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The Holy Grail of Acquisitions; 7 Ways to Find the Faint Line Between Right and Wrong
November 4, 2024
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I Heard the News Today, Oh Boy; Got a Tough Problem? Go Antique Shopping
October 28, 2024
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Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now, We’ve Got the Groove
October 21, 2024
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The Death of CEO Succession Planning as We Know It; Why Future Leaders Struggle to Let Go
October 14, 2024
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Lessons Learned From the Best Post-Transaction Performance Awards; Bad Communication Is Holding Good Firms Back
October 7, 2024
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Announcing the 2024 Best Post-Transaction Performance Awards Recipients; Collaboration? Ha! The Dirty Truth Behind AE Firm Silos and Turf Wars
September 30, 2024
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Jargon Is Hurting, Not Helping; What Happens When Your Do and Don’t Share Financial Performance Information
September 23, 2024
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I Would Have Appreciated a Heads Up About the Scorpions; Strategic Business Plans vs. Growth Plans—They Are Different Animals
September 16, 2024
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The AE Industry Muscles Its Way Into 2025; From Oversight to Insight: Building a High-Impact Board of Directors
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What’s Up With Texas Consolidation?; Sometimes You Just Need to Let Go
September 3, 2024
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AI for the AE CEO in Houston (October) and Nashville (November); The Vanishing Act: Why Mid-Level Talent Is Scarce in AE Firms and How to Build It Back From Within
August 25, 2024
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14 Lessons from 250 Transactions; The Power of Responsibility
August 18, 2024
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Mid-Year M&A Round Up and the 250 Milestone; The Silent Voices of Employee Surveys
August 12, 2024
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Early Findings From the 2024 Best Post-Transaction Performance Award Applications; The Art of Transition—Mastering Client Relationships and Sales
August 5, 2024
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Breathe Out, So I Can Breathe You In; The Leadership Paradox: Are You Your Own Worst Enemy?
July 29, 2024
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Best Post-Transaction Performance Award Application Window Opens Today; From Blueprints to Beach Chairs—10 Ways to Maximize Your Vacation Time
July 23, 2024
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The Most Perilous Decision for the Loneliest CEO (Part 2); What AI Deployment Could Look Like in Your Firm (Part 3)
July 15, 2024
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The Most Perilous Decision for the Loneliest CEO; What AI Deployment Could Look Like in Your Firm (Part 2)
July 8, 2024
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10 Things I’ve Learned About CEOs; What AI Deployment Could Look Like in Your Firm (Part 1)
July 1, 2024
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Creating “Get To,” Not “Have To,” Jobs; We Stink at Change Management—and We Need to Change That
June 24, 2024
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Viva Las Vegas!
June 17, 2024
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The (Almost) Mid-Year M&A Update; What Does It Take to Get Young Professionals to Break the 40-Hour Barrier?
June 10, 2024
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Trinity Consultants—Advancing Industry M&A Best Practices; 7 Reasons Why Strategic Plans Work—and 7 Reasons They Fail
June 3, 2024
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Seven Takeaways from the ACEC National Convention; Soft Skills in the Digital Age
May 20, 2024
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On Capitalization, Taylor Swift, and Industry Leadership; Lead the Charge Against Fear and Resistance to AI in Your AE Firm
May 13, 2024
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The All-Pervasive Nature of Private Equity; Fumbled Leadership Handoffs
May 6, 2024
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Mid-Year Industry Pulse—Onward and Upward; Bringing the Outside World In: Learning From Other Industries
April 29, 2024
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By the Time You’ve Read This…; Dry Those Tears, Gen X…I Didn’t Forget You Like Everyone Else Has
April 22, 2024
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Old Enough to Vote, 18 Years of Learning (Part 1); Old Enough to Vote, 18 Years of Learning (Part 2)
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Application Window for M&A Best Practices Award Opens Today; Baby Boomer Business Speak Translator
April 8, 2024
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That Was the Winter of Our…Great Content; Bringing the Outside World In: Learning From Other Industries
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Miami Highlight Reel; More Thoughts from Miami
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Shark Tank for the AE Industry Is Live in Miami This Week; Bringing the Outside World In: Learning From Other Industries
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The Heirs Apparent Have Some Things They’d Like You to Know; Top 10 Terrible Financial Management Sins (Part Two)
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The British (and Canadians) Are Coming!; Top 10 Terrible Financial Management Sins (Part One)
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Making Sense of M&A—Southeast Style; Beat the Procrastination Bug
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Between Scylla and Charybdis: Three Perilous CEO Choices; From Trouble to Triumph: Unraveling Three Fictitious Fiefdoms
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Debunking M&A Myths by the Numbers; The AE Industry and the NFL—Separated at Birth?
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A First Look at Industry Performance in 2024; Strategic Growth Planning Ideas for Regional Expansion
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And This Year’s Most Prolific and Proficient Acquirer Award Goes To…; If You Can’t Do It All, at Least Do Some
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Nine Movers and Shakers to Watch in 2024; Designing Excellence: 6 New Year’s Resolutions for AE Firms in 2024
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“Shark Tank” for the AE Industry; 3 Critical Topics for 2024—And the Right Questions to Ask
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Viva La Vida (A Cautionary Tale of Hubris and Accountability) ; Navigating Year-End Bonuses: Conversations Inside 6 Fictional AE Firms
December 11, 2023
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AI Musings; What AI Does and Doesn’t Do—at Least for Now
December 4, 2023
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Seven Ways to Screw Up Your Strategy Meetings; How to Wreck Your Firm in Seven Easy Steps
November 20, 2023
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Who’s Afraid of…Organizational Change?; Organization Structure—Beyond the Boxes
November 13, 2023
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Reflections on a Year of Excellence in Acquisitive Growth; It’s So Frustrating! Why Can’t You Get Any Traction?
