Leading A Design Firm

This CE course equips leaders, principals, and project managers in design firms with the skills and insights needed to guide their teams effectively. It emphasizes leadership characteristics, firm structures, financial survival, communication, and conflict resolution to ensure project excellence and business sustainability.

🕒 1 & 1/2 CE HOURS   

CREDIT DESIGNATION: LU| HSW          

Date of course creation/update: 04/21/2025

Course Approval NO:  522MCARP

Education Pathways, LLC provider #10121561, is approved as an AIA Continuing Education Provider by the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. AIA provider approval period: 02/05/2026–02/05/2027. Architects completing this course receive 1 & 1/2 continuing education credits as designated by AIA.

This online reading-based asynchronous distance learning course :

Explores the responsibilities of leaders in architectural and design firms, including team organization, staffing, financial management, and delivery options. Participants will examine communication strategies, change management, and dispute resolution methods. The course emphasizes practical leadership approaches that empower teams, balance risks, and maintain design intent. By the end, participants will be prepared to lead their firms with clarity, confidence, and resilience.

 

Learning Objectives: 

  1. Identify basic characteristics of successful leaders.

  2. Determine leadership responsibilities in an architectural firm.

  3. Examine team structures for project delivery.

  4. Differentiate between ASIs, change orders, and construction change directives.

  5. Discuss reasons changes occur during projects.

  6. Review methods for resolving system conflicts during construction.

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