Building Stronger Boards: Transformative Governance for AEC Firms

Join us to explore how independent, strategic governance can elevate your firm’s leadership and drive long-term success. In today’s fast-paced AEC industry, having the right board members is crucial for navigating ownership transitions, maximizing M&A opportunities, and fostering sustainable growth. This session will provide actionable insights into optimizing your board with independent directors, succession planning, and effective governance practices. Learn how to build a board that not only governs but actively shapes the future of your firm.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

1. Understand the Value of Independent Governance: Learn why independent board directors are crucial to improving decision-making and ensuring AEC firms are well-equipped to navigate change and complexity. 
2. Optimize Board Readiness: Discover how to conduct board readiness assessments that ensure your leadership team is prepared to meet current and future challenges. 
3. Implement Effective Succession Planning: Gain insights into the best practices for succession mapping and board renewal that help your firm maintain continuity and strategic alignment. 
4. Enhance Strategic Decision-Making: Learn how independent governance can improve the quality of strategic decisions, particularly in areas like M&A, ownership transitions, and long-term planning. 
5. Apply Lessons from Real-World AEC Firms: Hear from case studies of AEC firms that have successfully embraced independent governance to drive growth, increase efficiency, and improve board dynamics. 

Chris Catton Director, Talent Consulting

Chris Catton brings more than 30 years of hands-on experience helping AEC firms solve their most pressing talent challenges. With a foundation built inside architecture firms and decades of national executive search leadership, Chris knows how to identify the talent that drives performance – and how to build the systems that keep them engaged. Over her extensive career, Chris has consistently executed exceptional full-cycle search projects at all levels, shaping the talent landscape of the industry. Chris’ specialties include: Executive search strategies  Talent strategy development  Employee retention programs  Recruitment programs  Recruiter training programs  Staff development programs

Jeremy Clarke COO

Jeremy Clarke, CTSA, CIP, is COO and Managing Director of Talent at Zweig Group. He is a nationally recognized AEC recruiting & retention strategist bringing deep insight and experience into helping AEC firms and HR teams to integrate forward-thinking recruiting and retention programs. Notably, Jeremy's 25+ years of critical thought-leadership in the areas of recruiting program development, metrics architecture, ATS integration, recruiter training programs, compensation assessment/strategy, job architecture, internal mobility pathways, and employee referral programs have helped to bring about game-changing talent outcomes for AEC clients across the country.  Jeremy is a Certified Targeted Selection Administrator (CTSA) and Competitive Intelligence Professional (CIP). He holds a B.A. in Business Management from American Military University and is a decorated Air Force combat veteran.

Participants of this live webinar received 1 LU/PDH/PDC credit with a certificate of completion indicating the hour earned for self-reporting.