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Ep 135: Employee Takeover

October 1, 2023 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 135: Employee Takeover - architectural skill development and job training

It was podcast Episode 130: Employee Evaluations, and Andrew and I were discussing the process and criteria used to assess and measure an individual employee’s performance when we made the point that there would be value in creating a process where … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Career, Design Studio, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Interviews, Office, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, architectural studio, career, conversations, design studio, Do you want to be an Architect, great to work with architects, Podcast

Ep 134: Management 101

September 17, 2023 by Bob Borson 4 Comments

stress management

It happens to most people eventually, some get there quickly, while others take a bit longer. Transitioning into a management role is a natural evolution of skill development but that doesn’t necessarily make it any easier. Chances are you're ready … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Blog, Career, Episodes, Office, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, architectural studio, career, Podcast

Ep 133: Ask the Show Fall 2023

September 4, 2023 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

architect watching their building being torn down

We get asked a lot of good questions here on the show – they come up in the comment section, they are emailed to us, and sometimes we get stopped at conventions and panel discussions. Some questions come with enough frequency that we select them for … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Career, Episodes, Graphics, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: Architecture and Society, career, conversations, design studio, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast

Ep 132: Starting Architecture School Part 2

August 20, 2023 by Andrew Hawkins 1 Comment

EP 132 Architecture Student thinking about forms and spaces

You have made the decision where to study architecture. You've chosen the architecture school and your degree path. So now what? How much work is this going to be? Do I need to start preparing now to be equipped to do certain things and have specific … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Architecture School, Design Studio, Do you want to be an Architect?, Education, Episodes, Podcast Tagged With: architectural studio, Architecture School, design studio, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast

Ep 131: Starting Architecture School Part 1

August 6, 2023 by Andrew Hawkins 1 Comment

So you are thinking about starting architecture school or looking to study architecture. What are your options for schools? Are you just weeks away from starting your first semester of college architecture school? What’s it going to be like? How hard … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architecture School, Design Studio, Do you want to be an Architect?, Education, Episodes, Life in General, Podcast, Schools of Architecture Tagged With: architectural studio, Architecture School, design, design studio, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast

Ep 130: Employee Evaluations

July 23, 2023 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

waiting in line outside of the human resources department

Performance Appraisal, Performance Review – call them what you will but we all know what they are, most likely we have received them, chances are that you might even have given one before. What sort of role do they play? Are they helpful? Do you … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Career, Episodes, Observations, Office, Podcast Tagged With: architects office, career, Podcast

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