Peer Group Subjects

Organizational Structure and Development:

• Organizational structure
• Job descriptions
• Development of next-generation leadership
• Corporate culture
• Defining and maintaining values as you grow
• Growing from an entrepreneural business to a professional business
• Ownership Transfer Management Succession (OTMS) — identifying the leaders of the future
• Strategic planning—positioning and markets
• Expanding regionally and through branch offices
• Company niche markets
• Best practices
• Board of directors (BOD) compositions
• Developing networks of contacts

Human Resources:

• Getting good people
• Compensation programs at all levels
• Payroll perks—what options exist?
• Employee surveys
• Skills matrices by position
• Benefits programs
• Performance reviews
• How to be the employer of choice
• Effective training methods
• Recruiting
• Presentation tips, tricks and techniques
• Developing management skills

Business Development:

• Sales strategies
• Marketing plans
• Business development strategies
• Target markets 
• Maintaining long-term relationships 
• How to get design/build work
• How to deliver preconstruction services

• Marketing budgets
• Business development staffing, roles and responsibilities

Information Technology:

• E-commerce
• Web site reviews
• System reviews
• Communications
• Auto-CAD
• Capacity for growth 

Operations Management:

• Safety
• Project-management process
• Job-cost reports and processes
• Operations procedures
• Schedule monitoring and management
• Performance enhancement
• Project closeout
• Quality assurance and control
• Management of self-perform work
• Change-order management
• Start-up checklist
• Project-control processes
• Quality programs—ISO
• Special projects—TI work
• Buyout and procurement

Financial Management:

• Financial analysis and comparison
• Margin analysis
• G&A breakdown
• Appropriate overhead percent
• Risk management
• Cash management
• Pricing and bidding strategies
• Improved margins from bid to completion
• Insurance and bonding
• How much equity to keep in the business
• How to price insurance and other recoverables
• Buying and selling considerations
• Joint ventures
• Financial reviews
• Overall financial planning—where does the business fit in?