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What you need to know about the fair pay and safe workplaces regulation

Blacklisting Is Back: What You Need to Know about the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Regulation

The U.S. Department of Labor and the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council released the final rule to implement the Administration’s “”blacklisting”” policy that imposes new reporting requirements on violations and…

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Dare to Be Different

Dare to Be Different and Increase Your Win Rate

How many times was your firm the most qualified but you still finished last? How many times have clients told you that all short-listed firms looked equally qualified so they…

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Brand Now Refocus Your Brand and Help Your Firm Grow

Brand Now: Refocus Your Brand and Help Your Firm Grow

A strong brand has the power to differentiate your firm in a crowded market and ensures that new business opportunities present themselves. So how do you strengthen your brand to…

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Creating Culture

Creating Culture: How an External, Client‐Facing Culture of Superior Service Will Revolutionize Your Firm

Turning the focus of your firm’s culture outward, on your clients and the marketplace, improves your ability to pursue and win new business, increasing backlog in both current and new…

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Branding content and digital marketing

Branding, Content, and Digital Marketing: How It All Fits Together to Grow Your Practice

You need to differentiate … to invest in content marketing … to re-brand … to use more digital marketing, social media, and marketing technology … you need account-based marketing. There’s…

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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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Developing your brand

Building Your Brand: Personally and Professionally

Branding provides unique differentiation, establishes you and your firm as industry thought leaders, and broadens your reach to potential new clients — all critical to the success of you and…

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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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Asses

Business Continuity Planning to Protect Property, People, and Profits

Suspensions of operations are not an “if,” but a “when”” for A/E firms, no matter the size. Which is why we’ve always been taught to plan for the best, but…

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Aptitude, Talent, & Interest: Becoming A Successful A/E Project Manager

Aptitude, Talent, & Interest: Becoming A Successful A/E Project Manager

One wit described his rise to project manager: “”I was in the wrong place at the wrong time.”” For many, this is an apt description of how they ended up…

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