LeadForward: Fall Planning Cohort
It is planning season—market forecasts, BD plans, marketing campaigns, internal communications. As a Marketing leader, you’re juggling multiple priorities and high expectations.
What is LeadForward?
LeadForward: Fall Planning Cohort is a 3-month program designed to help you:
- Sharpen your market view with guided assessment and forecasting tools
- Elevate your plans for BD, marketing, and internal communication campaigns
- Gain peer insights from other senior AEC marketing leaders tackling similar challenges
Program Includes:
- Monthly cohort sessions for sharing strategies, tools, and solutions
- Action-focused resources tailored to the AEC industry’s fall planning cycle
- Peer accountability to keep your plans on track and ready for execution
Built off the success of our LeadForward Growth Planning Cohort, this focused and tactical 3 month program will support and guide you as you start and end planning season with your team.
READY TO MAKE 2025 YOUR MOST FOCUSED YEAR YET?
- When: September – November 2025
- Investment: $1,250
- Limited to 12 participants for a high-impact, collaborative experience
Resources
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GROWTH STRATEGY IN A TIME OF WHAT NOW?
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KEEP IT SIMPLE: VISIONING FOR 2025
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FALL PLANNING RESOURCES
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PLANS: SIMPLIFIED AND DEFINED
Every business relies on plans, but not all plans are created equal. From strategic and business plans to marketing, BD, or financial roadmaps, it’s easy to get lost in the jargon or try to do it all at once. Instead, we believe the key is to simplify, starting with...
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USING MARKET RESEARCH TO DEVELOP EFFECTIVE AEC BUSINESS PLANS
Market research for effective business plans is a key component of the business season that’s upon us. Regardless of your role in any business, gathering research and creating meaning from it for the next year ensures your year is not only successful but also has a benchmark for success in place. Let’s explore what makes an effective business plan.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES MARKETING PODCAST: GOOD RESEARCH
Good research begins with a good framework. Listen in, as Sarah chats with Frank Lippert and Kate Robinette of GoStrategies about how to build those plans on good research. They talk about defining the use of the data before you start, reframing the questions to get out of the rabbit holes and back on track, and provide you with resources to get started.
NAVIGATING MARKET SHIFTS IN THE A/E/C INDUSTRY: A 2024 STRATEGY GUIDE
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EMPATHY MAPPING FOR AEC FIRMS: A SMARTER WAY TO GROW YOUR BUSINESS
Empathy truly can act as an invaluable communication and business growth tool, if it’s defined and implemented effectively.