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2018-2019 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
"Firms need to develop high-level relationships at the board and
CEO levels of their clients," Jackson says. He points to global consulting firms like Accenture, Deloitte and PwC that arose out of
accounting firms and have higher-level access to executives. Now
they are starting to encroach on engineering consulting, he says.
"They already have these relationships at the CEO and the board
levels because they help with strategic planning and business practices, which can give them an edge," Jackson says.
And it's not just relationships with the C-suite that firms need
to nurture. "Business strategies also have to include investments in
our staff to make sure they are being innovative and creative. That
is going to save our industry," Barrett says.
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
Investing in professional staff also means investing in
diversity and inclusion, Kothari says. "I strongly believe
that our industry and profession will be strongest when we
embrace diversity to its fullest. By that I mean diversity not
only across gender and race, but diversity across regions and
our vast country-diversity in types of services, diversity
in type and size of firms and diversity of clientele. This
would not only benefit our individual member firms but
their respective member organizations and our council and
industry as a whole."
Inclusion also means creating a culture where everybody
feels that they belong and that their ideas are valued, Roberts
says. "Data has shown that you are going to have better
financial success, your
teamwork will be better, you
will be a more creative and
innovative company as you
move along the continuum
of diversity and inclusion,
which will also help firms
find talent and attract the
best and brightest."
Simpler says that firms
should also diversify their
portfolios in terms of types
of projects, clients and
geographies where they
work to protect themselves
from uncertainty. "We
needed to change our
mentality-the way we look
Charles Gozdziewski
at projects and the business-and
be more flexible and adaptive,"
he says.
In the end, each firm will have to choose the path that
is right for them, Kothari says. "If you make sure your
colleagues, partners or clients succeed, then we would all
succeed together. All boats rise together in a rising tide." ■
Stacy Collett is a business and technology writer based in Chicago.
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Engineering Inc - July/August 2018
Engineering Inc - July/august 2018
Contents
From Acec to You
Market Watch
Legislative Action
Experienced Help Wanted
Esops Accelerating
Three-Dimensional Engineering
Pli Market Staying on Course
New Technology
Managing Conflict
Urban Restoration Projects
Guest Column
Mergers and Acquisitions
Members in the News
Business Insights
Engineering Inc - July/August 2018 - Intro
Engineering Inc - July/August 2018 - Engineering Inc - July/august 2018
Engineering Inc - July/August 2018 - Cover2
Engineering Inc - July/August 2018 - T1
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Engineering Inc - July/August 2018 - T5
Engineering Inc - July/August 2018 - T6
Engineering Inc - July/August 2018 - T7
Engineering Inc - July/August 2018 - T8
Engineering Inc - July/August 2018 - Contents
Engineering Inc - July/August 2018 - 2
Engineering Inc - July/August 2018 - 3
Engineering Inc - July/August 2018 - From Acec to You
Engineering Inc - July/August 2018 - 5
Engineering Inc - July/August 2018 - Market Watch
Engineering Inc - July/August 2018 - 7
Engineering Inc - July/August 2018 - Legislative Action
Engineering Inc - July/August 2018 - 9
Engineering Inc - July/August 2018 - Experienced Help Wanted
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Engineering Inc - July/August 2018 - 12
Engineering Inc - July/August 2018 - 13
Engineering Inc - July/August 2018 - Esops Accelerating
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Engineering Inc - July/August 2018 - Three-Dimensional Engineering
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Engineering Inc - July/August 2018 - Pli Market Staying on Course
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Engineering Inc - July/August 2018 - New Technology
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Engineering Inc - July/August 2018 - Managing Conflict
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Engineering Inc - July/August 2018 - Urban Restoration Projects
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Engineering Inc - July/August 2018 - Guest Column
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Engineering Inc - July/August 2018 - Mergers and Acquisitions
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Engineering Inc - July/August 2018 - Members in the News
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Engineering Inc - July/August 2018 - Business Insights
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