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Motivation

  • Purpose driven leadership

    by The Zweig Letter February 28, 2021
    February 28, 2021

    By Phil Keil | This will inform your strategy development and ultimately allow you to build a legacy.

  • Represent everyone: Shannon Acevedo

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

    By Sara Parkman | Improved representation improves our ability to problem-solve, to be strategic with our strengths, and to think critically and comprehensively about topics.

  • Just when you figure things out, game over!

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

    By Mark Zweig | Look in the mirror and ask yourself if you are still doing what you want to do every day. Maybe now is the time to get really serious about your transition.

  • Be a better A/E firm leader in 2021

    by The Zweig Letter January 24, 2021
    January 24, 2021

    By Mark Zweig | The leadership abilities of you firm’s principals and managers will determine your collective success this year.

  • Stay organized amid information overload

    by The Zweig Letter January 24, 2021
    January 24, 2021

    By Kim Fowler | If you chip away at your organization goals one task at a time, you will begin to see the benefits.

  • Extrinsic motivation

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

    By Mitchell Shope | Leveraging reinforcement theory will connect the action to the reward and bolster your firm’s morale and cultural identity.

  • Successful delegation

    by The Zweig Letter January 10, 2021
    January 10, 2021

    By Leo MacLeod | Delegation is a sign of a mature leader. It allows you to focus on how you can contribute at the highest level given your experience and wisdom.

  • Incentive compensation

    by The Zweig Letter December 27, 2020
    December 27, 2020

    By Will Swearingen | Management incentives can be used to motivate key staff and to build capital and liquidity for individuals in the event of a transition.

  • Take the time

    by The Zweig Letter December 14, 2020
    December 14, 2020

    By Chad Coldiron | Practice becoming a better communicator, and you’ll build better rapport and credibility with clients, colleagues, and just about everyone else.

  • Culture carrier: William Nugent

    by The Zweig Letter December 13, 2020
    December 13, 2020

    President and CEO of Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. (Northbrook, IL), a global firm that’s committed to helping clients solve, repair, and avoid problems in the built world.

  • Personal connections: Brad Strittmatter

    by The Zweig Letter December 6, 2020
    December 6, 2020

    CEO of Olsson (Lincoln, NE), an employee owned 1,300-person firm that is working to leave the world better than they found it.

  • America’s mission and vision

    by The Zweig Letter October 25, 2020
    October 25, 2020

    By Phil Keil | We can learn a lot about mission and vision through the context of some of America’s founding documents.

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The Zweig Letter is a truly unique management newsletter. Each week, The Zweig Letter keeps A/E and environmental services firm leaders informed, inspired, entertained, and challenged. Every 12-page issue of The Zweig Letter leads off with a hard-hitting editorial from management guru, Mark Zweig. Mark is radical, sensible, and thought-provoking with a dose of humor, to boot. A/E and environmental services firms are not like other businesses, so The Zweig Letter only reports on management ideas that are proven to work in firms like yours.

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