Helping Remodelers Build Profitable, Healthy Companies

Is Your Office Chaotic?

Is your controller agonizing over disorganized financial reports? Is your office staff frantic, unable to create a computerized budget or job cost reports that you, the owner, can easily read and digest? Is your office manager searching for a more structured payroll system? Are your administrative specialists stuck, unable to resolve obstacles and ready to quit, leaving you to pick up the pieces?

If so, look no further--the Administration PowerMeeting -- is for you! This two day, action-packed conference/workshop -- which focuses on the role of the office staff and its impact on company performance -- is generating a buzz in the remodeling industry!

Why? Because this popular, highly demanded program reveals multiple, profit-generating secrets that will transform your run-of-the-mill administration department into a remarkable, highly efficient team in no time! In fact, remodelers throughout the industry are applauding this workshop with rave reviews because they’ve applied the proven, practical strategies outlined at these events and witnessed a spike in their efficiency! Now, you can, too!

A Special Bonus...Witness First-Hand A Peer's Extraordinary Administration Department

That’s right…as a special treat this year… you’ll visit one of our member companies who have created an exceptional Administration department based, in part, on some of the best practices and successful strategies revealed at our popular workshops and programs including the internationally-acclaimed Roundtables peer review group and the Administration PowerMeetings.

You’ll see superior examples of administration systems such as billing procedures, time cards and percentage of completion accounting -- which have increased this company’s productivity and overall performance. Best of all, you can grab these samples, apply them to your department and watch it skyrocket into a more structured, efficient operation, that will catapult you to the top.

This powerful, thought-provoking workshop is for you if you are:

the owner, controller, operations or office manager of a residential contracting business;
eager to revamp and strengthen the operations side to boost company revenues and keep every dollar you earn;
equipped to invest in world class training and development of your office staff, recognizing that this is your ticket to eliminating chaos and creating a well orchestrated troop who will be primed to transform your company into a highly profitable operation that will become the talk of the industry;
willing to learn methods to interpret, understand and create organized financial, business and accounting systems which are the centerpiece of a successful remodeling company;
ready to analyze your costs and expenses and learn strategies to maximize profitability and minimize risk;
anxious to understand how your benefit packages, organizational structure and personnel responsibilities stack up with other top remodeling businesses in North America so that your business can be as successful as theirs.

You’ll achieve great results from this workshop if you are:

determined to create a stellar, more ambitious office team that thinks strategically and considers your bottom line its #1 priority;
eager to snag fresh breakthrough ideas from successful peers which will transform your admin department into a “think tank” destined to re-energize your company and place it on a pathway to success;
motivated, dedicated and committed to improve, fine-tune and strengthen your administration department;
open-minded and receptive to new ideas, recognizing this is a must for creating a profit-generating success story;
enthusiastic about creating a conscientious office team that will take responsibility for its actions and put into practice new business and financial systems, your peers say, will change your life;
confident your staff can contribute one or two good ideas to make this workshop a resounding success;
receptive to your peers’ insights, advice and strategies recognizing these can transform your office staff into the best and most talented in the business;
enthusiastic about sending your team to witness first hand a peer’s outstanding admin department in action so your staff can seize proven strategies guaranteed to transform your company into a smoother, more efficient operation.

What else will you gain from this workshop? You will:

learn strategies to create effective, organized systems that will strengthen all of your financial documents including profit and loss statements, budgets, job costs, labor or subcontractor reports -- the centerpiece of a profitable company;
understand how to strengthen and create solid job descriptions based on excellent samples developed by other remodelers;
acquire practical, proven strategies to sharpen and fine-tune your business model -- whether it is design/build, kitchen/bath or a handyman company;
receive sample forms, templates and checklists that can help streamline your administration department into a more efficient operation.

Structure

This two day workshop features a variety of fun, educational formats designed to achieve one primary goal: reveal proven strategies that will transform your company into a superstar. Formats include panels of attendees who want to share their experiences, brainstorming, networking, and feedback, in addition to training. Also, your staff will have time to mingle at breakfast, lunch, dinner and afterwards -- to gain additional profit-generating ideas that can transform your company into a booming success!

For example, a popular session feature “Hot Topics” is based on the many daily challenges your staff faces. These sessions will help your team triumph over those obstacles that are impeding your company’s success. Topics include, but are not limited to, setting up a 401(k), finding a good CPA, software applications for accounting, how your company’s financial information can maximize profitability, resources for marketing and more. About 20-30 people attend each one of the workshops.

About the Program Leaders

All of the program leaders are nationally recognized remodeling consultants and experts. You’ll have one or more of the following program leaders:

Remodelers Advantage Founder Linda Case.
Judith Miller, owner of J. Miller and Co., contributing writer, Remodeling Magazine.
Paul Winans, CR, Housing Quality Award Winner, Remodelers Advantage Inc.
Jim Strite, CR, CGR, Owner/President, Strite Design + Remodel.
David Bryan, CGR, Blackdog Design/Build/Remodel, a full-service, award-winning, design/build remodeling company recognized for excellence in management and growth by leading remodeling publications including Remodeling Magazine's "Big 50" and Qualified Remodeler’s "Top 500" for 10 years running.