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  • We can do better

    by The Zweig Letter January 31, 2021
    January 31, 2021

    By Stephen Lucy | In the past year, we’ve learned a great deal about how we can do better and have begun to seize opportunities created by 2020.

  • Keeping your firm ‘ready to sell’

    by The Zweig Letter January 17, 2021
    January 17, 2021

    By John Bray | Approachable steps you can take to prepare for a potential acquisition down the road, and why it’s never a bad idea to take them.

  • Design a successful design business

    by The Zweig Letter August 10, 2020
    August 10, 2020

    By Mark Zweig | What your firm becomes should be the result of a plan, of deliberate efforts. You can and should “design” your design firm.

  • Live your legacy

    by The Zweig Letter July 27, 2020
    July 27, 2020

    By Phil Keil | Developing a legacy-building strategy requires looking within to the sources of your greatest purpose and potential.

  • Reimagine, renew, retool

    by The Zweig Letter July 20, 2020
    July 20, 2020

    By Mark Zweig | With new cases of COVID-19 on the rise, now is not the time for complacency. Instead, it is a time for self-reflection and new action.

  • Cybersecurity protections

    by The Zweig Letter July 6, 2020
    July 6, 2020

    From training your staff to making sure your firewall is up-to-date, it’s important that you take action to protect your firm’s data, your clients’ data, and your network from cyberattacks.

  • Ten questions for you to honestly answer

    by The Zweig Letter April 27, 2020
    April 27, 2020

    By Mark Zweig | “If there’s a silver lining in this crisis it is that we may each have a chance to reevaluate our priorities and improve the quality of our lives from here on.”

  • What leads to business failure?

    by The Zweig Letter September 30, 2019
    September 30, 2019

    “What causes AEC firms to fail? I have been a student of this business for 39 years now. Here’s what I have seen.”

  • Honesty is the best policy

    by The Zweig Letter September 23, 2019
    September 23, 2019

    “When directly confronted with a difficult or painful question and you aren’t honest with people – they’ll figure that out. And you can forget them ever trusting you again.”

  • Know who your people are and what they can do

    by The Zweig Letter May 20, 2019
    May 20, 2019

    “There’s a lot to know about your people. And we have to keep updating this information because your people are constantly changing.”

  • A successful firm

    by The Zweig Letter May 6, 2019
    May 6, 2019

    As a 100 percent ESOP, 50-year-old Pennoni has the culture, history, and staying power to improve the lives of its employees and the community it serves.

  • Zero percent turnover (sometimes)

    by The Zweig Letter April 29, 2019
    April 29, 2019

    If you want to run a successful firm, there are employees you just have to keep. But in other instances, turnover can be a good thing.

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