The power of transparency

The Digital Transformist · Jun 7, 2026 · 23m

What if total salary transparency was the key to solving construction's labor crisis? Paul Liles shocked his own team in 2021 when he revealed every employee's compensation and mapped the exact path from entry-level laborer to the C-suite. The results transformed retention at Liles Construction.

In this episode, Paul walks through the infrastructure boom happening across the Carolinas and why certain counties have literally run out of sewer capacity. He breaks down how the 2010-2014 recession created a four-year talent gap that's only now recovering, and why it takes eight years to turn a…