Trainings + Education

Whether you’re looking to design a custom workshop for your team, dive into a multi-session course, or drop in for a webinar, HELM’s Building Business Resilience Series offers a range of training options and events to suit your team or individual needs. Our business systems and leadership trainings are designed by experts with deep experience in the design and construction industry and provide participants with practical skills to achieve their triple bottom line goals of Planet, People, and Prosperity.

We nurture a culture of inclusion and through our training, and we are actively working to change the face of the construction industry.

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Courses


HELM Courses offer a deep dive into business skills, leadership development, project management, and workplace culture— specifically developed for construction and design businesses. Our courses help you think about your company holistically and provide tools and templates so that your business systems and processes are informed by industry best practices. In addition to building your skills, our courses connect you with others in the industry.


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Webinars


HELM Webinars are hour-long sessions that introduce topics relevant to the design and construction industry. Webinars are a great way to develop new skills or refresh your knowledge.


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Custom Workshops


Our team can develop and deliver Custom Workshops for your business. Our facilitators work closely with you to identify your training needs and customize our approach. These custom workshops are typically delivered as either half-day or full-day in-person workshops at your place of business.


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Examples of custom workshop topics include:

  • Vision Co-Creation

  • Mission, Vision, and Values

  • Values Clarification

  • Financial Literacy for Your Team

  • Organization Design and Effectiveness Assessment

  • Building an Effective Team

  • Employee Development

  • Company Team Building Retreat

  • Change Management for Leaders

  • Change Management for Employees

  • Developing a Culture of Inclusion

  • Communicating Across Differences

  • Role Clarification and Team Interdependencies

  • Leadership Development

  • Improving Communication

  • Anti-Racism in Practice

  • Marketing and Lead Analysis

  • Process Map Workshop for Project Team

  • Managing Up: Sales and Production

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HELM team at Black Lives Matter barn

Solidarity Scholarships

HELM is committed to prioritizing the resilience and sustainability of construction and design businesses owned by Black and Indigenous people, People of Color, Immigrants, LGBTQIA folks, and Women. We offer Solidarity Scholarships to support the business development of mission-aligned BIPOC, LGBTQIA and women-run companies and organizations.

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What People Are Saying:

"Exactly what I've been looking for in the construction industry! Their values and mission align with my own. Through the Construction Business Bootcamp, the sharing of knowledge and triple bottom line perspective with the greater construction industry is critical to beating climate change and overcoming stigmas and inequality in this profession.”

Eliot Nolter, East Spruce Design/Build

“I signed up for the Bootcamp to help me understand how a successful business would operate. That is what this course does, it gives an overview. Each of the sessions could be, maybe should be, a course in itself. It was a great fit for me and I do not regret spending the time or money.”

— Kerry Koskinen, Retrofuture Remodeling