communication

On the surface everything might appear to be fine, but back at their office, the consulting engineers might be telling the (painful) truth.

It’s easy to send texts and emails, but to make a great and lasting impression, frequent phone calls throughout your network are essential.

A firm leader must break out of the deadline cycle and make a meaningful connection with employees. If not, performance will (predictably) suffer. Most of what we do today as…

“Just as it is easier (and cheaper) to keep an existing client than to get a new one, so goes it for your employees. Keeping good people is essential to your firm.”

We might not pitch and catch over nine innings for a living, but we can learn a lot from what happens out on the diamond.

We all know meetings are a necessary evil, but do we have to let them wreck our productivity? Did you know that a typical American professional attends more than 60…

If your firm has a weekly or monthly newsletter, great. But if not, you need to get cracking on that important piece of internal communication. Does your firm have an…

Our success, as people and as businesses, depends on the quality and speed of our response to problems and opportunities. This play on the word responsibility is not new, but…

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…

Being relevant can be powerful, but it will require you to put down your devices and actively engage with those around you. No doubt you have been in meetings and…

One of the most coveted characteristic traits an engineer can possess is also one of the most elusive. What is human engineering? It’s an attempt to reinvigorate an overlooked characteristic…

It’s a daunting task, but can result in an energized, unified organization that can withstand setbacks while gaining strength. Companies with a highly engaged workforce have seen a 19.2 percent…