Transform Your Business Planning with our Accelerator Program!
Build your 2026 plan with purpose and without the overwhelm.
You’re juggling proposals, client work, and team needs, and NOW it’s planning season (again). Let’s make it simple.
What is the Business Planning Accelerator?
The Business Planning Accelerator is an 8-week immersive experience to help AEC firm leaders stop spinning their wheels and start executing a focused, vision-aligned business plan.
- Designed for busy regional and market sector leaders
- Built for marketers, business development pros, and chief marketing officers who lead the process
- Led by Sarah Kinard, Head Bird and strategy consultant
Sarah Kinard
Head Bird
Sound Familiar?
- “We don’t have a consistent process – Everyone does it differently.”
- “We’re already behind and it’s only Q3.”
- “We set goals, but never really track them.”
- “Our goals are misaligned with BD and marketing.”
You are not alone.
That’s why we built the Accelerator.
READY TO MAKE 2026 YOUR MOST FOCUSED YEAR YET?
DATES: September 10 through October 29.
COST: $4,500 for 8 weeks of business planning.
Includes six group class sessions and two individual coaching sessions with Sarah.
Plan with your Team!
Do you want to work on your plan with your team? Complete the form and discuss custom pricing with Sarah.
How it works
This is not a class. It’s a catalyst for your planning.
For 8-weeks, you will work towards your firm’s final business plans with Sarah as your guide. For 6 of the 8 weeks, you’ll join a live session, get strategic guidance, and leave with actual work done. Two one-on-one coaching session will round out your 8 weeks. Between sessions, you’ll use Flamingo’s templates, worksheets, and coaching prompts to build your plan step-by-step.
What you’ll walk away with
- A 2026 business plan with strategic targets, and an aligned, BD/marketing, people, and execution plan
- A 90-day action runway (so it doesn’t collect dust)
- A planning process you can use again next year
- Confidence in where you’re headed—and how you’ll get there
Who it’s for
This is for you if you:
- Lead a region, market, or sector in an AEC firm
- Are responsible for business development, marketing, or planning
- Are you tired of duct-taped plans and last-minute scrambling
What Past Participants Say
“I finally have a way to lead our planning conversations without starting from scratch every year.”
” This helped us focus on the right opportunities—not just more opportunities.”
RELEVANT BLOGS AND PODCASTS
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.
Demystifying Market Research Podcast
Listen in as I chat with Keelin Cox of the AEC Marketeer podcast about what exactly market research is, and why your firms should invest in research! Head to bit.ly/marketresearchpodcast to listen to the entire episode
Start with vision. Stay with people. Grow with intention.
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