The Zweig Letter

Tracey Eaves , a  valuations services  consultant at Zweig Group, talks to  Randy Wilburn  about all things valuation related to design firms. They also discuss how COVID-19 will affect firm values and what owners who are near retirement should be thinking about. If you are a design industry leader or firm owner, you don’t want to miss this episode. Over the last 19 years, Trac...

Michael Davis, senior vice president, and chief strategy officer at WGI, talks to Randy Wilburn about the state of affairs at his firm and how they’re responding to COVID-19. Michael and Randy discuss where WGI’s work has increased and decreased in the past several weeks, and how 70 percent of their staff is working remotely.

Mark Zweig, Zweig Group’s founder, and chairman, and Randy Wilburn talk about what design firms should be doing in response to COVID-19.   In the past few weeks, Mark has written several articles with hard-hitting advice for AEC firm leaders in this uncertain time.   In this episode of the podcast, Mark and Randy discuss everything from applying for lines of credit to finding new markets to serve....

The Zweig Letter podcast is back! In this episode, Christina Zweig Niehues and Randy Wilburn discuss the results of Zweig Group’s ongoing AEC Industry Outlook & Response to COVID-19 Survey . How are firms reacting to challenges presented by the coronavirus and what is their economic outlook for 2020 and beyond? Find out this and more in the newest episode of the podcast.   Click here to r...

A brief summary of this episode

During our Hot Firm event in Dallas, TX, we had a chance to discuss the importance of Strategic Planning with Zweig Groups Director of Strategy, Phil Keil and Michael Davis from WGI.

During our Hot Firm event in Dallas, TX, we had Jay Steinfeld, CEO from Blinds.com talk about growing and selling his firm and the principals of entrepreneurship

An interview with Harbor Compliance a licensing company built from the ground up to keep AEC Design Firms compliant.

In this episode of the Zweig Letter Podcast we talk with Dawn Nicole, Vice President at Brand Disco, on how they help transitioning military job seekers to discover and present their best personal brands and also help employers quickly identify the best military talent for positions that they may have open.

In this episode I talk with our Director of Executive Search, Chad Coldiron, on the state of recruiting in the Design Industry. We are in a record period of job growth and extremely low unemployment. We discuss those factors and more.

During our Hot Firm event in Dallas, TX, we had a chance to assemble some top design firm leaders to discuss how the workplace is changing. What are some of the new ways that firms are changing and what are some of the old things that we struggle to let go of? Zweig Group host Brenden Sherrer is joined by Aaron Tippie, from Westwood Professional Services and Mitch Fortner from KSA and a fantastic...

During our Hot Firm event in Dallas, TX, we had a chance to assemble some of the most successful Design Firm leaders based on a survey of their employees. What does it take to be a "Best Firm," in the Design Industry? This one-hour session will give you a glimpse of the inner workings of some of the hottest Architecture, Engineering, and Environmental firms around. Featured on this podcast are Bri...

Mark Zweig spent time at a breakout session during our Hot Firm event in Dallas, TX, talking about his 38 years in the industry.

In this episode I take a few minutes to review some of the highlights from our just completed 2018 Hot Firm event in Dallas, TX. I also share a short snippet from the Opening Keynote from Zweig Group CEO Chad Clinehens on Elevating the Industry.

In this episode of the Zweig Letter Podcast we talk with Renee Azerbegi about sustainable design and commissioning and women in engineering and not necessarily in that order.

In this episode I get to talk with Brenden Sherrer a consultant in our M&A group here at Zweig about the state of M&A transactions in the Design Industry, the Legal Extern program he started here, and understanding the Millenial Mindset in the AEC Industry.

We've been bringing you the best of the Zweig Letter Podcast throughout the month of August. Our final "best of" episode in this current round features Mark Zweig, originally presented in July of 2018.

Throughout August, we continue to bring you the best of the Zweig Letter Podcast. This episode features Mark Zweig, originally presented in April of 2018.

We're bringing you the best of the Zweig Letter in August! This episode features Mark Zweig, founder of the Zweig Group originally presented in December of 2017.

We're bringing you the best of the Zweig Letter in August. Enjoy this great interview with Ozzie Nelson, originally released in June of 2017.

In this episode I talk about my recent adventure in Philadelphia, PA, where I had the chance to speak to a great audience about the benefits of starting a podcast for your firm. I also give examples of ways to create an external podcast for all the world to hear and an internal podcast to help share information in your firm and also make better Brand Ambassadors of your employees. Check it out!

We talk with Mark Zweig about why in business today , speed is everything. Whoever is faster will be the winner. Mark says, "Good leaders realize this is true and act accordingly."

We talk with Mark Zweig about why client management is something anyone who owns or works in an AEC firm should be concerned about.