Anyone who is—or wants to be—a leader in the architecture, engineering, planning and environmental-consulting fields will benefit from an MBA-style crash course offered by Zweig Group experts. The next event will be held July 19-20 in Chicago.
The Principals Academy is a two-day training program covering all aspects of managing a professional service firm. The program is presented by a team of speakers—including Zweig Group founder and chairman Mark Zweig—with experience working with and for A/E firms and an understanding of what it takes to survive, and even thrive, in any economy. Executives will return to their firms primed for success and armed with leadership and teambuilding strategies to share with other principals, managers and staff.
“Our Partners, Principals & Owners Survey always reveals that if there was one thing that would have prepared them better, it would have been a course that covered all aspects of the business,” says Zweig Group president/CEO Chad Clinehens, “The Principals Academy is that program.”
“It’s a two-day, AEC-specialized MBA program at a bargain price,” Mark Zweig says. “You cannot get this much business knowledge this fast and for such a deal anywhere else from people who are experts, not just consultants who read the popular management books.” Zweig is not afraid to buck the trend or speak his mind; he’ll share his insights, opinions and experience and challenge every participant to become part of the solution.
Clinehens adds, “This program contains the material, data, perspective, ideas, debate and conversation that any principal needs to succeed in the role.”
The two-day agenda covers six areas of business management, presented in tutorial and case-study workshop sessions from the perspective of architecture, engineering and environmental consulting firms. These areas are:
- Business Planning
- Marketing/Business Development
- Accounting
- Financial Management
- Project Management
- Leadership
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Ownership Transition Planning
- Recruitment and Retention
Architecture, engineering, environmental-consulting and construction firm managers and owners will learn what it takes to be successful leaders and zero-in on industry best practices that firms use to stay on top. The Principals Academy isn’t just for firm principals; department, division and branch managers, project managers and senior technical staff also will benefit from attending the two-day workshop, as will consultants, advisors and those specializing in A/E services.
For more information on The Principals Academy and to sign up, click here.