Organizational Leadership & Team Management
Douglas Maibach
Retired Executive Vice President
Barton Malow
For the commercial construction industry
ConstructED Academy
Your owners, managers, and emerging leaders build practical leadership, people management, and business finance skills through ConstructED Academy.
AGC Michigan has partnered with GoalMakers to bring you ConstructED Academy, a 10-week, fully virtual training and networking program with a curriculum based on an executive MBA.
Spring 2027 kick-off January 13
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January 13Spring 2027 kick-off$995 per learnerMember solo pricing
Lifetime accessAfter the 10-week program
Download the program brochure
The full curriculum, live session plan, and facilitators in one PDF.
Who it's for
Business owners and senior leaders
Build a shared approach to goals, team accountability, and financial decisions across your commercial construction business.
Managers and supervisors
Practice the coaching, role clarity, and management tools you use to guide your team day to day.
Emerging leaders
Prepare your high-potential commercial construction team members to lead people and understand the financial impact of their decisions.
How the program works
Save the dates
January 13
Program kick-off and onboarding
January 27
Vision, goals, and planning process
February 10
The right team and customer
February 24
An empowered system of management
March 10
Demystifying the financials
March 24
Applying the financials
Your credential
Certificate & LinkedIn Badge
At your own pace eLearning
Self-paced eLearning fits around your schedule, on web and mobile.
Live interactive sessions
Join the live facilitations with the experts and work in breakout rooms with your peers.
New professional credentials
Finish with a digital badge and certificate to share with the world.
All live sessions are held on Wednesdays, 3:30 to 5:00 PM ET. Cannot make one? Every session is recorded for you to review later.
Pricing Options
AGC Michigan Member Solo
$995
per learner
Full program access, certificate, and LinkedIn badge.
AGC Michigan Member Teams of 2-4
$895
per learner
Save $100 per learner when two to four enroll together.
Best Value
AGC Michigan Member Teams of 5+
$795
per learner
Save $200 per learner when five or more enroll together.
When your company pays, the fee is deductible
Employers deduct it like any other staff training, and it's tax-free to you when the program relates to your current job. Business owners can generally deduct their own seat.
How it works: how program fees are taxedNon-Member Solo Price: $1,495
To become an AGC Michigan member and receive your discounted pricing, please contact Chad Linabury at clinabury@agcmichigan.org.
Have questions? Book a call
Guest Experts
Learn from industry experts.
Operators and specialists from the industry join the program to teach the work they do every day.
Financial Management
Daniel Coffman
President and Chief Executive Officer
Miller-Davis Company
In Their Words
Loved by Learners
Words from current & emerging leaders who have completed the program
[ConstructED Academy] has been one of the most valuable programs I’ve taken in my career. . . . I would recommend this course to anyone in a company — from frontline team members to senior leadership. It delivers practical tools that make an immediate difference.
Lance AikenMiller-DavisThe class is a very powerful tool for business owners and managers alike. It covers a lot of material in a condensed amount of time, perfect for the working professional since it's self-paced. The course is set up and presented in a way where you can immediately apply what you are learning to your business.
Jeff UngerI enjoyed the combination of taking time to learn on my own and then interacting with everyone during the live sessions. All the information was highly relevant and meaningful to my day-to-day business. I highly recommend this business course.
Jennifer Boyle WarnerI gained a lot of new concepts that I plan to apply immediately. I also gained confidence in, or reinforcement of, ideas and processes we already use, along with ways to improve them. I am grateful that one of our managers was able to participate along with me. Together, we will be able to better harness the knowledge gained.
Justin Miller
What’s Included
Explore the ConstructED Academy
Your commercial construction team gets 350+ learning modules, 20 interactive tools, live sessions, and a printable handbook, with lifetime access to the learning portal and resources.
When you join, you receive lifetime access to
- 9 hours of live facilitated expert coaching across six 90-minute sessions
- 350+ learning modules within the self-paced online learning
- A cohort of your fellow business leaders to connect and network with
- Downloadable companion worksheets and materials
- 20 interactive tools to implement the learning
- Knowledge checks to build competency
- A printable learner handbook to organize it all
- Lifetime access to the eLearning portal and resources
- A LinkedIn badge and certificate to share with the world
- Post-program workshop: Gallup Q12 Engagement
- Post-program workshop: Position Descriptions
- Post-program workshop: One-on-One Meetings
- Post-program workshop: Key Financial Metrics
Share your certificate with the world
10 weeks, fully virtual
About 2.5 hours per week of self-paced learning plus the live sessions.
Live sessions every two weeks
Wednesdays, 3:30 to 5:00 PM ET
20+ hours of video
Self-paced on web and mobile
Completion certificate
Earned through knowledge checks and a final exam
LinkedIn digital badge
Shareable credential
Lifetime access
Access does not expire after the 10 weeks
The Difference
What makes this program different?
