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You Can’t Lead From The Office w/ Luke Minger (DT 485)
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October 8, 2026
You Can’t Lead From The Office w/ Luke Minger
Luke Minger w/ Minger Construction – DT 485
Luke Minger is the President and CEO of Minger Construction, a Minnesota underground utility contractor his parents started more than 40 years ago with a tractor backhoe, a pickup truck, and a ten-speed bicycle. After earning a construction management degree, Luke came home expecting to put it to use—only for his dad to put him at the bottom of a sewer crew. He worked his way from the field into estimating, project management, and eventually leadership, learning along the way why the best construction leaders never get too far removed from the work.
He shares how losing his dad forced him to step fully into leadership, why growing a construction company shouldn't just mean chasing more revenue, and why maintaining culture gets harder with every new employee. Luke also explains why leaders have to keep showing up in the field, how Minger approaches complex underground work, and why developing and keeping good people remains one of the biggest challenges in construction.
Follow Luke Minger on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luke-minger-529b3136
Learn more about Minger Construction at: https://www.mingerconst.com/
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