Contractor's Business School is a training, consulting and coaching business specializing in working with contractor firms. Since 1993, we've taught business owners the principles and practices they need to transform "owner dependent" firms into successful standalone businesses.

Contractor's Business School provides business education. We teach contractor/owners the business and management skills they need to build and run a successful operation-skills that are entirely different from a tradesman's skills.

We teach contractors how to implement and build "best practices" used by all successful business owners. No trial and error, no wondering if you're doing it right, no falling into the dangerous traps.

Contractor's Business School can help you break out of the owner operator trap and build a profitable stand-alone business.

What's a standalone business?

• A business that works for you, instead of the other way around:
• Day to day business operations run by themselves
• Owner dictates his/her own hours, works as much or little as desired
• Less frustrations, firefighting, headaches
• Owner focuses on major decisions and projects
• Business has higher sales value
• Business is easily transferred to others
• Business operates effectively when owner is absent, even for extended periods

Think this is totally unrealistic?

Case Study: Weaver’s Rent All

John and Toni Petersen ran Weaver’s Rent All for the last 31 years. After Toni’s parents retired many years ago, they bought the business. Recently, when their sons entered the picture, the Petersen’s realized that they needed plan for a smooth transition.

Their sons wanted to grow the business, which had been stagnant for the last few years. John also recognized the need for change. At the same time they want to improve the infrastructure, which had been lacking, leaving them unclear and unorganized. They were ready for new ideas and, in their own words, “Needed a spark.”

A central issue for a successful transition was addressing the fact that John had built the business around himself. His vision was to create a business structure to pass the business to the next generation, but without all of the headaches and hassles he’d grown accustomed to.

“The business was running because I was there, watching and making sure the employees and everyone did their jobs,” recalls John. “But I know that if my sons took over, we needed to create systems to ease my departure from the business.”

The Process:

CBS works with the Petersens to implement the following process:

Establish Vision. CBS worked with the Petersen family to set goals and establish a clear vision of where the business was going over the next few years. We spent time individually with each family member to clarify personal goals and objectives, then brought everything together into a unified company vision.

Organizational Strategy, Training Manuals, and Job Descriptions. Next, the Petersen’s created a “road map” for their company vision and tied their vision to daily business functions and activities. This included an organizational chart that identified all business functions. Job descriptions and training manuals were developed to ensure clarity, accountability and smooth day-to-day operations without as much “hand holding” from management.

The results:

The Petersen’s found the CBS process both extraordinarily helpful, and something they always needed to do, but would have never “found the time” to actually implement.

“The CBS process has been both challenging and exciting for all of us,” says John. “The CBS system made sense, created a positive vision for the company and gave everyone something to work toward. It was just what we needed to move the business to the next level.”

“Now, our overall communication is better. We make time for meetings and talk about big picture issues. We’ve gotten employees to take on new things; sometimes things they were not willing to do in the past. Everyone is more focused; we all work on same page rather than going in four different directions.”

We've helped hundreds of our clients live this life every single day . Contractor's Business School is not based on theory. We've worked with small business owners and all types of contractors for years. We know what works (and what doesn't) in the building trades.

Contractor's Business School is a educational program that helps contractors break out of the owner operator trap and build profitable stand-alone businesses. For over 13 years, our proven system has helped over 250 business owners achieve more freedom, higher profits and a better quality of life.