ConstructED Academy blends self-paced online learning with live facilitated sessions, so you learn with your peers and from the experts in real time.
01 · Facilitations
Expert-Led Live Coaching Sessions
Beyond the online learning, the cohort comes together for live facilitations, coached in real time by practitioners who have done the work.
02 · On Your Schedule
Self-Paced eLearning
Short lessons break each concept into steps you apply in your business, on web and mobile.
03 · Workbook
Printable Learner Handbook
Alongside the digital learning, a printable workbook acts as the physical companion guiding your time in the program.
04 · Community
Peers and Professional Networking
Live sessions and the community forum connect you with peers to share ideas, build relationships, and get help implementing the learning.
The Curriculum
Eight sections. One complete management toolkit.
Over 10 weeks, ConstructED Academy helps your commercial construction leaders set aligned goals, clarify roles, coach their teams, and use financial statements to guide decisions.
- 8 sections of core management curriculum
- 20+ hours of video
- 350+ learning modules
- Taught by the GoalMakers facilitators
- Certificate of completion
- Available on web and mobile
Section 01
Set Goals All the Time
Virtually everyone likes to have goals, and when your team has clear, correct goals, every day is focused on achieving them.
In this section:
- Crafting a clear company vision
- Cascading goals from company to department to individual
- Aligning teams behind shared outcomes
- Continuous goal-setting cadence
Section 02
Focus on the Process, Not a Plan
In this section you'll learn the organizational and strategic thinking skills needed in an ever-changing market.
In this section:
- Baselining where the company stands today
- Agile planning vs. static annual plans
- Iterative review and adjustment cycles
- Building a planning rhythm
Section 03
Coach the Right People
The goal of this section is to learn how to build and align your team around the vision and goals you've created.
In this section:
- Writing real position descriptions
- Identifying natural abilities for each role
- Hiring for fit, coaching for growth
- Aligning people to positions, not jobs to people
Section 04
Serve the Right Customer
Great companies know how to focus on serving their right customer better than any competitor.
In this section:
- Defining the ideal customer profile
- Designing a repeatable sales process
- Aligning operations to customer needs
- Saying no to the wrong-fit customer
Section 05
Empower Your Entire Team
These managers carefully define goals and boundaries for each employee, and ensure they have the tools and conditions to achieve them.
In this section:
- The "wide boulevards, high curbs" framework
- Setting decision-making authority by role
- Building accountability without micromanagement
- Creating ownership across the team
Section 06
Do the Right Things Right
This section focuses on how to measure and manage your success, in pursuit of your goals, at every level of your organization.
In this section:
- The six core performance tools
- Building a System of Managing
- KPIs that actually drive behavior
- Running rhythms that hold the system together
Section 07
Demystifying the Financials
This section demystifies the financial statements and gives you tools to make quick, effective, and meaningful decisions about how to achieve success.
In this section:
- Reading the income statement
- Reading the balance sheet
- Reading the cash flow statement
- Walking through a real company case
Section 08
Applying the Financials
Building on the basics, we focus on the specific elements that grow or shrink the bottom line. Calculate your own financial ratios and set realistic goals, dive into cash flows, and use break-even analysis to inform everyday decisions.
In this section:
- Key ratios every manager should know
- Cash flow as a daily management tool
- Break-even analysis for pricing and investment
- Translating financials into decisions
Want to test-drive the self-paced learning?
Try the self-paced learning to see how the lessons and tools fit the decisions you make in your business.
Start the free previewYour Faculty
Meet your faculty.
Practitioner-instructors who have built businesses, led teams, and taught the work.
Jeremy Wall
Program Guide
Jeremy has a passion for simplifying the complex. He helps you bring these concepts from theory to practical implementation within your business. Jeremy has founded, grown, and exited businesses before, and works with teams to build a better culture, healthier balance sheets, and a stronger bottom line.
John Cioffi
Program Creator
Wharton MBA and a Dartmouth master’s. John ran a subsidiary of Amoco, a Fortune 100 company, then spent decades coaching executive teams across North America through GoalMakers’ management consulting practice, working with startups and hundred-year-old companies in virtually every major industry. He distilled that work into his book, The Winning Manager’s Playbook, and into every section of this curriculum.
The GoalMakers Guarantee
We believe in our material so much that we offer a money-back guarantee if you do not find value after the first two weeks.
Frequently asked questions
Ready to build stronger commercial construction leaders?
Your Spring 2027 ConstructED Academy cohort kicks off on January 13 and wraps up on March 24, 2027. Enroll yourself, managers and emerging leaders to work through the tools together.