Avoid new partner pitfalls
Generational ownership and leadership transitions pose unique challenges. Anyone you promote to the highest level must be cut from the
Endangered ideas
When your marketing people are not empowered to make big decisions, their great concepts often get parked in committees, where
Keep learning
If you rely solely on what you thought you once knew to be true, you run the risk of being
Getting people to do what you want them to do
Getting people to do what you want them to do. This is what leadership is really all about. And it
Victory or defeat
The talent war is here. Building a bigger pipeline of leaders and doing it much earlier in their careers is
Peanut butter and chocolate
Don’t expect your PMs to be great leaders just because they are competent professionals. They need training and practice to
Leadership (for the umpteenth time)
If we want to make this world a better place to live, it’s up to us, and not elected officials,
Conference call: Calvin Ladner
President of LJA Engineering (Hot Firm #2 for 2016), the largest employee-owned civil engineering firm in Houston (600-plus employees). By
Conference call: Robert Aylward
President and CEO of Jones|Carter (Best Firm Multidiscipline #17 and Hot Firm #18 for 2016), a 465-person engineering firm based
Becoming a better leader yourself
There’s so much written about leadership training and developing better leaders in your AEC firm. But there’s little information about
