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Know your purpose, intent, and philosophy of business, but be willing to change if it becomes prudent to do so.

With some ingenuity and proper planning, the AEC industry can adapt and thrive in any climate.

In recent months, long-time issues like communication have been trumped by new challenges: loneliness, problems with technology, work-life balance, and distractions.

Though the immediate impact of COVID-19 is bleak for many in our industry, there is reason to see the foundation forming for a different type of AEC firm.

Lessons learned from conversations with industry leaders about separation anxiety, empowerment, and calm confidence.

“Whether or not our businesses survive is going to be up to our response to the problem as leaders. It won’t be easy, but this, too, shall eventually pass.”

“Mentors and those whom they are mentoring have to select each other. It’s a mutual thing based on chemistry.”

“As hard as it is to believe – because it has been used as a business tool for so long – people in the AEC business still don’t understand basic email etiquette.”

Use these five strategies to maximize client relationships without leaving your desk.

“A lot of managers in AEC firms – design and technical people who have become managers – need to learn a few supervisory basics.”

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…

In this episode of The Zweig Letter podcast Randy Wilburn sits down with Mark Zweig to talk about the importance of speed and why those who move the fastest will win most…