by The Pederson Group
Careers Under Construction keeps it real—sharing personal stories of grit, growth and how to build meaningful careers from the ground up. Host Justis Pederson sits down with leaders who open up about the wins, the struggles and the lessons that shaped their success. Produced in our professional studio in Winnipeg, Manitoba, you can watch or listen on Spotify, Apple and YouTube. Build with us. Powered By: The Pederson Group (TPG)
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July 7, 2026
<p>Jaime Mann believes one thing above all else: connection isn't soft, it's strategic. </p><p>As a keynote speaker, leadership coach and partner in a construction company, she blends psychology, leadership and a little sass to help people lead with more clarity, courage and confidence.</p><p>In this episode of Careers Under Construction, Jaime shares:</p><ul><li>Why connection is one of the most overlooked leadership skills</li><li>What years of anxiety, loss and perfectionism taught her about looking fine versus actually being fine</li><li>The two-word email that made her realize how much perfectionism was quietly stealing from her</li><li>Why beating yourself up never works and what the science says to do instead• How to befriend your inner bully instead of letting it run your life</li><li>Why she decided to go back for her master's degree at 47</li></ul>
June 30, 2026
<p>In 2019, Jason Tyler McLean put a brand new gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger. It jammed. The odds of that happening are one in millions.</p><p>He woke up the next day, wrote himself a letter and made a promise he has kept ever since.</p><p>Long before he became a coach, Jason was just trying to make it through each day.</p><p>Drugs at 13. The streets of Winnipeg at 15. Gangs. A sales career that brought financial success, but not peace. </p><p>Then a two-year battle with depression brought everything to a breaking point.</p><p>After his attempt, he taught himself how to heal and that work became his first book, One Drop of Water.</p><p>Today he is a 3x author, runs men’s mental health retreats and coaches people out of the darkest places he once lived in.</p><p>In this episode of Careers Under Construction, Jason shares:</p><ul><li>Why he never joined a recovery program and built his own roadmap instead</li><li>How drugs at 13 and life on the streets of Winnipeg at 15 shaped who he became</li><li>The motorcycle crash that nearly killed him </li><li>Losing his dad to cancer</li><li>How writing One Drop of Water became part of his healing</li><li>How his biggest failures became the reason people trust and work with him today</li><li>The message he wrote to himself the morning after his suicide attempt</li><li>How he's helped people in suicidal crisis make it to the next day</li><li>What happens when men finally open up</li></ul><p>“It takes a very strong man to embrace your feelings and your emotions, and to go against the grain of society.”</p>
June 23, 2026
<p>When Todd Burns took over his dad’s company in 2011, it was a one-man operation running out of a basement.</p><p>Today, Cypher Environmental sells green infrastructure products in more than 50 countries and Todd is on a mission to replace toxic road salts with better alternatives.</p><p>In this episode of Careers Under Construction, Todd shares:</p><ul><li>Why he refused to compete on price and focused on building better products</li><li>How he spent seven or eight years grinding before his breakthrough around 2019</li><li>Why he stopped chasing the public sector and focused on mining and forestry</li><li>The project that saved nearly $6 million and 934 million litres of water</li><li>How a competitor who bragged about putting another company out of business indirectly helped Cypher gain market share in Chile</li><li>Why Cypher donates up to 5% of project value back to local communities through its Green Roads program</li></ul><p>Because sometimes the breakthrough comes right before you're ready to fold.</p>
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Careers Under Construction keeps it real—sharing personal stories of grit, growth and how to build meaningful careers from the ground up. Host Justis Pederson sits down with leaders who open up about the wins, the struggles and the lessons that shaped their success. Produced in our professional studio in Winnipeg, Manitoba, you can watch or listen on Spotify, Apple and YouTube.
Build with us.
Powered By: The Pederson Group (TPG)
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