Power Women of the Trades: Weekly Podcast Empowering Women In the Trades Industry

Hosted by Cassie Pound and Leslie Harpole "Power Women of the Trades" is a powerful force, leading dynamic businesses and disrupting traditional norms.This podcast is all about breaking barriers and changing the game. Our podcast guests will feature some of today's most successful female entrepreneurs and owners in the trades- and feature other advocates of this initiative as well! Because if there’s one thing we know for sure: female-led entrepreneurship drives change on multiple levels!

Power Women of the Trades: Weekly Podcast Empowering Women In the Trades Industry is a business podcast hosted by Power Women of the Trades, with 177 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Power Women of the Trades hosts Power Women of the Trades: Weekly Podcast Empowering Women In the Trades Industry, a business show with 177 episodes published.

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  Stop Waiting to Feel Ready

  Aug 5, 20265 min

  In this solo episode, Kailee reflects on imposter syndrome and the myth of "feeling ready" for career growth. Drawing from her own journey at Quality, from social media and community coordinator to marketing director, she shares how confidence typically follows action rather than preceding it. Kailee encourages listeners to stop waiting until they feel fully prepared and instead take the leap, reminding them that growth happens just outside the comfort zone. A short but motivating episode for anyone sitting on the edge of a new opportunity.

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  Power Women Replay with Amanda Mahaffey

  Jul 29, 202644 min

  In this episode of Power Women of the Trades, Cassie Pound and Heather Bargender sit down with Amanda Mahaffey, co-owner of Tuck and Howell in Greenville, South Carolina, to explore her transition from accounting into leading a modernization and rebrand of the 50+ year-old HVAC business. Amanda discusses moving the company from pen-and-paper operations to platforms like ServiceTitan, and how her financial background helped her uncover and fix negative profits and deep inefficiencies she inherited. She shares candid details on plugging cash leaks, restructuring labor, and building new processes, along with the emotional weight of making tough personnel decisions when longtime team members can't adapt to growth. The conversation also touches on rapid growth, imposter syndrome, and developing a leadership style that doesn't rely on fitting a stereotype. Packed with practical, real-world insights, this episode offers valuable takeaways for business owners, managers, and aspiring leaders across HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and construction.

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  Building Beyond Expectations with Elena Chrimat Part 1

  Jul 15, 202617 min

  In this episode of Power Women of the Trades, Cassie and Kailee sit down with Elena Chrimat, co-founder of Ideal Air Conditioning and Insulation in Phoenix, who started her company at just 23 years old. Elena shares how a background in energy audits led her and her husband into full-blown HVAC and home performance work, and why properly sized ductwork and insulation matter just as much as the equipment itself. She also opens up about the everyday challenges of being a woman in a male-dominated trade, from customers who look past her to reach a man in the room to callers who can't believe a woman is running the show. It's an honest conversation about proving yourself again and again, building a 27 person company from scratch, and refusing to let outdated assumptions slow you down. Tune in now wherever you get your podcasts, you won't want to miss this one.

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  Building More Than a Business with Alicia Green Part 2

  Jul 8, 202621 min

  In this episode of Power Women of the Trades, the host sits down with a fellow female trade business owner to discuss the challenges and rewards of staying locally owned in an era of growing private equity competition. The guest shares her frustrations with PE pricing tactics and explains why community investment and employee ownership through an ESOP model matter more to her than a big buyout. A large portion of the conversation covers her in-house training academy, which uses a unique discovery week process to identify and develop apprentices across HVAC, plumbing, and electrical, achieving a 98% retention rate. The episode wraps up with a look at the company's plans to expand and formalize its electrical department in 2026.

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  Building More Than a Business with Alicia Green Part 1

  Jul 1, 202622 min

  This week on the Power Women of the Trades Podcast, Cassie and Kailee are joined by Alicia Green, owner, CFO, and COO of Go Green Plumbing, Heating, Air & Electrical. Alicia shares the story of how she and her husband built their company from the basement of their home into one of North Carolina's leading home service businesses, all while remaining locally owned and committed to investing in their people.

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