The Principals Academy
The Principals Academy is Zweig Group’s flagship training program encompassing all aspects of man - aging a professional AEC service firm. Elevate your ability to lead and grow your firm with this program designed to inspire and inform existing and emerging AEC firm leaders in key areas of firm management leadership, financial management, recruiting, marketing, business development, and project manage - ment. Learning and networking at this premier event challenges traditional seminar formats and integrates participatory idea exchange led by Zweig Group’s CEO Chad Clinehens, PE, and Zweig Group’s Managing Principal, Jamie Claire Kiser, as well as the firm’s top lineup of advisors. Zweig Group’s leadership team draws from our 30+ years of experience working with AEC firms to teach the latest approaches to managing and operating successful firms – using our comprehensive data set of industry benchmarks and best practices.
Why attend The Principals Academy? • Learn what it takes to be a successful leader in the AEC industry • Hear about industry best practices that the most-successful firms use to stay on top • Gain a broader perspective on AEC firm management • Learn leadership and team-building strategies to share at your firm • Discuss how business planning will help your firm succeed • Explore the fundamentals of sound financial management
Discussion topics include: • What It Means to be A Principal/Owner/Leader • Strategic Business Planning • Driving Financial Results • Marketing Fundamentals • Recruiting & Retention • Leadership for Principals • • • •
Firm Ownership & Transition Basics of Business Development
Mergers & Acquisitions
How to Lead a Successful Firm
• Tax Strategies to Improve Your Bottom Line
Who should attend: •
AEC C-suite & firm owners • Experienced principals looking to enhance their knowledge • Legal, accounting, insurance, consulting, and advisors specialized in the AEC industry • Emerging firm leaders and recently-named principals • Department, division, and branch managers • Project Managers and senior design/technical staff This seminar offers 12 LU / 12 PDH / 1.2 CEU continuing education credits. Attendees will receive a certificate of completion indicating the number of hours earned at the end of the seminar for self-reporting.
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