The blue collar CEO : my gutsy journey from rookie contractor to multi-millionaire construction boss

Summary: "The "respectfully uncensored" story of how Mandy Rennehan's savvy business skills and innovative thinking led her to the top of the male-dominated construction industry before the age of thirty."

Record details

ISBN: 9781443461931 (hardcover)
Physical Description: print
283 pages ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Toronto : Collins, [2022]
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Prologue: Success = Ma on Her Mower -- 1. Staple Your Hems and Face the Piper -- 2. A Girl Like You Needs a Hammer -- 3. Never Underestimate a Horse-or a Detour -- 4. Make Good on Your Outrageous Promise -- 5. Build a Business That Will Make You, Not Break You -- 6. Don't Let Youth (or Anyone Else's Opinion) Get Between You and a Promising Fixer-Upper -- 7. Channel Your Rage -- 8. Common Sense + Plain Old Work = Innovation (Really!) -- 9. Be the Smart-Ass Blue Collar Lesbian in the Boardroom-If That's the Real You -- 10. Guard Your "Wood Whisperer" Cred with Your Life -- 11. Follow Your Heart-Right into the Emotional Land of Home Renos -- 12. Honour Your Brother, Honour Your Loss -- 13. Build Your Band of Misfits -- 14. Good Women Bring Women with Them -- 15. Laughter's Good for the Soul-and for Business -- 16. Hug the Person Next to You -- 17. Blue Collar Needs Its Own Pride Movement -- 18. Think You're Tough? Think Again -- 19. Good Maintenance Also Means Addressing Your Own "Pain Points" -- 20. Even Barbie Agrees: Xoe Can Be Anything -- 21. Beware of Sharks and Other Hazards -- 22. Go Home, Restore the Windmill, and Then Some -- 23. True Captains Navigate the Swells -- 24. Trade Up.