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Module 1: Strategic & Financial Management

• Discuss and analyze industry profiles to determine what makes a contractor different from other business owners.
• Identify causes for contractor failure.
• Evaluate a contractor's financial statements and key ratios.
• Identify management responsibilities for implementing and monitoring controls.
• Analyze financial reporting, both external and internal.
• Discuss the difference between and benefit of using various financial institutions, such as banking, creditors and surety companies.
• Discuss new financial requirements affecting privately owned contractors, including, financial controls, reporting, and corporate governance.

Module 2: Risk Management

• Discuss the risk management process as it relates to the construction industry.
• Examine construction delivery methods and risks involved.
• Review required insurance coverage.
• Discuss risk financing and cost implications.
• Identify emerging risk and trends in the construction industry.

Module 3: Leadership

• Define leadership and identify misconceptions of what makes an effective leader.
• Discuss differences between leadership and management.
• Identify different styles of leadership and discuss strategies to improve personal leadership styles.
• Apply motivational techniques for team building.
• Develop an action plan to strengthen leadership on a personal and company level and within the industry as a whole.

Module 4: Contract Dispute Resolution

• Discuss contract disputes and implications on cost, time, and relationships.
• Examine the differences between a problem and a dispute.
• Participate in a mock mediation exercise.
• Discuss litigation and arbitration models.
• Recognize alternatives to litigation and the benefits.
• Evaluate the mediation process and the benefits.

Module 5: Leading Change

• Define four successful functions of business.
• Examine the role of change and its impact on an organization.
• Identify six steps of change.
• Discuss the importance of successfully managing change.
• Develop and analyze a plan for change.

Module 6: Construction Ethics

• Discuss the relationship between ethical behavior and success of a construction firm.
• Identify core values and codes of conduct within groups and organizations.
• Define components of a successful organizational culture and its impact on ethics.
• Identify ethical dilemmas in construction and apply practical skills to ethical situations.

Module 7: Recruitment, Retention and Succession Planning

• Discuss how to retain employees
• Examine the differences between Baby Boomers, Y’s and Millennials
• Discuss the benefits of mentoring Discuss the top 10 things recruiters should know
• Examine the importance of having a Succession Plan

Module 8: Safety Management

• Discuss safety management and the importance of benchmarking.
• Examine the importance of safety staffing, training, and education.
• Review cost and management strategies for claims.
• Identify behavioral based safety and worker accountability.
• Discuss safety as it applies to a subcontractor.
• Identify EMR - Experience Modification Ratio.

Module 9: Reputation & Media Management

• Explain the importance of working with the media to generate positive publicity for your company.
• Examine techniques for controlling a news interview to generate positive coverage.
• Learn techniques to participate in a news interview with confidence.
• Develop the tools for creating a company crisis communication plan.

Module 10: Construction Productivity

• Identify reasons for low job site productivity.
• Assess impact of low job site productivity on the project contractor, craftsperson, project owner and designer.
• Identify techniques for making the worker part of the overall project team.
• Analyze models to measure, predict, and improve job site productivity.
• Demonstrate ways to improve jobsite productivity via jobsite recordkeeping and reports.
• Create short interval schedules and job schedules to increase field productivity.