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Thought leadership from Ross over the years.
When a star performer becomes your practice’s toughest challenge
Every architecture practice values talent.
5 min read
Show, don’t tell: the rule that should shape more than design
Architects understand the rule instinctively: Show, don’t tell.
4 min read
Negotiation is one of architecture’s most undervalued skills
Architecture is full of negotiation.
5 min read
When passion gives way to survival in architectural practice
Architecture does not usually lose people all at once. More often, it wears them down slowly.
4 min read
Architects aren’t in the Buildings business, they’re in the Trust business
Architects tend to think of their work in terms of buildings.
4 min read
Architectural leadership is the discipline of asking better questions
There is a persistent myth in leadership that the leader is the person with the answers.
5 min read
Great architecture needs a culture that allows ideas to matter
Great architecture rarely begins with a sketch.
5 min read
What growth really teaches an architectural practice
Growth has a way of making an architecture practice feel successful before it has necessarily become sustainable.
6 min read
Be the best version of you – why you need a Personal Strategy!
Here are five key ways I’ve found that a personal strategy can make a tangible difference.
4 min read
Is your life really where you want it to be?
How and when to self-reflect on your future, with intent.
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Don’t forget: Your people are your future.
One thing I’ve learned, regardless of age, or circumstance or experience, is that we are all concerned about our future.
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Professional practice – passion or profit?
The dilemma of the creative professional!
4 min read
The 5 dysfunctions of an architecture practice.
The #1 prerequisite for practice success isn’t what you think.
7 min read
Happy New Year! Happy New You?
How to be happier by not making New Year resolutions.
3 min read
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