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Employee Training … why should you invest in it?
CFO asks the CEO, “What happens if we invest in developing our people and they leave us?” CEO says, “What happens if we don’t and they stay?” Your largest investment in your business is your employees. Their value increases as they are trained with new ideas, methods and profit improvements. That is so unlike equipment […]
Finance & Accounting for Non-Financial Managers
Many contractors have labour productivity concerns, high overhead costs, below-budget profits and one continuous headache with cash-flow. This Finance and Accounting course discusses all these issues supported with real life examples. Very simply. if you’re responsible for any aspect of profitability in your company and you’ve never been trained to read, produce and analyze financial reports, you need […]
What the president of one construction company wrote…
Wayne, Just wanted to thank you for today’s presentation. I really appreciate your wisdom you’ve collected from all your experience, and it rings so true. It’s very helpful to be reminded of all the things to consider when building and maintaining a successful company and team, as in the busyness of it all sometimes we […]
Profitable Contracting
Have high overhead costs, lack of reliable financial reports and low productivity eaten up what remains of your modest profit margins? In one day, Wayne Newell draws upon 35 years of financial and construction-contracting experience to help you recognize problem projects, identify unwanted expenses, increase productivity, manage overhead expenses and address labour shortages. This Gold […]
A Project Manager’s Guide to Accounting
Project Managers have a major role in delivering projects on-time and on-budget. In fact, the success of their companies depends on it. They may stumble if they do not have a clear understanding of how overheads, project costs and planned profits are integral pieces of project “success”. In two classroom days, Wayne Newell draws upon 35 […]
An Incredible Company – read how one company used the PM course to reduce overhead!
Our management has applied several of the tools from your course and have taken an extensive look at the financial health of the company as a whole, rather than a per project basis. We just finished the budget forecast last week. Some difficult decisions had to be made and several people have been laid off, […]
Strategic Planning for Profitable Companies
Business success is not an accident, it is planned – yet, very few construction companies regularly practice any type of strategic planning. Strategic planning will transform your business. Imagine being able to make better than average profits, expand your capacity, ensure success and build a better company. This course was designed to do just that. […]
Accountants Guide to Project Management – new in 2023
Accountants know their profession but few have ever had the kind of building guidance required in today’s construction climate. This course fills in the experience gaps most accountants lack to understand project management. This course, a mirror-image of the Finance and Accounting for Non-Financial Managers’ course, educates accountants and admin personnel on the roles and […]
Testimonials
“Great job on the training last week! You are so sincere and compassionate in your delivery. I particularly found the parts when you put your “accountant hat” on very helpful because it enabled me to understand why accountants do what they do and how their goal is to help contractors improve their business, not just […]
If I Managed Your Business
It is in our human nature to want to help people that sometimes struggle with things. As a finance expert I often see contractors struggling with their business and I’d like to say ‘If I Managed Your Business, Here’s what I would do.”
