Reconsider some of this advice, and you may find some insight to guide you through our current world of disruption and stress.
Opportunities
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CEO and president of SEH (St. Paul, MN), a firm that’s simplifying the world’s complex challenges by designing better places, engineering clean water, and renewing infrastructure.
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Practice becoming a better communicator, and you’ll build better rapport and credibility with clients, colleagues, and just about everyone else.
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Companies are adopting fluid work from home policies and people have begun migrating away from dense cities.
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Best practices may be safe, but they won’t differentiate your firm. Make these changes and your firm will stand out.
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In an increasingly global marketplace, equity, diversity, inclusion, and engagement strategies will be integral to the success of your organization for the foreseeable future.
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President and CEO of Payette (Boston, MA), a firm that values the close relationships it builds with its collaborators on the journey from design to reality.
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We need to remain flexible for the foreseeable future as we continue to determine what is resonating with our clients.
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Partner at LERA Consulting Structural Engineers (New York, NY), a firm that has created innovative, yet constructible and economical structural designs since 1923.
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When it comes to M&A, stay flexible and remember that it takes drive, determination, and the ability to connect people and ideas to achieve remarkable results.
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What your firm becomes should be the result of a plan, of deliberate efforts. You can and should “design” your design firm.
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Uncertainty in the marketplace will be with us as we move forward, but you can be successful if you adjust your game plan and expectations.