The Architecture of Vision
Leadership in Your Professional Practice
The Architecture of Vision
Leadership in Your Professional Practice
Park and Shuck — SMPS Fellows and Weld Coxe Marketing Achievement Award recipients — share their insights into the nature of leadership and leadership development, providing a framework based on three pillars: Inspiration, Innovation, and Integrity. Aimed at the needs of the firm and aspiring leaders, they share real-world, contemporary examples of how to become more aware, accepting, and actionable on a path to becoming a visionary leader in a professional service firm.
The idea behind The Architecture of Vision came from a belief that individuals and organizations can enhance leadership by focusing on three essential pillars — Inspiration, Innovation, and Integrity. With an understanding and development of fundamental traits related to each pillar — through a practice of awareness, acceptance, and action — each of us can become visionary leaders. This leadership development process benefits the individual, their firm, their clients, and their communities. The book provides a framework, methodology, and assessment tools to give your firm the edge while building a collaborative, creative, and consensus-driven growth-focused leadership culture. Aspiring and emerging leaders will find new insights, direction, and actionable steps to take their careers to the next level. Including input and observations from 25 A/E/C industry leaders, the authors have also included personal assessment tools to aid readers on their own personal leadership development path.
What You Will Learn
Key Takeaways
- Understand the three pillars of visionary leadership: Inspiration, Innovation, and Integrity
- Develop awareness, acceptance, and action as a personal leadership development framework
- Learn from the insights of 25 A/E/C industry leaders sharing real-world experience
- Apply eighteen leadership characteristics to your own professional practice
- Use personal assessment tools to chart your own leadership development path
Who Should Read This
Written for both experienced leaders (Veterans, Boomers, Xers) considering transition and younger generations (Millennial/Y, Z, Alpha) of aspiring leaders. Essential for individuals seeking to become better leaders and for firms seeking a framework for leadership development in the A/E/C and professional services industries.
Contents
- 01The Three Pillars: Inspiration, Innovation, and Integrity
- 02Awareness: Understanding the Leadership Persona
- 03Acceptance: Embracing Your Leadership Path
- 04Action: Becoming a Visionary Leader
- 05The Eighteen Leadership Characteristics
- 06Insights from 25 A/E/C Industry Leaders
- 07Personal Leadership Assessment Tools
About the Author
Craig Park & Barbara Shuck
SMPS Fellows, Weld Coxe Marketing Achievement Award Recipients
Craig Park, FSMPS, Assoc. AIA has been active in the building industry for more than 40 years, holding strategic marketing leadership roles for firms in design, engineering consulting, contracting, and manufacturing. A Fellow and past national president of SMPS, he is the recipient of the Weld Coxe Marketing Achievement Award and the William B. Hankinson Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Barbara Shuck, FSMPS, CPSM, is a veteran A/E/C strategist, writer, thought leader, innovator, trainer, and mentor with more than 35 years of proven expertise. A Fellow and past national president of SMPS, she is also a recipient of the Weld Coxe Marketing Achievement Award.
What Readers Are Saying
Current and aspiring leaders will benefit from the insights and practical leadership assessment tools this ground-breaking book provides.
An assessment and training on the key traits necessary to be a leader in the A/E/C industry is long overdue. The authors spell out real steps we can implement to grow leaders in our firms.
This is not merely a great book on leadership — this is a fresh and highly valuable resource about effective leadership in the A/E/C industry that will transform your career path!
The authors reach far beyond conventional leadership teaching by providing research-based, practical insights for today's time-strapped service professionals. It's filled with helpful new ideas, shareable resources, and expert contributor viewpoints.
Not only does this new book define the traits of effective leadership, but it also offers great tips for practicing and refining your abilities. It is appropriate for any professional looking to bring their A-game to an organization.
Park and Shuck have compiled a roster of compelling voices whose stories are profound. Current and future A/E/C leaders will be lucky to have this guide to what it really takes to lead.
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