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  • Build Your Own Course Package
  • Customize your own training bundle to match your team’s exact needs and job roles.
  • 73 Courses: Choose from our full library of 73 courses across construction, estimating, sales, customer service, purchasing, inventory management, yard & warehouse, supervisory skills, and leadership.
  • 24 Hours: The complete library offers over 24 hours of training content (1442 minutes) to mix and match as needed.
  • Courses start at just $18 per enrollment

Training on Demand

Take the guesswork out of training. These curated course bundles are designed for common job roles in the lumber and building materials industry—like inside sales, outside sales, yard crews, and supervisors.

Each package includes a ready-to-go curriculum, priced per enrollment, and built to deliver real-world skills in a short amount of time.

Whether you’re onboarding a new hire or upskilling your team, these bundles make it easy to get started.


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Best PracticesBill Lee, Lee Resources, Inc.10 Ways to Earn Customer Loyalty
Loyal customers don’t happen by accident—they’re earned through consistent, thoughtful service. In this course, industry sales trainer Bill Lee shares ten practical, proven strate...
Best PracticesBill Lee, Lee Resources, Inc.12 Ways to Make Sales Meetings More Effective
Sales meetings shouldn’t just be routine reviews of past performance—they should be energizing, educational, and results-driven. This course presents twelve practical strategies to ...
Core SkillsReed Kneale, O.C. Cluss Lumber7 Ways to Close Sales
Sometimes you have to sweeten the pot a little bit to make things happen, but that doesn't mean you need to give the farm way. Here are seven field-tested alternatives from a seasoned i...
Best PracticesBill Lee, Lee Resources, Inc.Action Plan for Higher Gross Margins
Learn how to optimize your company's profitability by mastering gross margin control. This course shares proven best practices used by top-performing supply companies, including managin...
Best PracticesFrank Chambers and Ken KuehnAnalyzing Builders` Needs Before Quoting
Strong relationships are essential—but not enough to win the bid. This course teaches sales reps how to dig deeper before quoting, using needs analysis and field research to uncover p...
Best PracticesTom FifeAttendance Deficit Disorder
Chronic tardiness and absenteeism can undermine team morale and disrupt daily operations—but these issues are preventable with clear expectations and consistent enforcement. This cour...
Best PracticesTom FifeBad Weather Ideas for the Yard
Weather delays don’t have to mean wasted time. This course shows yard managers and operations staff how to turn foul weather into productive planning and preparation. From early deliv...
Best PracticesBill Lee, Lee Resources, Inc.Be Stingy With Discounts
Handing out too many discounts to your customers can mean the difference between working hard for profit and just working hard. Here are some strategies to keep your bottom line above ...
Core SkillsJim Miller & Greg BrooksBecoming a Primary Supplier
One of the most delicate dances in sales is convincing a customer who uses you only for fill-ins to make you his or her primary supplier. Here's a first-hand account.
Core SkillsBill Owens, Owens ConstructionBlueprint Takeoff Tips
Understanding the challenges and pitfalls of proper estimating technique will help you create better estimates. Here are few tips to make your estimates even better. When a takeoff is i...
Best PracticesBill Lee, Lee Resources, Inc.Cash Flow Analysis Made Simple
Profitability is important, but it's equally important to make sure you're generating the cash flow you need to fund inventory, A/R, and capital spending increases. Cash Flow Analysis M...
Core SkillsGreg Brooks, BSCiCommon Sense Customer Service Techniques
There are a zillion customer service training programs out there and they all say good service is an attitude. That's true, but in construction supply, there's a lot of technique involv...
Core SkillsGreg Brooks, BSCiCommon Sense Selling 1: Introduction
Everyone's been there: You save your builder thousands of dollars on the last project, then lose the next one over a measly $350. The reality is that you can prove the value of your ser...
Core SkillsGreg Brooks, BSCiCommon Sense Selling 2: Researching Prospects
By a margin of three to one, top-performing salespeople say the one thing that differentiates them from peddlers is the research they do before they make first contact with a prospect. ...
Core SkillsMike McDole, Firing-Line LBM AdvisorsCommon Sense Selling 4: Prospecting 1
In part one of this two-part series, Mike McDole discusses strategies and principles for salespeople to improve their performance and grow their business. He highlights the necessity of...
Core SkillsMike McDole, Firing-Line LBM AdvisorsCommon Sense Selling 5: Prospecting 2

In part two of this two-part series, Mike McDole continues outlining the three-pronged approach to improving sales and customer acquisition, emphasizing proactive engagement, relatio...

