Ironwood Advisory

Operating Systems for Contractors

We install practical systems—pricing, dispatch, job costing, cadence—and stay involved until your team actually uses them. For owner-led home service contractors in Southwestern Ontario.

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Who It's For

We work with a specific kind of contractor. Here's whether that's you.

Home service trades contractors generating roughly $0.5M–$10M in revenue

Companies ready to professionalize their business and develop operating systems

Home service businesses outgrowing their current systems

Owner operators who are stuck inside their business, limiting their ability to grow

How It Works

A clear, structured path from first conversation to sustained adoption.

Discovery Call

A 30-minute conversation to understand your current challenge, goals, and whether there's a fit with our model.

Diagnostic

A structured, fixed scope assessment of your operations, pricing, and systems. We identify what's working and what's not, then develop a plan of action.

Implementation Sprint

We implement the plan developed in the diagnostic and help you manage the change within your company.

Retainer

Once we have helped develop and install your new operating system, we will help maintain cadence and measurement.

A clear path from first conversation to sustained adoption. No hidden steps, no abandonment, no commitment from you until we have proven our worth to your business.

What Changes When Systems Stick

Gross margins improve because jobs are priced correctly
Cash flow stabilizes because Accounts Receivables are tracked consistently
You spend less time firefighting because issues surface early
Dispatch runs smoother because the process is documented
Techs know what's expected because scorecards are clear, consistent, and up to date
Growth feels controlled because systems scale with you

How We Measure Success

We document outcomes for every engagement—for you and for the people who referred you.

What Clients Get

Clear before/after metrics for each system
Adoption rates across your team
Financial impact summaries
Documented processes you own

What Referrers Get

Quarterly progress updates
Clear communication on engagement status
Measurable outcomes you can speak to
Professional representation of your referral

Common Questions

Our clients' competitive advantage often comes from the specific systems we install. Publishing detailed playbooks would undermine that advantage. We share outcomes and formats, not recipes.

Yes, for serious prospects after a discovery call. We protect our clients' time, so we only make introductions when there's a genuine fit.

It depends on the system. Pricing improvements often show within weeks. Dispatch and job costing take longer to fully adopt—usually 2–3 months for real traction.

Structured, practical, and execution-focused. We don't start by handing you a generic strategy deck. We start by getting clear on what's actually holding profit and capacity back.