forty Under 40 award recipient,
recognized for his trailblazing leadership and fresh approach to culture and service in an industry often
stuck in old habits.