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  • Choosing unity: Jerrod Hogan

    Choosing unity: Jerrod Hogan

    July 14, 2024

    By Liisa Andreassen | CEO of OWN, Inc. (Springfield, MO), an engineering firm that unleashes the power of true, 100 percent employee ownership.

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  • TZL Podcast: Anna Finley

    TZL Podcast: Anna Finley

    September 07, 2023

    Anna Finley, director of operations at Zweig Group, unpacks the power of celebrating workplace achievements to foster a positive culture and stresses the importance of kindness in cultivating strong relationships with clients and colleagues.

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  • Lessons learned in Arlington

    Lessons learned in Arlington

    December 04, 2022 | Ezequiel Tovar

    By Ezequiel Tovar | These continuing education opportunities offers valuable insight into what makes successful AEC firms stand out from the rest.

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  • Team building in an evolving work model

    Team building in an evolving work model

    June 12, 2022

    By Angelique Silvestre | Companies can still create strong team bonds by using technology to implement team building activities that foster company values, trust, and friendship among co-workers.

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  • Through the digital looking glass

    Through the digital looking glass

    April 18, 2021

    By Alexandra Pollock | With the vaccine rolling out and workers trickling back into offices, we need to determine what innovations we will carry forward and how we will continue to evolve.

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  • Live your legacy

    Live your legacy

    July 27, 2020 | Phil Keil

    By Phil Keil | Developing a legacy-building strategy requires looking within to the sources of your greatest purpose and potential.

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  • Driving efficiency

    Driving efficiency

    March 25, 2019

    Implementing a tailor-made set of processes for your tailor-made firm will increase your chances of success, regardless of the space in which you compete.

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  • Lessons from Lucinda

    September 13, 2016

    What did I learn about running an A/E/P firm from a 62-year old former British equestrian Olympian? Quite a lot, as it turns out. I recently had the opportunity to ride in a two-day clinic...

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  • Deep client engagement

    July 20, 2016

    Friendships are not only good for the soul, their good for business, so make as many of them as you can if you want your firm to prosper. Personal engagement with clients determines so much...

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  • From the Chairman: Keeping morale high

    April 09, 2015

    Glassdoor comments provide opportunity for reflection on leaders’ role in fostering positive employee attitudes. One of my clients was both frustrated and concerned about citations on his firm that he found on the glassdoor website...

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  • Employee morale critical during downturns… and rebounds

    November 23, 2010

    When business starts hurting, employee morale suffers immediately. Employees who are laid off can become disgruntled, and the ones remaining start wondering if they’re next out the door, which often degenerates into an awful work...

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  • Fear Factor

    May 22, 2006

    After 26 years of immersion in A/E/P and environmental firms, it has come to my attention that one thing probably holds more firms back from achieving their potential more than anything else: the owners’ fear....

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