Search

Mark Your Calendar for Free Small Business Workshops

Amanda Ellis

From strategic planning help to crafting a great company culture, come learn with us. These spring workshops are free and open to all small business owners. 

Instructors are experienced business consultants from Tyler Construction Engineers, P.C.

How to Reduce Contract Risks and Improve Company Profits

Wednesday, March 14, 8:30 a.m. to Noon

Construction companies are accounting companies that happen to build buildings. A good accounting system is essential to maintaining complete and accurate financial records. This seminar will teach you to use information you gather from job-cost accounting reports to improve not only your business but also your way of doing business.

The One Day Strategic Plan: Create a Purpose-Driven Business

Wednesday, April 18, 8:30 a.m. to Noon

A focused plan elevates every facet of your business. In this session, get the tools you need to develop a clearly defined mission statement, your competitive advantage, a focused customer profile, measurable goals and objectives, action steps (annual, quarterly, monthly and weekly), a scorecard to track monthly progress, and methods to distribute tasks to team members.

Enjoy the Company You Keep: How to Create a Great Company Culture

Wednesday, May 16, 8:30 a.m. to Noon

Culture naturally takes shape in the early stages of building your company. But owners and managers have a responsibility to reinforce culture once it is engrained in the workplace. In this session, learn how culture shapes employee interaction, productivity and loyalty and how to apply these lessons in your organization so your employees feel positive and engaged. Register here

How to Effectively Communicate Company Policy with Difficult Employees

Wednesday, June 20, 8:30 a.m. to Noon

Don’t allow difficult employees to drain positive morale and productivity from your business. This training will help you develop a plan to manage employees by implementing and addressing the legal aspects of appropriate policies on disciplinary procedures. Learn techniques to manage employee misconduct, poor performance, poor attendance and tardiness. Register here


All trainings include at least one meal and are held at the INCubator at the Hamilton County Business Development Center, 100 Cherokee Blvd. in Chattanooga.

Register at the links above. 

These seminars are hosted by the Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce courtesy of the Tennessee Department of Transportation Civil Rights Small Business Development Supportive Services Program.

.

Other Topics

On Wednesday, June 4, the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce welcomed a full house of approximately 150 community members to the Finley Stadium Ultra Club for its annual Legislative Wrap Up. The event featured a panel discussion with three members…

The Chamber’s Protégé and Leadership programs get leaders thinking about the city’s future—and how they can be part of its growth. Attracting and retaining top talent requires more than offering competitive salaries, benefits, and fun perks. It means creating opportunities…

At Tiny Tigers Learning Center, LaShon Carter makes sure everyone gets an education. LaShon Carter has always been an educator at heart. But she never imagined it would take the shape of childcare. Carter grew up around daycare, watching her…

Over the last 12 months, Shappi - a three-year-old startup - has delivered more than $5 million in products to more than 300 locations and thousands of customers in South America. Described as the logistics-travel equivalent of Uber or Airbnb,…

A Brickyard engineer’s journey from Sudan to the Scenic City Brickyard, Chattanooga’s booming venture capital firm on the Southside, is a beehive of activity. But if you were to visit it on any given day, one of the things you…

In 2023, Austin Beveridge bought a house in Tahoe. Less than a year later, he needed to sell it when life changed unexpectedly.  He called the realtor who helped him buy the place.   "They weren’t nearly as good at selling,"…

Sign up for weekly updates.