Streamline Your Processes
and Reclaim your Time
Presenter: Jon Mailer, CEO of PROTRADE United
Welcome…
• Hi…I’m Jon Mailer
• Relax!
• Be open – take notes, ask how?
• Be present
• Participate – share, play the game!
Who is PROTRADE United…
Australia’s #1 advisory business, supporting construction &
trade business owners nationally…
To help business owners to:
• Stabilise & Streamline – creating CONSISTENCY with income, profit
& cash to give them freedom of CHOICE
• Scale – growing # projects, vans, teams, (with profit!)
• Step Out – off the tools, choose a role, sell/manage buy out
Some of our clients…
What’s hardest for you…
Does it get easier?
Don’t wish it was easier. Wish you
were better.
Jim Rohn…
Time to upgrade?
Work hard…on what?
Finances
Hiring/People
Communication
Team/Project Management
Leadership
Systems
Evidence of NO/few processes…
1. The phone rings all day – for the wrong reasons
2. Stuck on the tools – feel like you have to do it all if you
want it done right
3. Nights are spent drowned in paperwork/quoting
4. Feast/famine of work
5. Working hard with little/no progress
6. Feel stuck and trapped!
7. Pressure/stress affecting life in general
Consequence of NO/few processes…
1. The ‘I.P.’ is in the heads of a few key people
2. Growth is then limited
3. Flexibility/freedom is minimal
4. No/low value in the business
5. Client relationships are with only a few key people
6. Major frustrations…is it worth it?
So where to look?
When a ‘breakdown’ occurs…
1. Has a system, procedure, checklist been written?
2. Has the above been fully communicated and the
appropriate training and practice been implemented?
What is your current approach?
The clear benefits…
1. Improve productivity and efficiency
2. More free time
3. Scalability
4. Increased business value
5. Increase income and profits
6. Control!
What is a system…
What is a system?
1. What needs to be done?
2. Why it needs to be done?
3. When it needs to be done?
4. How it needs to be done?
5. Who needs to do it?
Same - Same?
Why – Mr. Consistency…!
The challenge is…
1. Begin with the end in mind…
Gio – Inspired Constructions
2. Team Structure
CEO/Owner
Marketing
Online/Digital
Business
Development
Sales/Customer
Acquistion
Estimator/Quoting
Production
Operations
Team
Manager/Foreman
Tradesman
Technician
Tradesman
Technician
Admin/HR/IT
Office
Manager
WH&S
IT
Finance
Book keeper
Accounts
Receivable &
Payable
Payroll
Accountant
3. List the Task for each area
• CEO/Owner
• Marketing (getting the leads)
• Sales/ Customer Acquisition (Estimating)
• Production/Delivery
• HR/team
• Finances
4. Create WPI’s (KPI’s)
1. Quantity
2. Quality
3. Behavioural
5. Position Description
6. Develop the Procedure
Sales/Quoting
1. Initial enquiry/qualification
2. Meet the customer
3. Scope the job details
4. Design a detailed quote/plan/estimate
5. Arrange follow up meeting
6. Present the proposal and ask for the job
7. Follow up
Start with…
6. Develop the Procedure
Team/HR
1. Hiring
2. Induction & training
3. Performance management
4. Leaving
6. Develop the Procedure
Production/Job Management
1. Communication with client
2. Job scheduling
3. Organising trades
4. Site preparation
5. Ordering/delivery materials
6. Allocation of labour
7. Progress/check up
8. Completion
6. Develop the Procedure
Financials
1. Issuing Purchase orders
2. Pricing materials
3. Invoice on time
4. Debtor follow up
5. Allocation of cash - flow
6. Paying suppliers
6. Develop the Procedure
Management
1. Communication/meeting structures
2. Reporting
3. Reviewing financials
4. Working on systems
5. Innovation for future
7. Implementation & Training
Jon – Jon Tucker Constructions
8. Operations Manual
9. Inspect what you expect
Make it easy…
Automate
Michael – Livable Landscapes
Where to start?
Core Processes
• Lead generation
• Winning the job
• Delivering the job/doing the work
• Invoicing
• Hiring
• Communication
• Training
• Reporting
Understand…
Magic Ingredient - CONSISTENT &
(PERSISTANT)
Technology – Automate & Simplify
It’s interesting you know…
Most of business owners will…
• Hear what we say,
• Understand it intellectually,
• Agree with all the principles,
• Get excited about what’s possible
• KNOW that it is the thing they should do, yet…
DO NOTHING…
What gets in
the way…
LIFE!
Complimentary Review/Strategy Session
Where are you NOW?
WHERE you
want to move
towards
Reserve you session at
www.protradeunited.com.au/hia
Understand…
Complimentary Review/Strategy Session
Reserve you session at
www.protradeunited.com.au/hia
Understand…

Streamline your processes and reclaim your time