From plan to practice: Making strategy stick inside your firm

by Suzanne King | Aug 19, 2025 | Business Planning, Strategic Growth

Every January, firms roll out fresh strategies with fanfare. The PowerPoint decks are polished, the goals are inspiring, and leadership beams with optimism. By mid-year, reality sets in. Competing priorities creep in, teams lose focus, and the strategy becomes...

Start with vision. Stay with people. Grow with intention.

by Suzanne King | Jul 16, 2025 | Business Planning, Strategic Growth, Vision and Strategy

At The Flamingo Project, we’ve seen this moment happen over and over: a firm sets a bold vision, full of clarity and inspiration, and then stalls when it’s time to bring it to life. The culprit? It’s not the market. It’s not your team. It’s usually the missing link...

Let’s talk about vision (for REAL this time)

by Suzanne King | Jul 2, 2025 | Vision and Strategy

What if your firm’s vision actually moved people? Not just in the strategy retreat. Not just in a slide deck. We mean the kind of vision that shows up in hallway conversations, kickoff meetings, and those “what are we even doing here?” moments.  “We’re not forecasting...

Growth Strategy in a Time of “What Now?”

by Suzanne King | Apr 9, 2025 | Growth Officer, Market Research, Strategic Growth, Strategy Officer

When the market’s a mess, strategy matters Let’s face it: growth isn’t a straight line. It’s more like a tangle of spaghetti—especially in the AEC industry right now. Markets are jittery. Federal funding is murky. Your principals are pulling in different directions,...

Strategic Growth Consultant: What is it? Why do you need one?

by theheadbird | Feb 22, 2024 | Strategic Growth

There are only so many hours in a day. And the very things that made your firm successful can limit your leadership’s bandwidth. What happens when months slip by, head down in the busy day-to-day? Ever worry that you can’t grow because you can’t focus on it? Wish you...