The Zweig Letter

By Mark Zweig | The creation of SNZweig brings together Zweig Group and Stambaugh Ness with the leadership, resources, and ambition to build something bigger.

By Dakota Zimmerman | The principles that rebuild a football team can also help AEC leaders earn trust, navigate change, and grow a business.

By Greg Sepeda | Strong middle leaders are the canals that carry strategy, coaching, and leadership development throughout an AEC firm.

By Kathy Nanowski | How AEC firms build predictable growth through stronger client relationships, strategic alignment, and intentional business development.

By Lauren Martin | For AEC firms, data center projects may represent game-changing opportunities, but are you prepared for the risks?

The leading source of business management insights, research, and strategies tailored specifically for leaders of AEC firms.

Aphias Capital makes strategic investment to accelerate growth and scale

  September 1 – Corgan (Dallas, TX), an architecture and design firm, acquired Duda|Paine Architects (Durham, NC), an architecture firm specializing in commercial office, higher education, research, and wellness-focused environments. The acquisition establishes Corgan’s presence...

By Daryl Simons Jr. | When AEC firms can’t find the leader they want, the problem may be unrealistic expectations rather than a broken talent market.

By Jeff Adams | The first 100 days after an AEC sale can determine whether client trust, employee confidence, and deal value are preserved.

By Mark Zweig | Many AEC firm problems are self-inflicted, driven less by market conditions than by weak management and unclear leadership.

By Nam Douglass | Five major immigration developments are reshaping how AEC firms recruit, retain, verify, and support international talent.

By Janki DePalma | Dolly Parton’s legacy offers AEC leaders a reminder that defining your values matters less than living them.

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By Chad Clinehens | When precedent stops providing the answers, AEC leaders need the judgment and clarity to chart what comes next.

Two consecutive No. 1 Hot Firm finishes show how Verdantas is turning scale into broader capabilities, stronger careers, and new opportunities.

By Mark Zweig | An unfiltered view of customers, employees, and everyday operations can reveal what leaders rarely see from behind an office door.

By Kyle Ahern | Top AEC workplaces stand out because employees can see a clear connection between strong performance, growth, recognition, and reward.

By Mailena Urso | Award-winning AEC marketing connects creativity, strategy, and measurable results to move the firm’s most important priorities forward. 

The leading source of business management insights, research, and strategies tailored specifically for leaders of AEC firms.

By Ying Liu | AEC firms become stronger when leadership teams confront hard truths, define their future, and invest before circumstances force them.

By Jeff Adams | AEC firms often discover too late that their ownership problem is really a leadership-development problem.

By Mark Zweig | Firms lose pricing power when they sell services and qualifications instead of the outcomes clients actually care about.

By Jigar Desai | As AI raises the appearance of capability, AEC leaders must get better at identifying real competence.