Have you been struggling to resolve disputes, clarify expectations, and set policies that work for principals in your A/E firm? Or would you just like to see how you and your firm stack up in comparison to hundreds and hundreds of other A/E firm principals from around the country? Look no further! The new edition of the most comprehensive study ever undertaken of owners and top managers of U.S. architecture, consulting engineering, and environmental consulting firms—ZweigWhite’s 2007 Principals, Partners & Owners Survey of A/E/P & Environmental Consulting Firms—is now available. It’s the one annual report for, by, and about principals and top managers in U.S. A/E firms, and it’s the only source of inside information on the issues that principals are really concerned with.
Learn what’s normal in terms of principal compensation and perks
Find out what common issues principals in firms like yours are grappling with today
Make sure you’re getting what you’re worth in every way, including company cars and other special benefits
Learn what it takes to become and stay a principal in a firm in this business
Discover what other firms are doing in terms of employment agreements, non-competes, and stock buyback provisions
Find out how principals in firms like yours manage their time and break down their work day
New! For the 2007 edition, we asked principals:
Where they spend their work hours
How many people report to them
How work has affected their personal lives
What issues they wish they’d prepared for
How they’re dealing with challenges
Which resources they turn to for assistance
Have you been struggling to resolve disputes, clarify expectations, and set policies that work for principals in your A/E firm? Are you trying to update your buy-sell agreement, set principals’ salaries and bonuses, or deal with unproductive principals? Are you having trouble reaching agreements on who should become a principal and why? Or would you just like to see how you and your firm stack up in comparison to hundreds and hundreds of other A/E firm principals from around the country?
Look no further! This inside information is for principals, partners, and owners only. It’s the one annual report for, by, and about principals and top managers in U.S. engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting firms. It’s the only source of inside information on the issues that principals are really concerned with—now completely updated for 2007.
Announcing the new edition of the most comprehensive study ever undertaken of owners and top managers of U.S. architecture, consulting engineering, and environmental consulting firms—ZweigWhite’s 2007 Principals, Partners & Owners Survey of A/E/P & Environmental Consulting Firms. You may have read about the Principals, Partners & Owners Survey in ENR, Building Design & Construction, or many other publications. Now find out what they were talking about.
For the 2007 edition, nearly 300 principals from across the United States were questioned about their compensation, perks, privileges, ownership, work habits, professional backgrounds, personal life, and feelings about business practices, fellow principals, and industry issues. Their responses were then tabulated and analyzed.
The result is a new, eye-opening 260-page report covering the roles, responsibilities, risks, and rewards of being a principal. The Principals, Partners & Owners Survey has the lowdown on ownership, stock appreciation, buy/sell agreements, non-compete agreements, voting rights, and more.
Compensation: How much do principals earn? Who says you can’t make any money in the design industry? You might be surprised at what the top earner in the survey brought home last year. Want to see the details? The report has more than 30 tables of comparative data on salaries, bonuses, owner distributions, total compensation, and perks. Want to see where you stack up? Want help setting senior managers’ salaries? Order the survey.
Perks: What’s normal and what’s excessive in the area of “perks” for principals? Here are all the details on who gets what—including vacations, cellular phones, country club memberships, tax preparation, and, of course, company cars and auto allowances.
Roles & responsibilities: You work hard. But is everyone pulling his or her own weight? We show you hours worked per week, chargeability, time spent in different tasks, vacation taken (or not taken), and more. We also asked principals how they felt about their fellow owners. Want the results? They’re in the survey.
These are the issues that affect you. Tap into the collective insight of nearly 300 principals just like you from design and environmental firms coast to coast. What is their outlook for 2007? Should principals be fired for non-performance? How likely is it that a principal will be fired, laid off, or have to take a significant pay cut in the next year? What type of leadership is most likely to make a firm successful? What are the biggest sources of conflict among principals? What are principals’ biggest challenges?
To get the answers to these questions and many more, get the 2007 Principals, Partners & Owners Survey. This one-of-a-kind report will help you resolve controversies and get back to business—today.
Chapter 1 – About the Survey Firm type • Year founded • Region of headquarters office • Number of offices • Staff size • Employee to principal ratio • Legal form of ownership • Majority ownership • Number of owners • ESOPs • 2006 net service revenue • Net service revenue per principal • Prime vs. subconsultant work • Client base • Growth rate • Firm profit • Title/status • Profession • Owners • Region of principal’s office • Office managers • Office space • Age • Race • Gender
Chapter 5 – Perks Pension plans • 401(k) plans • Company cars • Auto allowances • Club memberships • Cellular phones • Preparation of tax returns
Chapter 6 – Work Work habits • Paid time off • Business travel • Billing rates • Time management • Staff management
Chapter 7 – Background Education • Professional registration • Professional associations • Professional background • Background with firm • Politics • Domestic life • Age, race & gender
Chapter 8 – Attitudes Coping with a recession • Outlook • Attitudes toward fellow principals • Firing principals • Career satisfaction • Leaving the firm • Leaving the industry • Retirement
Chapter 9 – Conflict Causes of conflict
Chapter 10 – Challenges Biggest challenges for principals • Resources for advice
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