“Always be recruiting! That has to be the mantra for anyone who’s an owner or manager in an AEC firm today because finding people is crucial to your growth.”
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“People working in this industry can be sensitive. It’s so easy to turn them off – and difficult to get them going again – if you can!” The difference between…
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“Should one design their organization and then look for the right people to fill specific roles on the chart, or should the organization be designed around the people the firm…
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Sometimes I have a variety of thoughts I want to share with our readers but none of them merits a full 500- to 1,000-word editorial. This week is one of…
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You know, the A/E and environmental consulting business has always been driven by the technical and design professionals who do all the billable work. These are the people who toil…
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One of the most frustrating aspects of being a business owner is when two or more employees – or worse – two or more work groups – both productive ones…
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You’ll lose control of your office if you have no performance metrics, no accountability, and put employees in the wrong roles. The difference between leadership and management is quite substantial.…
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Transparency, training, and feedback are all important, but so is remembering that people don’t live to work, they work to live. In recent TZL articles you’ve heard my thoughts about…
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Depending on why they left – and what they did while they were gone – it might be a good idea to welcome them back into the fold. It’s not…
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When you run an A/E or environmental firm, you want your people to feel good. Besides the fact that they won’t do their best work if they don’t feel good,…
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President of CMTA (Hot Firm #2 for 2017), a 250-person consulting engineering firm, and a leader in net-zero energy, based in Louisville, Kentucky. By Liisa Andreassen Correspondent “I think it’s…