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  • 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.

  • Change with the times

    by The Zweig Letter March 9, 2020
    March 9, 2020

    Many firms still cling to old-school attitudes and business practices that chase away top performing employees looking for a more future-friendly place to grow their careers.

  • Partnership: Ron Hilgart & Darrell Wilson

    by The Zweig Letter November 18, 2019
    November 18, 2019

    Founders of HILGARTWILSON (Phoenix, AZ), an exemplary multidisciplinary firm that was formed in the middle of the Great Recession.

  • Family business: H. Miller Caldwell, III

    by The Zweig Letter October 28, 2019
    October 28, 2019

    CEO of Caldwell Associates, a firm that’s not afraid to fail, and that’s strong enough to pick up and keep going.

  • Growing opportunity: Valorie Loessin

    by The Zweig Letter July 29, 2019
    July 29, 2019

    President of FSC, Inc., a surveying firm servicing oil and gas clients and private developers headquartered in Columbus, Texas.

  • Myth busting

    by The Zweig Letter May 27, 2019
    May 27, 2019

    In terms of feedback, there’s a big difference between what millennials want and what you’ve been told they want.

  • Chief enthusiasm officer: Matthew Saacks

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

    President of Ampirical (Best Firm Multi-discipline #21 for 2018), a 200-person firm on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain.

  • Too good to stay

    by The Zweig Letter May 13, 2019
    May 13, 2019

    When your best junior associate ‘unexpectedly’ leaves, the decision was probably in the works for a long time, you just never saw it coming.

  • Should I stay or should I grow?

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

    The word growth is often associated with the bald pursuit of profits, but it’s really about the health of your firm and your staff.

  • Up and bummer

    by The Zweig Letter April 15, 2019
    April 15, 2019

    By Jamie Claire Kiser | At what should be an incredibly productive and exciting time in the lives of young professionals, the AEC industry is failing to engage.

  • Incredibly grateful: Megan Armendariz

    by The Zweig Letter March 18, 2019
    March 18, 2019

    A good attitude and honest effort are central to California engineer’s mission to build a meaningful career.

  • The new kid

    by The Zweig Letter January 28, 2019
    January 28, 2019
    When your firm hires a young person to fill a newly created position, make sure you give them the support they need to grow into their role. Starting a new…
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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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