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Construction Business Management
This workshop consists of an interactive presentation that covers topics relevant to your construction business. This discussion revolves around managing and avoiding the inherent risks of doing business as a contractor or subcontractor. We will focus on attracting, motivating and retraining quality employees and subcontractors as well as planning for the future of your business with properly structured business plans. This presentation also covers topics such as preparing for retirement for you and your employees and properly managing business assets. The workshop begins with a discussion of the realities of doing business and then moves into strategies to prepare for these realities. It closes by bringing these strategies together to form a proper structure for business success.
Course Objective
After attending this workshop, you should be able to determine how to improve your company in several ways. We will help you recognize which types can be transferred to a third party. We will teach strategies on how to use performance based incentives for key positions in your company. If your subcontractors take this course it will help them also manage quality work and less turnover of subcontractors which can improve everyone's profitability. This will help you attract, motivate and retain key employees in a cost efficient manner. You will learn how to plan for the future of your business and how to properly structure a business continuation agreement. Finally, you will learn how to properly manage business assets and various options that are available to you.
Presentation Method
Power Point and handouts
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Business Planning for the Future
This workshop covers topics related to employee growth and retention, including company sponsored employee benefits, and business continuation agreements.
Course Objective
The course objective is to educate you about the options that you have with regards to providing benefits for your employees. We will discuss the difference between qualified and non-qualified benefits and different ways to structure a business continuation agreement, which is necessary in the untimely event that something happens to you, or if you decide to retire or otherwise leave the business.
Presentation Method
Power Point and handouts
Hazard Recognition
A hazard is defined as any workplace condition which threatens a worker's safety or health. This course will discuss early detection of a variety of hazards, how to avoid them and what to do when accidents occur.
Course Objective
This workshop will inform you about workplace situations that are hazardous to your employees. We will point out the most common types of accidents and the best ways to avoid them and handle them if and when they occur.
Presentation Method
Power Point and handouts
Business Entities
This course covers the various types of business entities that are available to you.
Course Objective
You will leave this workshop with a good understanding of the various business structures available to you such as a C-Corp, S-Corp, LLC, LLP, etc. We will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each from various perspectives including tax and liability ramifications.
Presentation Method
Power Point and handouts
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Business Benchmark
Business Benchmark covers topics relating to the concerns you have in regard to the value of your business. This course will teach you why it is important to know the value of your business, what purposes this value should be used for, different ways to attain a value and how to increase this value.
Course Objective
To educate you on the need to have a business valuation, how to use it and how to get one completed in a cost efficient manner. Learning the techniques of how to enhance the value of your company will help you learn how to stay in business for the long-term.
Presentation Method
Power Point and handout
The Tools and Techniques of Business Management
This workshop covers several topics relevant to building and running a construction business. This course is intended to teach you the business side of the construction business. We will discuss the inherent issues that are a part of being a contractor including risk management, worker's compensation issues, employee growth and retention, tax planning, management of business assets and ways to motivate employees.
Course Objective
After attending this workshop, you should have a new understanding of what makes your business work financially and how you can improve your bottom line while building strong bonds with your key employees. You will learn about worker's compensation regulations, how to implement performance based employment contracts that are tied to job specific activities, how to manage various assets of the company, how to mitigate and transfer risk and how to plan for taxes throughout the year instead of just year-end.
Presentation Method
Power Point and handouts
Labor and Liability Challenges of Today's Contractor
Labor and Liability Challenges of Today's Contractor teaches you how to manage and mitigate labor related risks you face everyday and teaches you how to retain and attract quality employees. We will discuss employee benefit programs and talk about the advantages and disadvantages of using PEO services.
Course Objective
To educate you about strategies that can improve your business, mitigate risk, reduce labor costs and increase employee moral.
Presentation Method
Power Point and handouts
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