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08/31/10 From the Ground Up: Growing a Thriving Design Firm You can read a library of management titles, but success largely boils down to internalizing and implementing five key practices. James Follett
08/31/10 Design Goes Global Over the next several decades, billions of square feet of new construction and renovations will take place worldwide. Is international practice right for your firm? Scott Simpson
08/31/10 Sharpening the Ax: Preparing for Negotiations It seems counterintuitive, but negotiation preparation can bring a substantially higher return on investment than actual project work does. So it pays — literally — to give the process its due. Steven J. Isaacs and Karen L. Newcombe
08/31/10 Leading with Exuberance Projects designed and built with adversarial teams are rarely successful. But building owners can aid collaboration by setting the tone for a project — one that is clear, consistent, and cooperative. Barbara White Bryson and Canan Yetmen
08/31/10 Gritty Optimism in the Global Marketplace Our most recent survey of global professional practice finds there is success to be wrung from exporting services. James P. Cramer and Jane Gaboury
06/25/10 The Value of Authenticity Common businesses practices such as performance appraisals reinforce the cultural standard to conform rather than differ. But conformity is not what leaders are made of. Louis L. Marines
06/25/10 Design Leadership and the Environment These are tough times for the environment. The old solutions don’t work any longer, and there are no simple answers. James P. Cramer and Jane Gaboury
06/25/10 It’s a New Decade, But Is There a Difference? Everyone talks about climate change, increasing energy efficiency, and the impact of buildings. What have been the results? R.K. Stewart
06/25/10 Survival-Mode Leadership Professional services firms require skilled leadership. In a lackluster economy, even greater demands fall on the shoulders of those at the top of the org chart. Peter Piven
06/25/10 1 Sustainable Growth as Public Policy If we are going to transform our environment, then political leaders need to become advocates for sustainable planning and design practices. And they’ll become advocates only by hearing from architects and planners. Mark E. Strauss

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