Human Resources
Shaping a New Agenda for People and Professional Practice
The transformative power of good design is not limited to buildings, products, and processes alone. Consider the design of human resource practices and policies. Read full »
Real People - Awkward Demographics
One of the most unreliable subjects in our design professions has been that of demographics. Fuzzy data about the design professions and occasional fallacies imbedded in soft evidence can lead to... Read full »
LEAP by Design: The Leadership, Empowerment and Accountability Program
The future success of your firm is linked to how well you manage and motivate your employees as well as hold them accountable. Read full »
Transitions, August 2005
21 transitions. Read full »
Designer Compensation: How Important is Money, Really?
As the economy grows stronger and the range of new work expands, there is a renewed focus on the importance of attracting and retaining qualified staff. Read full »
Transitions (July 2005)
Eric J. Hill has joined the Ann Arbor office of Lord, Aeck & Sargent. As a principal of the firm and the second principal in the Ann Arbor office, Hill joins design principal and office leader... Read full »
8 to 5 Office Time No Longer Applies
One afternoon early in my career, I was in my office when I noticed one of my direct reports coming back from lunch around 2:30 p.m. As I approached, I noticed he had been to the barber. Read full »
The Future Demands Meritocracy: Reward Your Top Performers
Architecture, engineering, and design firms spend more than $20 billion in the U.S. alone on salaries and benefits. All too often we pay the same salary for very different levels of talent—and... Read full »
Architectecture Compensation Survey: By the Numbers
Significant numbers and facts from our architecture compensation survey. Read full »
Footnotes on Compensation Trends
From the 2005 Architecture Compensation Survey. Read full »
Navigating the Most Complex Human Resource Dilemmas
It’s time to evolve the “Human Sacrifice Department” into “Human Prosperity Department” within the architectural firm. Read full »
Design Talent no Longer White, Male, Middle-Aged
Not only are the times a-changin’, so is the workforce. While this is true for virtually every industry, many AEC firms believe that our industry is at the leading edge of a dramatic change in... Read full »
How to Develop and Lead a Great Firm
Experiment with these practices, expand your knowledge of them; surround yourself with smart and dynamic people who practice them... Read full »
ASD Harmonizes Architecture, Interiors
Here is [ASD] vice president Michael Neiswander’s comments on how to make the chemistry work and philosophies blend: Read full »
Bank on Your Time and See Return in Value
Time is the essence of your life. If you waste your time, you waste your potential. Each day has 24 hours. That’s 1,440 minutes. It is 86,400 seconds. No more. No less. Read full »
Professionals weigh graduate skills, weaknesses
The Skill Assessment Survey indicates a need for the design studios in architecture schools to further promote the values of respect, optimism, sharing, innovation and engagement. Read full »
ARCHVoices Reports on the State of Internship
What is the future of the profession? Earlier this year ARCHVoices received a 26 percent response rate to their Internship and Career survey. Nearly 5,000 participants replied to the online study. Read full »
Work-Life Changes on the Horizon
Because Gensler's tomorrow is both a reflection and anticipation of how our clients see the world, we wanted to gain a better perspective on what they were thinking. Read full »
Young Physicians No Longer Cheap Labor
In recent years, intern architects have compared themselves to resident doctors -- exploited workers whose licensure system requires them to work insane hours for incredibly low pay, exempt from... Read full »
Leadership Morphosis: Advantage Gensler
Why and When to Leave a Firm That’s Long Been Home Read full »
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