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Your Craft Your Climb

# Articles on Leadership for AEC Firms

Writings on business craft, leadership, and the climb.

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Guideposts · May 5, 2026

## Battle of the Sexes and Generational Divides

How to avoid being generally right but specifically wrong when making decisions about people.

Read Battle of the Sexes and Generational Divides

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Guideposts · May 3, 2026

## How to Stop Being the Bottleneck in Your Own Business

Trade activity for assets — and let your business outgrow your bandwidth

Read How to Stop Being the Bottleneck in Your Own Business

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Guideposts · May 3, 2026

## A Better Framework for Business Decision Making

Not all decisions are created equal

Read A Better Framework for Business Decision Making

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Guideposts · May 2, 2026

## Building Company Culture That Actually Works

Why culture is a story — and how to tell one worth following

Read Building Company Culture That Actually Works

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Guideposts · May 2, 2026

## How to Motivate Employees (Hint: You Probably Can’t)

Stop fueling the machine — start designing the conditions

Read How to Motivate Employees (Hint: You Probably Can’t)

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Guideposts · April 27, 2026

## What Makes a Good (Business) Leader?

A practitioner's take on business leadership

Read What Makes a Good (Business) Leader?

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Guideposts · April 27, 2026

## Mental Models and First Principles Thinking

A strategic thinking guide for leaders of small and mid-sized businesses

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Book Preview · April 10, 2026

## Vantage Points

People Aren't as Crazy as We'd Like to Assume

Read Vantage Points

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Book Preview · February 20, 2026

## Levers of Control

The Four That Control Any Business

The question isn't whether a business is pulling each of these levers, but how? Every business is working with four variables: Energy, Unify, Resistance, and Yield.

Read Levers of Control

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