The seminar option provides an economical approach for smaller contractors to acquire the full benefits of Strategic Planning for Contractors. Generally, local construction industry associations sponsor this program to provide their members a convenient method to take advantage of the program's benefits.

This new program consists of an 8-hour seminar/workshop. The seminar portion explains why you need a strategic plan and its fundamental concepts. The workshop aspect of program walks attendees through the process of actually creating their strategic plan. During the program each attendee will develop his company's mission and vision statements, company's objectives, company's strategies and establish the company's priorities. This provides a quick answer to strategic planning in an easy to follow format.

While the book provides all the necessary information, directions and forms many people prefer interactive learning with the opportunity to ask questions and work on exercises while getting feedback. This option provides those benefits in an economical format. Further, the coaching approach adds urgency and discipline to the process.

The Program

Each attendee will receive a copy of the book Strategic Planning for Contractors (a $149 retail value). Further each attendee receives a seminar workbook that contains copies of all the presentation slides as well as additional worksheet for all the exercises.

Prior to the seminar, each attendee will receive a document to fill in as homework. The homework helps each attendee focus on his or her primary aim . In essence, the primary aim is designed to help attendees to better balance their lives and their businesses. A well-defined primary aim helps reduce stress and create a business that is not in conflict with the business owner's personal life.

While much of the material can be handled in a group session, the specifics of each business will be different. In order to address the specific issues, each attendee is entitled to two hours of private one-on-one coaching by telephone with Ted Garrison. This private coaching is designed to address the specific questions and challenges facing each attendee. In addition, attendees can contact Ted Garrison by e­mail with specific questions for up to three months after the seminar.

Each primary attendee (senior attendee from any company) is encouraged to submit a written strategic plan that will be evaluated in writing by Garrison Associates.

Attendees will also receive a lunch at the seminar.

Investment

The investment for this program is in the range of $500 to $700 depending on the sponsor's costs of providing this seminar. Because Garrison Associates wants to encourage business owners to bring other key people to the seminar, all attendees from the same company after the primary attendee are approximately half-price (actual cost depends on the sponsor's costs). The additional company attendees will receive the same services that company's primary attendee receives, except they will not receive the individual one-on-one coaching. Instead, they can sit in on a conference call during the primary attendee's phone coaching session. This actually makes sense, since there is only one company strategic plan. This approach allows the company team to discuss the issues in a group session. The additional attendees are still allowed to send in e­mail questions.

Scheduling An Event

Please contact Ted Garrison to learn how you can attend a seminar or have your association sponsor a program. His contact information is:

Ted Garrison
800-861-0874
StrategicPlanning@TedGarrison.com

Or, you can submit the following online form to request additional information, and Ted will respond as promptly as possible:

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We look forward to working with you to improve your company's profitability. Contact Ted now to start increasing your business profits.