Category: Managing Your Business

Job & Company Operations (JCO) Seminars for Construction

Every member of your field and office leadership team will benefit from the Job and Company Operations Seminars. Developing highly trained field and office personnel with good operational practices and solid procedures will lead to more productive projects, reduced duplication of effort, and allow your company to measure tangible results.

These courses are eligible for a 20% rebate on instructor fees, up to $5,000 per class. This benefit is available only to MCAA members and local affiliates in good standing who book courses via the NEI Initiative portal.

Seminars taught by Kathryn Crosby include:

  • JCO 100: Introduction to Project Management
  • JCO 101: Successful Business Communications–It Begins at the Beginning
  • JCO 102: Construction–A People Business
  • JCO 103: Contract Language–What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You
  • JCO 104: Dealing With Difficult People at Work
  • JCO 105: The Art of Being an Effective Manager
  • JCO 106: Written Communication Skills
  • JCO 107: Managing Your Cash Flow
  • JCO 108: Control Your Life by Controlling Your Time
  • JCO 109: Understanding and Resolving Conflict
  • JCO 110: Interpersonal Skills of the Project Team
  • JCO 111: The Business of Contracting: Back to the Basics
  • JCO 112: Basic Business Writing for Foremen and Service Technicians
  • JCO 113: Managing Project Risk with Solid Documentation
  • JCO 114: Financial Statements–What You Always Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask
  • JCO 115: Construction Financial Management–It’s More than Accounting
  • JCO 116: General Conditions of the Contract
  • JCO 117: Knowing the Score – Understanding the Impact of Project Forecasting
  • JCO 118: The Profitability of Safety
  • JCO 119: Safety–the Foreman’s Critical Role
  • JCO 120: Knowing the Craft is Not Enough
  • JCO 121: The Successful Entrepreneur 
  • JCO 122: Re-Energize Your Workforce
  • JCO 123: Construction Finance Fundamentals – What your accountant wants you to know
  • JCO 124: Navigating the Numbers – Business Finance for Mechanical Service Professionals

     

Legal and Risk Management (LRM) Seminars

The Legal and Risk Management Seminars were created to help contractors better understand the risks imposed on their company throughout a contract and how to handle them. Learn how to identify risks, shift risks and negotiate terms, deal with government contracts, handle labor and best practices to maintain an ethics and compliance program.

These courses are eligible for a 20% rebate on instructor fees, up to $5,000 per class. This benefit is available only to MCAA members and local affiliates in good standing who book courses via the NEI Initiative portal.

Classes taught by Charles F. Mitchell include:

LRM 101: Killer Contract Clauses 
LRM 102: Project Risk Management
LRM 103: Fundamentals of Federal Government Contracting
LRM 104: Change Order and Claim Management
LRM 105: Labor and Employment Disputes
LRM 106: Ethics and Compliance
LRM 107: Financially Distressed Contractors

Leadership Access Institute (LAI)

The Leadership Access Institute is designed for emerging & high potential leaders, executives, managers and supervisors. It is here to help them communicate better as well as solve problems, negotiate, understand diversity in the workplace, handle conflicts and understand better business etiquette.

These courses are eligible for a 20% rebate on instructor fees, up to $5,000 per class. This benefit is available only to MCAA members and local affiliates in good standing who book courses via the NEI Initiative portal.

Classes taught by C. Richard Barnes include:

LAI 101: Foundational, Essential and Transformative Skills (Part 1) 
LAI 102: Foundational, Essential and Transformative Skills (Part 2)
LAI 103: Strategic Negotiation Skills (Session 1) 
LAI 104: Strategic Negotiation Skills (Session 2) 
LAI 105: Leading Focused Conversations
LAI 106: Briefing, Educational and Speech Techniques (Part 1)
LAI 107: Advanced Public Speaking Skills

Financial Development Series (FDS) Seminars for Service and Construction

Through a series of questions about the audience, area of focus, market, organizational structure, and depth of required knowledge, Leah will create a workshop or series of workshops specifically addressing desired objectives and application of construction and service financial knowledge. Target audiences can range from service teams and technicians to project managers and support staff and to field crews and supervision. Workshops address foundational, intermediate, or advanced topics for your identified group and will include direct application and practice to relevant projects, service work, and company financials.

These courses are eligible for a 20% rebate on instructor fees, up to $5,000 per class. This benefit is available only to MCAA members and local affiliates in good standing who book courses via the NEI Initiative portal.

Seminars taught by Leah Gutmann include:

FDS 100: Mechanical Service Financial Management
FDS 101: Financial Management for The Project Manager – The Basics
FDS 102: Construction Foundations for Foremen
FDS 103: Financial Management for the Mechanical Contractor
FDS 104: Mechanical Construction: The Bigger Financial Picture

Management Development Series (MDS) Seminars for Service

These seminars are designed for managers to hone their coaching skills through positive feedback, motivation and recognition. They will teach how to build accountable teams and manage the dynamic of change. Fostering the idea of team success is key.

These courses are eligible for a 20% rebate on instructor fees, up to $5,000 per class. This benefit is available only to MCAA members and local affiliates in good standing who book courses via the NEI Initiative portal.

Seminars taught by Nancy Bandy include:

  • MDS 100: Management CPR: Coaching, Positive Feedback and Recognition
  • MDS 101: Building the Accountable Service Team: Turning Individual Commitment into Group Success
  • MDS 102: Precision Interviewing and Selection: Making the Right Decision
  • MDS 103: No Stress Performance Evaluation: Motivating Others through Feedback
  • MDS 104: Managing the Dynamics of Change
  • MDS 105: Effective Meeting Management:  Facilitating Group Dynamics

Project Profitability (PP) Seminars for Construction

Company principals, top executives, foremen and key project management staff will learn to improve jobsite and office productivity, while enhancing the value delivered to customers. These seminars will help one better understand the construction process, the keys to productivity, and what can be done to maximize jobsite profitability.

These courses are eligible for a 20% rebate on instructor fees, up to $5,000 per class. This benefit is available only to MCAA members and local affiliates in good standing who book courses via the NEI Initiative portal.

Seminars taught by Tom Williams include:

  • PP 100: Changing Behavior on a Problem Job
  • PP 101: Jobsite Productivity: How to Protect It…How to Improve It
  • PP 102: Six Habits of the Highly Productive Foreman
  • PP 103: Six Habits of the Highly Productive Project Manager
  • PP 104: Managing Change Orders and Documenting Construction Disputes
  • PP 105: Developing a Competitive Edge Through Planning
  • PP 106: Communication for Foremen and Project Managers

Strategic Management (SM) Seminars for Construction

Owners, management team and project managers will benefit from these seminars built to help you strategically manage risk. You will gain insights into proven methods for developing effective strategic plans and key factors to implement and maintain them. Best of Class focus on key areas like” cash, risk, profit and family dynamics give participants great “take-home” value that can be implemented at once.

These courses are eligible for a 20% rebate on instructor fees, up to $5,000 per class. This benefit is available only to MCAA members and local affiliates in good standing who book courses via the NEI Initiative portal.

Seminars taught by Jim McCarl include:

  • SM 100: Strategic Planning–Your Springboard To Success
  • SM 101: Advanced Strategic Planning Workshop
  • SM 102: Risk Management for the Savvy Mechanical Contractor
  • SM 103: Succession Planning…or Else
  • SM 104: Profit Is Not a Dirty Word
  • SM 105: Cash is King
  • SM 106: How to Build a “Best of Class” Company
    – Session One: A Different DEJA-VU
    – Session Two: Proactive Planning
  • SM 107: The forgotten heroes….our support team.