Unlock your construction industry leadership potential with an expert-led
course designed to boost your skills and accelerate your career.
Course Outline
Success in business is intentional, not accidental. Yet, many construction companies overlook the power of strategic planning. While strategic planning requires effort, the benefits are significant and enduring. Join us to unlock the strategies that will help your company thrive as we focus on a hypothetical $25M mechanical construction company looking to scale its operations.
Key Benefits of Strategic Planning:
- Vision & Direction: Provides a forward-focused vision and actionable roadmap for success.
- Aligned Goals: Ensures that everyone in the organization works toward common, desired outcomes.
- Resource Optimization: Improves the utilization of people, time, and financial resources.
- Motivation & Commitment: Drives team engagement and accountability.
- Performance Standards: Establishes measurable benchmarks to gauge progress.
- Flexibility: Allows for adjustments as circumstances evolve, ensuring long-term adaptability.
While strategic planning requires effort, the benefits are significant and enduring.
What Will You Learn?
Strategic Growth Plan:
- Develop a comprehensive success framework, identify key action steps, and set financial milestones.
- Analyze your company's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) to inform strategic decision-making.
Annual Business Plan:
- Craft an effective executive summary and set clear business objectives.
- Explore sustainability considerations, conduct a competitive analysis, and gain insights into market trends.
- Create revenue strategies, determine break-even points, and build strategic partnerships.
Financial Plan:
- Master the creation of annual and monthly projections and track key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Learn to forecast profits and perform balance sheet analyses for financial health monitoring.
Support Information:
- Explore gross profit factors, leverage training grants, address the skilled labour shortage, and identify innovations within the industry.
- Discover the role and opportunities for women in construction and how they contribute to growth and diversity in the industry.
- Equip yourself with the tools and strategies to lead your company’s growth and build a sustainable future.
Who Should Attend: This course is essential for managers who play a key role in your company’s growth and direction. Whether you're leading operations, finance, or strategy, this course will help you sharpen your strategic vision and decision-making skills. Many peers have already enhanced their leadership capabilities and contributed to their company’s success by participating—now it’s your turn to take your skills to the next level.
Why This Course Stands Out:
- Benefit from Wayne’s unique blend of financial expertise and real-world operational insights.
- Leverage proven strategies tailored for construction industry professionals.
- Join a network of professionals who have transformed their skills under Wayne’s guidance.
Course Format:
- Virtual instructor-led training (live and online).
- This course is facilitated by the instructor via Zoom. Access information from the instructor will be provided to you in advance of the training.
Course Requirements (Technology & Participation):
This course requires full face-to-face interaction and participation from both the instructor and students. In order to attend, you’ll must make sure you have the following:
- Computer or laptop with webcam (webcams are mandatory): This course will involve 100% on-screen interaction with your instructor and classmates, reading/viewing on-screen content like slides or videos, and interacting via typing with questions or responses. For this reason, you must have a webcam and use a full computer/laptop, and we do not permit students to attend using a tablet or cell phone.
- A quiet space with minimal distractions: Please plan to be fully engaged in the class, and clear your work schedule just as you would for attendance in an in-class program.
Course Dates:
- February 19, 2025 - 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
- February 20, 2025 - 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Attendance in both sessions is mandatory for course completion.
Next Scheduled Date: May 28-29, 2025
Course Credits:
- 2 - CCA Gold Seal Credits
- 7 - BC Housing CPD Points
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This course is delivered in partnership with local construction associations.
