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Jun 22 2022

Tough Love: Grow Your Team by Not Bailing Them Out

By Leo MacLeod This scenario might sound familiar: After receiving a delegated task, the person emails back half-done work, saying, “Did as much as I could; kicking it back to you.” You take the bait and help out and kick it back to the person. They hit another wall, and you help again. This continues […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: Books and Magazines, Leadership · Tagged: Architects, architects as leaders, books, leadership

Aug 23 2021

Leadership – Is it Common Sense?

by Greg Burke, FAIA, NCARB Is there such a thing as common sense leadership. Quoting Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana, “…the short answer is yes! The long answer is Hell Yes!” In previous articles we have looked at traits and styles of leadership. The main question about leadership is can anyone do it? The answer […]

Written by Greg Burke, AIA, NCARB · Categorized: Leadership · Tagged: architects as leaders, leadership, Leadership in Architecture

Jul 19 2021

Leadership – a Matter of Style

by Greg Burke, FAIA, NCARB Leadership style can take on many different facets. As in architecture, leadership style is a manner of doing something. Style also is a distinctive appearance typically relating to a way in which something is designed. In my previous articles, I put forth the idea that leaders can be both made […]

Written by Greg Burke, AIA, NCARB · Categorized: Leadership · Tagged: architects as leaders, leadership, Leadership in Architecture

Jun 07 2021

Leadership – What Is It?

by Greg Burke, FAIA, NCARB In the initial article on the subject of leadership I put forth the proposition that leadership is not a mystical thing that cannot be explained.  In this article we will take a look at the characteristics of what a leader is and why this is important to the EntreArchitect community. […]

Written by Greg Burke, AIA, NCARB · Categorized: Leadership · Tagged: architects as leaders, leadership, Leadership in Architecture

May 03 2021

An Introduction To Leadership

by Greg Burke, FAIA It is often said the leaders don’t create followers, they create other leaders. Why is this important? Leadership is not a mystical thing that is often hard to identify but can be seen in just about everyone who involves themselves in operating in and for a business. Not everyone is cut […]

Written by Greg Burke, AIA, NCARB · Categorized: Leadership · Tagged: architects as leaders, leadership, Leadership in Architecture

Apr 03 2018

What Was I Thinking?
Four Lessons in Telling the Truth

My First Assignment Many years ago, before Annmarie and I started our residential architecture firm, I was a project manager with Kaeyer, Garment & Davidson Architects in Mt. Kisco, New York. I worked very closely with the senior partner at the time, Dick Kaeyer. My first assignment as Project Manager was a major addition and […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: #ArchiTalks, Business, Leadership · Tagged: internship, leadership, Project Management, telling the truth

Apr 05 2016

How to Develop a Strong Culture at Your Architecture Firm

A Culture at Your Architecture Firm Will Make or Break Your Firm As your small firm grows beyond its infancy of the sole practitioner and you develop a strong team, the culture of your firm will evolve. The different personalities and experiences brought to your firm will mix and a firm culture will develop; with or […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: Business, Leadership · Tagged: Architecture, Business Plans for Architects, culture, culture statement, leadership, Teams

Mar 28 2016

How to Establish an Orientation Process for New Employees in Architecture

For this final week of March here at EntreArchitect.com, where throughout the month we have been sharing content on the theme of Leadership, we are sharing a great guest post from earlier last year by Norbert Lemermeyer of Architecture + Business. Establish an Orientation for New Employees The following outlines the standard orientation for a new […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: Leadership · Tagged: Architects, Architecture, Employees, hiring, leadership, orientation process

Mar 15 2016

5 Principles of Servant Leadership

Successful Leadership as an Architect Late one winter night, under a bare bulb in an empty under-heated DC university dorm room I read Leadership Is an Art by Max De Pree; a book that influenced my approach to leading others from that night forward. Earlier that day, our hosts at the 1992 American Institute of […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: Leadership · Tagged: Architects, Architecture, leadership, servant leadership, Success

Jul 27 2015

EntreArchitect 2.0

The older we get, the more we discover the true value of our time. There is little more valuable than each moment of our lives. Minute by minute, the story of our life unfolds. Most everything else is renewable; money, relationships, companies… it can all be earned, reclaimed or rebuilt, but with each click of […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: Announcements · Tagged: Business, Entrepreneur Architect Academy, leadership, life, Success

Jul 01 2013

Eight Independent Architects Taking the Lead

These past weeks, before and following the AIA Convention in Denver, I have heard from many architects seeking solutions to the crisis in which we architects find ourselves. Many small firm architects and sole proprietors have declared Repositioning a failure before it has even begun. This August will mark my twentieth year in this profession. […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: Leadership · Tagged: Architects, entrepreneur architects, leadership

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