Best PracticesBill Lee, Lee Resources, Inc.Communicating Effectively
Clear communication is essential in any fast-paced work environment, and this course helps managers and team members refine how they deliver and receive information. Using real-world ex...
Core SkillsJim Miller & Greg BrooksConquering Cold Calls
Cold calls are the toughest part of the job for most salespeople. Here's how one top-producing outside sales rep cracked the market in a new and unfamiliar territory.
Core SkillsGreg Brooks, BSCiConstruction Management for LBM Salespeople
The only lasting value proposition is the ability to put money on a builder's bottom line. To do that, you have to understand how builders make money: cycle time, schedules, how changes...
Best PracticesTom FifeCross-Training in the Yard
Slow seasons are an ideal time to strengthen your workforce. This course promotes the value of cross-training yard, shop, and support staff to create flexibility, improve coverage, and ...
Core SkillsGreg Brooks, BSCiDecks 1: Material Types, Features, and Uses
Learn the essential differences between deck material options and how to match products to customer needs. This course introduces pressure-treated lumber, thermally modified woods, hard...
Core SkillsGreg Brooks, BSCiDecks 2: Estimating
Master the fundamentals of deck estimating with this practical guide. You’ll learn how to read plans, calculate loads, use span tables, size framing components, and estimate material ...
Core SkillsGreg Brooks, BSCiDecks 3: Construction
Build a deck the right way, from the ground up. This course covers site prep, framing layouts, setting footings and posts, constructing girders and joists, laying decking boards, and in...
Core SkillsGreg Brooks, BSCiDelivery Driver Responsibilities
Delivery drivers are the frontline representatives of your company, and their professionalism has a lasting impact on customer satisfaction. This course outlines the essential responsib...
Best PracticesBill Lee, Lee Resources, Inc.Designing Incentive Compensation
When it comes to incentive compensation, your plan not only has to be objective and unbiased, it also has to be perceived that way. Designing Incentive Compensation provides leaders wit...
Best PracticesFrank Chambers and Ken KuehnDeveloping Salespeople From Within the Company
Some managers look outside when they need salespeople, but there are multiple benefits to promoting from within, too. Developing Salespeople From Within the Company makes the case for p...
Core SkillsGreg Brooks, BSCiEntry Doors: Components & Materials
How wood, steel, fiberglass, and wood composite doors are made; relative features, functions, and benefits of different types of entry doors.
Core SkillsGreg Brooks, BSCiEstimating Math Essentials
Dimensions; measurements & conversions; tallies & calculation order; fractions; decimal feet & inches; percentages; calculating length, surface area, volume, and board feet; pricing per...
Core SkillsGreg Brooks, BSCiFraming 1: Foundations & Floors
Learn how building loads transfer to the ground and how to recognize the critical components of foundations and floor framing. This course covers foundation types, key components like f...
Core SkillsGreg Brooks, BSCiFraming 2: Walls
Master the essentials of wood frame wall construction. This course explains platform and balloon framing, load-bearing and partition walls, stud spacing, wall components, thermal bridgi...
Core SkillsGreg Brooks, BSCiFraming 3: Roofs
Gain a practical understanding of both trussed and stick-framed roofs. This course walks you through roof shapes, components, slope and pitch calculations, rafter types, ridge beam sizi...
Core SkillsGreg Brooks, BSCiFraming 4: Takeoff Tips & Formulas
Sharpen your estimating skills with proven tips, formulas, and real-world techniques. This course covers essential takeoff rules, material estimating formulas for floors, walls, roofs, ...
Core SkillsGreg Brooks, BSCiGross Margin & Markup
This course demystifies one of the most critical concepts in LBM profitability—how to correctly calculate and compare gross margin vs. markup. You'll learn how to convert between perc...
Core SkillsBill Lee, Lee Resources, Inc.Hire People Who Are Better Than You
Successful companies thrive when leaders are confident enough to surround themselves with top talent. This course challenges hiring managers to prioritize skill, attitude, and potential...
Core SkillsGreg Brooks, BSCiHow a House Works: Exterior Shell
