Class Catalog

BDR provides comprehensive training resources to help contracting and distribution companies achieve sustained business success. With in-person, live virtual, and self-paced online, BDR offers various training options that meet your individual and business needs.

Class Catalog

BDR provides comprehensive training resources to help contracting and distribution companies achieve sustained business success. With in-person, live virtual, and self-paced online, BDR offers various training options that meet your individual and business needs.

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Role

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This self-paced course outlines the key steps of the decision-making process and how to apply each of them to become a better decision-maker.
This self-paced course will show you how to develop your company's own M&A strategy that can be customized to your dealer-base.
This class educates owners and bookkeepers in accounting and office management fundamentals. This course will review the proper methods and procedures of accounting, including general ledger maintenance and financial reporting.
In this course, territory managers will learn how to assist contractors in hiring dedicated retail sales staff, preparing them for a smooth onboarding process and establishing clear expectations for long-term success.
This course shows territory managers how to help RNC contractors understand the opportunity and be able to expand into the add-on replacement (AOR) market.
Join us for BDR Viewpoint 2025, where we’ll explore how to apply a scientific mindset of experimentation for measurable success in your distribution business.
This course will explain what makes up culture and how to properly set up the expectations with your team that will drive great performance and results.
This self-paced course focuses on how to identify your current role as an owner, delegate day-to-day responsibilities, and build a plan for structure.
This course establishes the owner's role in the sales process and sets out the essential steps for monitoring the performance of your sales team. Learn the skills you need to become the ultimate sales coach for your company.
This workshop will show you how to capture high-margin, negotiated commercial replacement sales by creating loyal, long-lasting customers through service relationships.
In this three-part course, distribution parts counter and inside sales employees will developed a foundational understanding of HVAC systems and their components to better serve your customers.
This three-part course gives ongoing training for your distribution parts counter and inside sales teams and provides the knowledge and skills they need to succeed by growing sales and building stronger customer relationships.
This three-part course gives distribution parts counter team members the tools to be successful in their role and provide outstanding customer experience during every visit.
In this power-up training class, learn how to build your personalized discovery process that engages the homeowner and position yourself to close the sale.
This class will show new and existing managers how to transition from being just an employee to succeeding in a new management role.
This course teaches sales and install coordinators a structured retail process to help build long-lasting customer relationships, close more appointments, and position the company for referrals.
This self-paced course will show you the costs of a potential cyberattack, the profile of cyber criminals who target small businesses, and the various types of common cyberattacks.
In this power-up training course your dispatch team will learn the principles of excellent communication and develop specific plans for completing the crucial communications related to dispatching technicians, completing parts orders, and post-appointment debrief calls.
This class will show contractors how to design a residential duct system that provides increased comfort and efficiency to their customers while increasing their revenue.
In this three-hour power-up course, plumbing technicians learn how their sales skills drive company growth and customer satisfaction, developing personalized strategies to educate homeowners on solutions that improve their living spaces.
In this one-day intensive class, contractors will collaborate with their teams to design a streamlined service delivery process for field workers while gaining practical steps for management-driven implementation.
This course gives territory managers a complete roadmap for growing their territory by analyzing current territory coverage and gaps, researching prospects, and developing strategies for cold-calling new partners.
This class helps develop a clear, multifaceted strategy that covers recruiting, onboarding, and retention.
This self-paced course focuses on proven labor management tactics distributors can use to help dealers reduce down time and drive revenue.
In this class, you will gain a complete understanding all the major elements of the Balance Sheet, including assets, liabilities, and equity, along with a strategy of how to read and analyze your Balance Sheet.