November 6, 2023
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Like Thick-Cut Bacon on Texas Toast; AE Leaders Say 2024 Will Be Another Winner
October 30, 2023
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What It Takes To Create a High-Performing Acquisition; Legislative Update—R&D
October 23, 2023
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Best Post-Transaction Performance Award Recipients and Lessons Learned; 6 Ethical Dilemmas and 5 Ways To Think Them Through
October 16, 2023
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We Need To Stop Innovating!; 10 Ways the AE Industry Won’t Change
October 9, 2023
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Seven Lessons Learned From 200 Transactions; Why Your AE Firm’s Board Doesn’t Work Like It Should
October 2, 2023
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These Are Days; AE Industry Tapping the Brakes on Raises and Bonuses
September 25, 2023
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Excellence in Acquisitive Growth Awards Series Update; See Beyond What You Can See
September 18, 2023
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Best Post-Transaction Performance Award Update and FAQs; Raises or Bonuses—Which Do AE Employees Prefer?
September 11, 2023
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Application Window Opens for Best Post-Transaction Performance Award; Walking on Eggshells? Read This.
August 28, 2023
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The Ultimate AE and Environmental Industry Playlist; Take Control and Keep Your Rising Stars
August 21, 2023
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Five Things You Wish You Knew Before Selling Your Firm; Ratty Data
August 14, 2023
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Of PE Platforms and Playlists; What Kind of Thinker Are You? (Part 2)
August 7, 2023
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Creating the Ultimate AE and Environmental Industry Playlist; What Kind of Thinker Are You? (Part 1)
July 31, 2023
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Mid-Year M&A Round Up (With Soundtrack); Want to Help? Stop Giving Advice
July 24, 2023
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The End of the Affair; Why Some Integrations Succeed and Others Fail
July 17, 2023
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Venture Capital for the AE Industry—The Why, When, How, and How Much; The Path from Idea to Value
July 10, 2023
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Seven Acquirers to Watch (and Learn from) in 2023; Where Buyers Go Wrong
June 26, 2023
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CEOs and CFOs by the Numbers; Short-Term vs. Long-Term Thinking—What’s the Right Balance?
June 20, 2023
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“An RFP Is Not a Subpoena”; 2023 at the Half
June 12, 2023
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Who Is the Industry’s Most Innovative Acquirer?; Getting the Best Deal as a Seller
June 5, 2023
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Succession; Preparing Your Firm’s “Next You”
May 22, 2023
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Fraud & Embezzlement—Coming Soon to a Firm Near You; Get Better at Deciding
May 15, 2023
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An Industry and a Firm in Beta Mode—What Could Possibly Go Wrong?; Four Things That Make Difficult Conversations Difficult
May 8, 2023
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How to Be a Pro in a World Full of Rookies; 5 Business Lessons from a Pagani Factory Tour
May 1, 2023
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Getting Connected and Connecting the Dots in Las Vegas; You Know, Some of Your Websites Aren’t So Bad (Part 3 of 3)
April 24, 2023
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The Outsiders—Quantity and Quality Check; You Know, Some of Your Websites Aren’t So Bad (Part 2 of 3)
April 17, 2023
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Who Is the Industry’s Most Innovative Acquirer?; You Know, Some of Your Websites Aren’t So Bad
April 10, 2023
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Why It Pays to Be an Under-Performing Firm; Section 174—Having Fun Yet?
April 3, 2023
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Miami Highlight Reel
March 27, 2023
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When Opportunity Knocks
March 20, 2023
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Let’s Make a Deal in 2023
March 13, 2023
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The (Mostly) Unstoppable AE Industry
March 6, 2023
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Old School
February 27, 2023
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The Acquisition That Changes Everything
February 21, 2023
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Announcing the Excellence in Acquisitive Growth Awards Series
February 12, 2023
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The State of Industry Consolidation
February 6, 2023
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Where Raises and Bonuses Are Headed in 2023
January 30, 2023
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Artificial Intelligence—First- and Second-Order Effects for the AE Industry
January 23, 2023
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All Gas, No Brakes, and Big, Big Raises
January 17, 2023
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Does 2023 Herald a Return of the “Old” Normal?
January 9, 2023
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Predictions for 2023
December 18, 2022
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Words of Wisdom
December 11, 2022
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Going Global—World Cup Edition
December 4, 2022
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Requiem for a Firm—A Timeline of Decline
November 28, 2022
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Think the Future Is Unknowable? Think Again.
November 19, 2022
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A (Mostly) Blowout Third Quarter Full of Double-Digit Growth
November 13, 2022
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Inside the Pressure Cooker of the Overwhelmed AE Manager
November 6, 2022
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From Great to Good
October 30, 2022
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Here’s Who’s Running the AE Industry—By the Numbers
October 23, 2022
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A Texas-Sized “Thank You” to Houston
October 17, 2022
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Who exactly is running the AE industry?
October 10, 2022
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Under-performers get punished in the M&A market
October 3, 2022
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