Understand how loads, structural systems, and moisture protection all work together in residential construction. This course covers foundations, walls, floor and roof assemblies, framin...
Best PracticesJim Enter, American Association of RoundtablesHow Turns Can Undermine Inventory Control
Inventory turns alone are only half the equation in sound inventory management. The best strategy balances turns against the need to prevent out-of-stocks. How Turns Can Undermine Inven...
Best PracticesBill Lee, Lee Resources, Inc.Incentives and Productivity
It's a great idea to give employees incentives to go for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. But if you do it's equally important to give them a road map to show them how to get ...
Core SkillsGreg Brooks, BSCiInsulation 1: Principles & Materials
Discover how heat moves, how insulation works, and where each product type is best used. This course introduces core principles like R-value and U-factor, moisture control, vapor retard...
Core SkillsGreg Brooks, BSCiInsulation 2: Estimating & Installation
Learn to estimate and install insulation across walls, attics, floors, basements, and sloped ceilings. This course includes strategies for blown-in, batt, spray foam, and rigid foam app...
Core SkillsGreg Brooks, BSCiInterior Trim Walkthrough
Learn how to conduct a thorough interior door and trim walkthrough to verify specifications, organize millwork takeoffs, and uncover upgrade opportunities. This course teaches you how t...
Core SkillsGreg Brooks, BSCiLoad-Building: Deck Packages
This course teaches yard and warehouse staff how to properly build and organize deck packages for delivery. Topics include selecting and handling pressure-treated lumber, redwood, cedar...
Core SkillsGreg Brooks, BSCiLoad-Building: Framing Packages
Building framing packages requires precision, planning, and a strong understanding of material behavior and jobsite needs. This course covers best practices for assembling safe, square,...
Core SkillsGreg Brooks, BSCiLoad-Building: Organizing Framing Packages
Going beyond physical load-building, this course teaches how to organize framing packages based on the sequence of construction. Participants will learn how foundation type, framing met...
Core SkillsGreg Brooks, BSCiLumber 101
A must-have foundation course for LBM professionals. You'll learn how trees become lumber, what separates softwoods from hardwoods, how lumber is graded and treated, and what causes def...
Best PracticesFrank Chambers and Ken KuehnManaging Outside Salespeople
For better or worse, there are no shortcuts, say two 40-year industry veterans. Discipline is the key. Managing Outside Salespeople is a practical training program designed for sales le...
Best PracticesTom FifeManaging the Sales-Credit Partnership
This course explores the often-strained relationship between credit managers and salespeople, offering a collaborative model for improving teamwork between these two critical roles. By ...
Core SkillsGreg Brooks, BSCiMoisture Control Fundamentals
Understand why moisture issues occur and how to prevent them. This course covers core building science principles like counterflashing, vapor diffusion, drainage planes, rain screen sys...
Best PracticesBill Lee, Lee Resources, Inc.Negotiating Skills and Gross Margins
Sales skills determine whether you close the sale. Negotiating skills determine what gross margins you earn. Negotiating Skills and Gross Margins is a results-driven course designed to ...
Core SkillsGreg Brooks, BSCiPrehung Doors: Estimating & Installation
Components of a prehung door; sizing rough openings; framed vs. masonry openings; weatherstripping, trim, and hardware; installation procedures.
Best PracticesTom FifePrevent Theft: Secure Your Keys
In the lumber and building material industry, vehicle and equipment theft can lead to costly disruptions and safety hazards. This course, Prevent Theft: Secure Your Keys, empowers emplo...
Core SkillsGreg Brooks, BSCiPricing Special Orders
Selling special orders is about more than just markup—it's about knowing your true cost. This course teaches you how to calculate all hidden costs tied to special orders, including ti...
Core SkillsJim Miller & Greg BrooksProspecting vs. Growing Your Customer`s Business
Everyone knows it's easier to sell to your existing clients than to find new ones. That doesn't just mean selling more-it means helping them grow their business. Here are six tactics fr...
