Courses

Critical Success Factors for Seller Doers

Critical Success Factors for Seller-Doers and Rainmakers: Advice from Top Rainmakers in Professional Services

What are the keys to becoming a great seller-doer or rainmaker? In interviews around the country, dozens of A/E executives shared their journeys from technical specialist to seller-doer to rainmaker.…

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Embracing an Atmosphere of Accountability

Embracing an Atmosphere of Accountability

In many firms, accountability is the missing ingredient that allows mediocrity to become acceptable. Missed deadlines, average effort, and unmet expectations are excused because we “”don’t have time”” to really…

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Insight vs. Relational Selling

Insight vs. Relational Selling – What Should You Be Doing?

For the last 7-8 years, “”insight selling”” has been at the heart of most new B2B selling and marketing thinking. As the story goes, cold calls are dead and most…

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How Consulting Engineers Create Added Value

How Consulting Engineers Create Added Value

Ever wondered why engineering services are less valued than other professional services? Attorneys, accountants, management consultants, marketing experts—to name a few—all command a higher labor multiplier than engineers. Perhaps it’s…

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How to Lead Without Authority

How to Lead Without Authority (Even When You’re the Boss)

There’s one in every firm. You know, that person who carries that title of “”boss”” or “”manager”” while falling short of actually leading anyone. That’s because leadership isn’t bestowed by…

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ESOP life cycle

6 Effective Ways to Sell Stock to an ESOP

Did you know there are at least 6 different ways shares of stock can be exchanged with an Employee Stock Ownership Plan? Some companies sponsor 100% ESOPs while others own…

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10 Keys to Increasing Utilization in Your A/E Firm

10 Keys to Increasing Utilization in Your A/E Firm

Did you know that just a 1% increase in utilization can mean $200,000 or more to a typical A/E firm? Your employees are your firm’s primary asset, and optimizing their…

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Seven habits of effective people

8 Days A Week: Time Management

The single biggest challenge in this hyper-active market is getting important tasks done. Join Leo MacLeod to learn a flexible, but proven approach to structuring your time and managing your…

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5 Contrarian Steps to Winning the Shortlist Interview

5 Contrarian Steps to Winning the Shortlist Interview

Your firm made the shortlist – now what? Despite looking otherwise, the selection process becomes more subjective when it reaches the shortlist interview stage. Don’t just rehash your proposal highlights;…

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Accounting and Finance Tools for Building a More Resilient and Valuable Firm

Accounting and Finance Tools for Building a More Resilient and Valuable Firm

Too many firms are “”flying blind”” when it comes to understanding their financial condition. They don’t have an accurate idea of where they are, or where they’re going. Lucky for…

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