"Maintaining Your Firm's Financial Health" with Patrick MacLeamy, Former CEO at HOK

<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Architects by nature are more left-brained... creative and imaginative in their thinking.</span> B<strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">ut what happens when an architect becomes a CEO or Principal and has to use more right-brain thinking like numbers and reason.</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;">You can see how this can become a problem for architects who take on ownership roles at a firm. </span></strong></span></p> <p>Architects need financial education that just isn't taught in school.</p> <p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Patrick MacLeamy has leadership experience in the Design Industry to help teach architects and engineers the business side of running a firm.</span></p> <p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Patrick spent 50 years at HOK - starting as a Junior Designer at HOK St. Louis in 1967, later becoming Principal at the San Francisco office, COO in 1997, and finally CEO in 2003. He ran the firm for 13 years, helping it grow into one of the top architecture and engineering firms in the world!</span></p> <p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">He is also currently a Chairman at <a href= "https://www.buildingsmart.org/">buildingSMART</a> and the host of the <a href="https://gablmedia.com/show/buildsmart/">Build Smart Podcast</a>.</span></p> <p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">In this episode...</span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Patrick first discusses how firm leaders can cope with COVID-19 and other uncertain economic times... How to make budget cuts? How to approach financial decisions as a team?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Patrick then teaches us about the <strong>3 rules for financial health</strong> at a Design Firm. These rules can be found in his new book <a href= "https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Designing+a+World+Class+Architecture+Firm%3A+The+People%2C+Stories%2C+and+Strategies+Behind+HOK-p-9781119685302"> Designing a W