Every architecture, engineering, and environmental consulting firm leader knows that talented, motivated, and dedicated personnel are the key to a firm's success. The challenge, however, is not only attracting the best personnel, but also retaining, motivating, and cultivating that talent amidst the ongoing reality of position eliminations, salary freezes, and travel restrictions. In these challenging times, retaining and even more importantly motivating the best and the brightest talent requires firm leaders to continue to take the extra steps to create a great workplace—from compensation, benefits, recognition programs, training, social atmosphere, and firm culture that continues to inspire ongoing commitment.

This year's Best Firm to Work For Summit promises to deliver the most critical information and solutions—with more keynote presentations and intensive focus sessions designed to provide the current tips, strategies, and tactics today's architecture, engineering and environmental consulting firm leaders and human resource professionals need to survive in the current competitive environment.

Presented by CE News, Structural Engineer, The Zweig HR Letter and the Environmental Business Journal, the two-day conference will explore topics such as retaining top talent in tough times, workforce planning in an economic downturn, firm cultures that motivate and inspire commitment, retooling your current workforce, diversification strategies, staffing and cash flow, managing overhead, training and workforce development, benefits integration, legal issues, and best practices, as well as provide unlimited networking opportunities for all involved in the business of architecture, engineering, and environmental consulting.
 
2009 Themes
• Doing More with Less: Maintaining Productivity, Profitability, and Morale with Limited Resources
• Nuts and Bolts: Tools and Tactics for Creating Successful and Financially Responsible Programs and Processes
• Training and Development: How the Best Firms To Work For Motivate and Engage Employees in Tough Times
• Employee/Management Relations: The Ongoing Importance of Culture in Great Workplaces

Where
Embassy Suites
Chicago, IL

When
September 22-23, 2009
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What's included
Your registration fee includes two days of inspiring keynote speakers and intensive learning sessions, conference workbook, breakfasts, luncheons, refreshments, a special awards reception, and unlimited networking with some of the best and brightest AEC professionals.

Who will be there:
• Architecture and engineering firm
• Presidents
• CEOs
• CFOs
• COOs
• Principals
• Vice Presidents
• Chief Administrators
• Human Resource Directors
• Benefit Managers
• Public Relations Managers
• Communications Directors
• Marketing Directors
• Business Development Managers and any other leader who wants to learn the essential elements for attracting and retaining the "best in business" in order to maintain the firm's continuing growth and success