Congratulations – you landed your first role in leadership! Welcome to the beginning of significant personal and professional growth. To help you navigate the immense learning curve, here are the top 12 areas that all managers need to navigate to achieve success as a leader. …
For some people, networking can feel awkward, seemingly self-serving, discouraging, and embarrassing. Many people consider the term “networking” a dirty word and don’t like the uncomfortable feelings that come from attending a networking event. Uncomfortable or not, if you are not networking it is going to be much harder to grow and develop as a professional. Networking has the power to help you in very significant ways in your professional and personal life. …
Scope creep is a constant plague on some if not every project. As typical projects proceed, the client (Owner, Architect, or Contractor) requests alternatives to the original design, more features, attendance at additional meetings, presentations to stakeholders, and other efforts beyond those defined in the Scope of Work contained in the contract. …
5 Ways to Secure Your Next Best Hire
Based on over 18 years of experience, it has become evident that hiring an engineer takes finesse, patience, commitment, and creativity – it is more of an art than a science. …
As an insurance agent working with design firms every day, the new year often begins with phone calls from my engineer clients asking me about document retention. Many of these firms still maintain paper project files along with electronic copies, and some may have part of the project file stored electronically and part in paper form. Firms began to digitize drawings and files years ago, but they often have several years of old drawings and project files stored in their offices. Their question always is: “How long do I have to keep these records?” …