If you look up our next guest’s background, it’s tough to decide what jumps out at you first — that he was a Marine Corps Captain for 10 years, that he has an MBA from the highly-respected Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC-Chapel Hill, or that he was the Leprechaun mascot at Notre Dame his Senior year in college. That’s all a lot to take in — but the reason he’s HERE on the Give Us the Dirt Podcast is that, for the last almost-20 years, he’s been a sought-after speaker and management trainer in the construction industry.

Wally Adamchik has a lot of energy and a lot of knowledge, and he shares it in his consulting and leadership company, FireStarter Speaking & Consulting. He’s also the author of two books — one, intriguingly titled, NO YELLING: The 9 Secrets of Marine Corps Leadership You Must Know to Win in Business. His philosophy is that you can have a happy, cohesive company culture AND better production and profits at the same time.