Courses

Define Your Terms: Smarter Scope & Design Budget Management

Define Your Terms: Smarter Scope & Design Budget Management

Project success begins with fully defining a scope of services and preparing a detailed budget. These serve as roadmaps guiding your efforts in meeting your client’s requirements. Without these guides,…

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Succession Planning: Rewarding Senior Owners & Opportunities for Younger Employees

Succession Planning: Rewarding Senior Owners & Opportunities for Younger Employees

100% of business owners exit their business and planning for this transition is critical to the success of the exiting owner and the new generation taking over. Learn how to…

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Understanding Your Key Financial Ratios

Understanding Your Key Financial Ratios

If your car isn’t running right you call a mechanic, but if your company sputters and wheezes, it’s your job to diagnose and fix the problem. By regularly monitoring key…

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Using Competitive Intelligence to Win Work

Aristotle Onassis said, “The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows.” In a world of intense competition for A/E services, firms that uncover hidden client needs…

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Leveraging the Seller-Doer to Future-Proof your Business Development Strategy

Leveraging the Seller-Doer to Future-Proof your Business Development Strategy

On average, 70% of your client’s fact-finding, opinion-building, and decision-making is done before they raise their hand and say: “I need an engineer.” That means 70% of the selection process…

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RFP – Request for Personality, Win People, Win Projects

RFP – Request for Personality, Win People, Win Projects

Available on 8/23. “All things being equal, people will work with people they like; all things not being equal, they still will.” – John Maxwell If you’re not winning the…

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The Professional Procrastinators Guide to Dealing in Difficult Conversations

The Professional Procrastinators Guide to Dealing in Difficult Conversations

Available on 7/8 Difficult conversations with clients, employees, and partners are an inevitable part of business. Still, few professionals have any formal training in how to properly manage conflict. Instead,…

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Fighting Capitalism with Capitalism: How ESOPs Stack Up

Fighting Capitalism with Capitalism: How ESOPs Stack Up

Is an Employee Stock Ownership Program the right transition strategy for your firm? Join Bob Massengill to compare ESOPs to other transition strategies, including third-party sales and internal buyouts.You’ll quickly…

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Identify When, Where and How to Increase Profit with Value-Based Pricing

Identify When, Where and How to Increase Profit with Value-Based Pricing

In a poll of A/E/C industry leaders responsible for leading the pricing conversation in their firms, we found the vast majority fall prey to two critical problems: We underestimate our…

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Workplace Violence and Firearms – A Risk Management Discussion

Workplace Violence and Firearms – A Risk Management Discussion

Does your A/E firm have a sound firearm policy? If not, it’s time to take an in-depth look at the implications and risks when employees carry firearms into the workplace.…

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