Best PracticesTom FifeReducing Backorders
Pulling the plug on backorders requires an orchestrated approach. Reducing Backorders is a practical course designed to help operations, purchasing, and sales professionals eliminate th...
Best PracticesTom FifeReducing Friction Between Sales and Operations
Too often in the heat of battle, no good deed goes unpunished. Reducing Friction Between Sales and Operations provides practical strategies to minimize internal conflict and miscommunic...
Core SkillsGreg Brooks, BSCiSelling Special Orders
Winning a special order bid isn’t about being the cheapest—it’s about showing value. This course explores how to position yourself as a trusted expert, justify your pricing, and m...
Best PracticesTom FifeStaging Carts and Warehouse Efficiency
Carts are one of the most underrated tools in warehouse operations. This course highlights how effective cart use can reduce product handling, lower injury rates, and speed up order ful...
Core SkillsGreg Brooks, BSCiStructural Design Principles
What are design loads? How do loads flow through a structure? Where do span tables come from? You can memorize a thousand rules -- or learn the logic behind those rules, then apply them...
Core SkillsRick WeddingTake Charge on the Sales Counter
This course empowers inside sales professionals in the building supply industry to take control of their sales performance and commission potential. Drawing from real-world experience, ...
Best PracticesTom FifeTeaching Your Yard Crew About Profit
Frontline employees in the yard have a major impact on profitability—but many don’t realize it. This course teaches managers how to educate yard staff about true costs, waste, and t...
Best PracticesBill Lee, Lee Resources, Inc.The Cost of Dead Inventory
Holding onto obsolete inventory is costing your business far more than you think. This course breaks down the true financial impact of damaged and obsolete goods (DOGs) and offers a pra...
Core SkillsGreg Brooks, BSCiTime Management For Outside Salespeople
Feeling buried by your to-do list? This course offers real-world strategies to help outside sales reps take back control of their time. Learn to balance tasks, prioritize high-value cli...
Best PracticesBill Lee, Lee Resources, Inc.Tips for Better Inventory Control
Effective inventory control takes both discipline and accountability. Tips for Better Inventory Control equips inventory managers and operations personnel with best practices for minimi...
Core SkillsGreg Brooks, BSCiVinyl Siding: Estimating & Installation
This course walks you through every step of a vinyl siding project—how to calculate coverage, select the right trim pieces, and estimate nails and accessories. You’ll learn the inst...
Core SkillsGreg Brooks, BSCiWindows 1: Components and Frame Materials
Windows are one of the most complex products you sell, and also one of the most important. This course is the first in a three-part series. It covers types of windows, the components of...
Core SkillsGreg Brooks, BSCiWindows 2: Glazing and Energy Efficiency
This is the second course in a three-part series. It covers how insulated glazing panels are designed and manufactured, how low-E coatings and gas fills work, and how energy efficiency ...
Core SkillsGreg Brooks, BSCiWindows 3: Estimating and Installation
This course is the third in a three-part series. It covers how to choose the right type of window, code requirements for egress and safety glazing, how to spec rough opening sizes, how ...
Core SkillsGreg Brooks, BSCiWood & Fiber Cement Siding 1: Materials
Types and sizes of wood, engineered wood (hardboard, OSB, LVL, end- and edge-glued), and fiber cement sidings; comparative performance issues.
Core SkillsGreg Brooks, BSCiWood & Fiber Cement Siding 2: Estimating & Installation
Installation specs and estimating procedures for wood, engineered wood, and fiber cement lap sidings; links to installation instructions from associations and manufacturers.
Best PracticesTom FifeWorking Safely in Hot Weather
Hot weather poses serious health risks for yard and delivery staff. This course explains the signs, symptoms, and prevention strategies for heat-related illnesses, including heat exhaus...
Core SkillsGreg Brooks, BSCiWorking With Board Footage
Converting linear feet to board feet and vice versa, creating and using conversion factors, working with tallies and non-standard lumber sizes.

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