What If There Were an Escalator Speech?

An elevator pitch is the shortest possible version of your firm’s value proposition. But what if you have more time to expand on that efficient pitch? In today’s post, Dean shares his thoughts about what you can cover to further distinguish yourself from your competitors.

Cloaked Course Corrections in Communication

Have you been in situations when someone steps on your words or communicates over your point? Your first instinct might be to let them know they interrupted and then finish your thought. However, there might be another way. In today’s vlog, Dean offers his approach to communication oversteps.

Your Answers Aren’t Right or Wrong

As service professionals, we sometimes get in our own way when we’re on the receiving end of questions from prospects and clients. In today’s post, Pete shares an empowering way to think about Q&A.

The #1 Most Important Thing You Can Do in Interview Prep to Win

There are countless important things to do in your Architecture / Engineering / Construction interviews to win the project, but as we think about it (today, at least) the Number One Most Important is about how you strategize the interview. 

In today’s post, Pete shares his thoughts about how to optimize that strategy.

Stop Wasting Your Team’s Time – Replay

Take a moment and think about how many people in your organization are attending meetings that take too much time, or don’t really make a meaningful difference, or that shouldn’t have been scheduled in the first place.

In today’s repost, Pete shares 6 tips to becoming part of the solution. 

Can You Do Your Elevator Pitch in an Elevator?

Your value proposition needs to get pitched quickly because people are constantly moving. They want to assess and move on. Are you someone they want to hear more from or not?

In today’s post, Dean tests whether his value prop is a true “elevator pitch.”

The Answer vs The Answerer

The Q&A section of a project interview can be a nerve-wracking experience. In today’s vlog, Dean shares his perspective on how to think about what it means to answer a question.

Winning Isn’t the Only Way to Win

Whether in architecture, engineering, construction, or management consulting, in order to get new work, you have to win that work through short-list or oral presentations. 

How Fast Should You Talk

How fast should you talk when you present? And how fast should your team members talk when they present to represent your firm?

It Takes Two to Synergize – Replay

Interview teams want to communicate synergy to their selection community, but they often don’t know how to do it. In today’s repost, Dean talks about the distinction between presence and synergy and how you can communicate synergy among your team.