Where Leadership Is Learned, Not Assumed

The Challenge

Design and engineering professionals are promoted into leadership based on their technical skills. Then they are expected to lead firms, manage people, win clients, and navigate complexity with no formal training in how to do any of it.

Professional development is not optional. It is the difference between firms that scale with intention and firms that grow until they break.

Our Core Programs

Redefining an Understanding of Leadership

Leadership is not management. Management maintains systems. Leadership transforms them.

This five-month cohort teaches the fundamentals: how to lead people, not just manage tasks. Decision frameworks under pressure. Building culture that aligns with strategy. Communication that moves organizations. Self-awareness as a leadership foundation.

Format: Five months. Cohorts limited to 15 participants.

Who Should Attend: Academy program leaders, real estate developers, built environment investors, emerging principals, new partners, anyone stepping into leadership for the first time or seeking to lead with greater clarity.

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Creating Business Development as a Culture

Most firms rely on 10-20% of their people to bring in 100% of new work. That model is fragile, unsustainable, and limits growth.

This program makes business development a shared responsibility and cultural practice. You learn systems that distribute business development across the firm, client relationship strategies that scale beyond individuals, and positioning that differentiates in crowded markets.

Format: Cohort-based. Limited to 25 participants per cohort.

Who Should Attend: Firm leaders, developers, partners, and principals tired of being the only ones bringing in work. Principals building the next generation of client-facing leaders. Anyone responsible for growth.

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Executing Effective Change Management 

Markets shift. Technology accelerates. Client expectations evolve. Organizations don’t fail because change is hard. They fail because they do not know how to manage it.

This program equips leaders with frameworks to manage organizational change without breaking culture, burning out teams, or sacrificing what matters. Diagnosing readiness. Building coalitions. Communication strategies that reduce resistance. Implementation rhythms that stick.

Format: Cohort-based. Program details being finalized.

Who Should Attend: Leaders navigating technology adoption, market pivots, mergers, succession, or cultural transformation.

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Why Cohort-Based Learning

Peer Accountability
Your cohort becomes your advisory board. You bring real challenges. They ask hard questions. You leave with clarity.

Sustained Engagement
Learning happens over months, not days. Concepts are introduced, applied, refined, and integrated into how you lead.

Relationships That Endure
The connections you build in your cohort outlast the program. These become the peers you call when facing decisions alone.

Applied, Not Theoretical
Every session connects to decisions you are making now. Frameworks tested in current practice, not case studies from decades ago.

Program Demand

Limited cohort sizes ensure depth over scale. Quality over quantity. Transformation over credentials.

If you are ready to develop leadership capacity, apply early.

Why This Matters

The organizations that will lead the next decade will not be the ones with the best design talent. They will be the ones with the best leadership.

Leadership is the constraint. It is also the opportunity.

Professional development is not about credentials. It is about capability. The capability to lead with conviction, navigate complexity, and build organizations that learn faster than conditions change.

Begin the Conversation

Tell us where you stand. What leadership gaps are holding your organization back?

We will meet you there with proven programs, peers who have done the work, and the conviction that leadership can be learned.