It is a tough market for small builders right now. Rising material costs, undercutting and race-to-the-bottom behaviour are putting pressure on margins, decisions and headspace. If you are constantly pricing, chasing, answering questions, solving site problems and trying to keep customers happy, this session will help you step back and find one practical way to win back time in your business.
This free online session is for small and micro builders who want to reduce firefighting and create more capacity to work on the business, not just in it. It continues the conversation started at the FMB National Conference, where builders identified common challenges across getting work, delivering projects and getting paid and showed a strong appetite to explore the practical solutions in more depth.
This will not be a webinar where everyone stays muted. It is an interactive working session led by Maria Coulter, the Construction Coach. You will be invited to bring a real business challenge, talk with other builders and hear what is already working in businesses like yours.
You will leave with:
- Clarity on one recurring task or problem that is costing you time, money or customer confidence.
- An idea from another builder who may already have solved a similar problem.
- A clearer view of how better processes, boundaries, delegation, technology and AI can create capacity.
- A specific change to test in your business after the session.
A conversation between two builders can create an immediate commercial result. At the recent Solving Tech workshop at the FMB Conference, one builder heard another explain how taking deposits helped protect cash flow. He reintroduced deposits that same day into his own business and reported that the change was already making a difference.
Take Back Time is the first stage of the 12-week Elevate Your Business coaching programme. This session gives you a practical taste of how Maria works: honest discussion, builder-to-builder learning and focused action. You do not need to pretend everything is under control. Bring the real challenge, and leave with a clearer next step.
