In this Build Your Success Podcast episode, host Brian Brogen interviews Rob Newman, Vice President of DeWalt Business Development Strategies, aboutleadership, innovation, safety, and workforce development in construction.

Rob shares his 27-year journey at DeWalt, emphasizing leadership through listening, continuous learning, and self-reflection in communication. He highlights DeWalt’s new down-drilling robot partnership with August Robotics, tested on data center projects to improve accuracy, reduce dust exposure, enhance safety, and save significant schedule time, including reducing a seven-week drilling scope to seven days.

They discuss labor shortages and how automation can repurpose workers into higher-value roles, including operating and programming robots. Rob also covers inherently safer tools and DeWalt’s Grow the Trades commitment, including expanded funding, tool donations, support for trade schools, veteran’spathways, and programs exposing youth and girls to skilled trades.

Guest LinkedIn: Robert Newman |LinkedIn

Guest Website: https://dewalt.com and https://stanleyblackanddecker.com

Host Email:brianb@buildcs.netHost LinkedIn: Brian Brogen,PMP 🧱 | LinkedIn

About the host:Do you want true engagement at your event? Expect Brian Brogen to deliver a keynote that sparks dialogue, inspires growth, and leaves your audiencethinking long after the event ends.

Drawing on his extensive experience as a general contractor and project manager in the construction, power, and mining industries, Brian brings the real-world credibility and relatable rapport that your audience craves.