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Younger professionals
Whether you realize it or not, they are your biggest competitive advantage, so train them, mold them, and set them up to succeed.
C lients are great. They are your main source of revenue. Technology is amazing. It allows your company to be more productive. Your executive team is crucial in making strategic decisions to guide your firm’s growth. These are all very important components of a successful A/E firm. However, none of them are your competitive advantage.
Anthony Fasano GUEST SPEAKER
Your competitive advantage is your younger professionals. They are your present, and your future. They have the ability to make massive contributions to your firm today and 15 years from now. ❚ ❚ How are you recruiting young professionals? ❚ ❚ How are you investing in your younger profession- als? ❚ ❚ How are you supporting your young professionals in their development? ❚ ❚ How are you retaining your young professionals? After a 15-year civil engineering career where I started in high school as a field surveyor holding a rod in the woods, and ended up a highly successful project manager, I decided that I wanted to help younger A/E professionals succeed. I learned that to do so, I would need to help them develop
their non-technical skills like communication, networking, productivity, leadership, and other management skills. “Your competitive advantage is your younger professionals. They are your present, and your future. They have the ability to make massive contributions to your firm today and 15 years from now.” I spent that last seven years building my current company, the Engineering Career Coach, and in doing so have had the chance to coach and work with thousands of young A/E professionals and their firms across the country. Our free podcast
See ANTHONY FASANO, page 10
THE ZWEIG LETTER February 5, 2018, ISSUE 1234
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