President of ESG (Hot Firm #36 for 2017), a 120-person architecture and design firm based in Minneapolis. By Liisa Andreassen Correspondent “We have a small SWAT team that focuses on…
August 2017
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As a coach, your choices can impact the fate of your team members, so take pains to put the right people in the right places. I didn’t grow up in…
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‘Doing it how it has always been done’ is a recipe for failure, so try something new, like ditching the ‘max utilization’ mentality. The Achilles’ heel of the AEC industry…
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Assignments, attitudes, and acknowledgment – if you take care of the Big Three, your marketing people will do great things. I have been an A/E industry marketer since the early…
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When you think about it, management of the design process for a complex construction project is all about accomplishing things through others. Many different people have to come together to…
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There’s three big reasons why employees choose where they work, and a firm’s rationale for its very existence can tie them all together. The “why” of a company matters. I…
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Randy Wilburn talked to Mark Zweig, founder, and chairman of Zweig Group, about the history of AECWorkForce. Almost 30 years ago, Mark created a successful niche job board in the…
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We can always improve. Take these steps and your life as a leader will get much better. Confronting those who are not doing their jobs. This is one of the…
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Global firm catapults to the top spot due to meteoric gains in revenue. Firm chairman and CEO Dickerson Wright says cross-selling services is key. By Liisa Andreassen Correspondent The 18th…
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Hot Firms show tremendous growth, and Best Firms clearly preparing for the future. By Richard Massey Managing Editor The top 25 Hot Firms this year showed the industry what it…
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2017 Hot Firm & A/E Industry Awards Conference sponsor is led by Dawson Fercho, a business development guy who is part social worker, part psychologist. By Liisa Andreassen Correspondent Dawson…
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Leaders of employee-friendly firms talk about how being a Best Firm affects marketing, recruiting, and team building. The Zweig Letter: How has being a Best Firm To Work For helped…