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Lease Accounting Rules Update – How Will They Impact Your Firm?

If you missed out on the first in-depth review of these new rules, here’s your second chance. In July of 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued new guidance…

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Is the IRS Challenging Your R&D Tax Credit Claims? What You Need to Know to Successfully Claim Your Credit

If you’ve been claiming the R&D tax credit (made permanent in December 2015), you risk being challenged by the IRS. Engineering firms like yours are facing serious challenges from the…

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Making Money – Scope and Design Budget Management

Budgets, costs, scope creep — they’re at the core of every project’s success … or failure. Which is why it’s essential for project managers to have a strong grasp on…

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Identifying and Developing Your Future Business Development Leaders

In an increasingly competitive landscape, A/E firms must prioritize a top-down business development culture to achieve long-term success. Relying on a few key rainmakers is risky. Your ability to tap…

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It’s Over Before it Starts: How to Position Your Firm to Win Before the RFP Comes Out

“When do you think clients unofficially decide whom they want to hire, before or after they issue an RFP?” From the hundreds of professionals across the country who were asked,…

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Grow Up! Things You Need to Know as Your Firm Grows – Part 1: Building Blocks

As your firm grows, so do the demands on you, your staff, and the way you do business. But what exactly can you do right now to thrive? Join Mark…

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Mapping the Clients Mind: Building Client Loyalty and Avoiding Surprises

To establish a steady flow of new projects, you need clients who will view you and your firm as a valuable, strategic partner. And for clients, that means a partner…

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Make Profit and Cash Flow Matter to Everyone in Your Business

The daily decisions of employees have a huge effect on a firm’s financial health, so why do employees know so little of their role in big-picture business? A financially intelligent…

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Marketing Strategies for 2020: The Modern Marketer’s Toolbox

In a world where everything starts online and 67% of the buyer journey is completed prior to first contact, impatient, savvy and self-directed A/E customers demand personalized and relevant message…

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Go-No-Go Procedures and Project Evaluation

Why waste time, resources, talent, and money chasing a project that will do little to nothing for your bottom-line? Every firm needs to establish guidelines and procedures for determining if…

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