My enduring wish for architects is to step back from the day-to-day business of running a firm to ask a simple, yet often overlooked question: how much is enough? What does enough work look like? Enough revenue? Enough clients? Enough publicity? Is “more” really the answer to growing your firm?
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Financially Speaking, How Much Is Enough?
Perhaps the most important thing we can do when putting a strategy in place to manage and direct our firms is to pause for a moment to ask ourselves, “How much is enough.”
How Do You Define “Too Much” For Your Firm?
During a workshop at AIA National I asked participants to think about how they would answer the question, “How much is enough?” Someone shouted out, “And how much is too much?” Such a great question.
May You Be Satisfied and Content In Your Architectural Practice
My enduring wish for architects is to step back from the day-to-day business of running a firm to ask a simple, yet often overlooked question: how much is enough? What does enough work look like? Enough revenue? Enough clients? Enough publicity? Is “more” really the answer to growing your firm?
Build Trusting Relationships To Sustain Your Architectural Practice
In architecture, people often think of buildings as the product. Actually, buildings are the byproduct of relationships, the most successful of which are trust-based and enduring. Cultivating trusting relationships is the foundation for creating a meaningful, growing practice.
How to Become Your Client’s Trusted Advisor
It’s all well and good to talk about trust, but how do we get to the position of becoming a client’s trusted advisor? Believe it or not, trust is something that is built and nurtured. Trust isn’t an accident. It is a deliberate effort on both party’s parts to engage in an honest relationship with each other’s welfare in mind.
Practice an Attitude of Service In Delivering Architectural Services
In architecture, people often think of buildings as the product. Actually, buildings are the byproduct of relationships, the most successful of which are trust-based and enduring. Cultivating trusting relationship is the foundation for creating a meaningful, growing practice.
4 Types of Management Statements for Architects
There are a number of management statements that architectural firms develop as tools for leadership to use in managing, motivating, and inspiring employees or groups. These statements help to define and communicate a firm’s culture, purpose, and trajectory.