by Suzanne King | Aug 5, 2026 | Business Planning, Planning Season
A practical guide to seven strategic planning models — and how to know which one fits where your firm is right now. Every few years, a planning framework catches fire in the AEC industry. Firms adopt it because a peer firm swears by it, or because someone came back...
by Suzanne King | Jun 22, 2026 | Business Planning, Planning Season
Before the off-site, the goals, and the spreadsheets…Here is what to gather first September feels like the planning month. October is when the off-sites happen, and the goals get set. November is when the documents get finalized. But the firms that show up to...
by Suzanne King | Jun 20, 2026 | Strategic Growth
If you are reading this, something is already prompting the question. Maybe Q1 landed harder than you expected. Maybe the team is executing well, but the firm is not winning the work it should be. Maybe you have a growth plan that everyone nodded at, and nobody has...
by Suzanne King | May 4, 2026 | Strategic Growth
DOES EVERYONE IN THE ROOM KNOW WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE? It’s the question we ask first when a firm brings us in to lead a growth initiative, a rebrand, a new market entry, or a post-merger alignment. And it’s the question that, honestly, most executive teams can’t...
by Suzanne King | Apr 27, 2026 | Business Planning, Market Research, Strategic Growth
A lot has changed since October. Here’s how to tell if your AEC Growth Plan is still pointing at the right target —and what to do when it isn’t. April is the moment of truth for most AEC growth plans. Q1 is behind you, Q2 is just getting started, and somewhere between...
