Topping Out

Q: I would like to be a guest. Who do I talk to?

Me. Get in touch and tell me about the move that changed your career.

Leadership journeys in UK construction, from Lechley.

A green steel I-beam, end on, against a charcoal construction grid

Coming soon

In construction, topping out is the moment a building reaches its full height. Topping Out is a monthly conversation with the people who lead UK construction. I spend my working life placing senior leaders into the industry's biggest contractors and programmes, and on this show I ask them the question I ask in private: how did you actually get here?

Leave your email address and I will tell you the day the first episode is out. You will get The Lechley Brief on Saturdays too, and every issue carries an unsubscribe link.

The starting line

Where they began. The first job on site or in the business, before anyone knew their name.

The pivotal moves

The two or three decisions that changed everything: the risky move, the mentor, the job they almost turned down, the setback that sent them somewhere better.

The Last Lift

The last lift is the final piece raised before topping out. Three questions every guest answers: the best leadership advice they were given, what they would tell themselves at 25, and who I should speak to next.

Who it is for

Topping Out cover art: the words TOPPING OUT with a green steel I-beam as the I, and the Lechley logo

Anyone building a career in UK construction and infrastructure, and the leaders already running one. No corporate script and no sales pitch: just the real story of a career, and what it teaches the next generation coming up behind.

The show is hosted by me, Scott Lechley. I am a Quantity Surveyor by training and I now run retained search for senior construction leaders, so asking how someone got to the top is the job I do every day. You can read more about me, or read the essays while you wait for episode one.

When does the first episode come out?

The first conversations are being recorded now. Everyone on the list hears the day episode one goes live, and the date will be in The Lechley Brief.

Where will I be able to listen?

On YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts, and on this page.

How often, and how long?

One episode a month, each 30 to 45 minutes.

What do you do with my email address?

It is passed to Kit, the service that sends the Brief, and used for nothing else. The [privacy policy](/privacy-policy) sets out the detail.

I would like to be a guest. Who do I talk to?

Me. [Get in touch](/contact-us) and tell me about the move that changed your career.