Unlock the secrets of world-class design leadership from former HOK CEO Patrick MacLeamy, learning to cultivate talent, embrace innovation, and build lasting client relationships.
Dive into "Leading HOK: World-Class Design w/Patrick MacLeamy" and uncover the secrets behind HOK's phenomenal success as a global architectural powerhouse. Join us as Patrick MacLeamy, former CEO of one of the world's most prominent architecture firms, shares invaluable insights from his fifty-year career, transforming HOK from a single-office entity to an international leader with 27 offices and 2,000 employees.
This course transcends the typical architectural discourse, offering universal leadership and business principles applicable across industries. Discover how focusing on people, fostering innovation, and building authentic client relationships are paramount to achieving world-class results. Patrick shares the profound lessons he learned, from the critical distinction between managing and leading to the strategic importance of marketing and financial acumen in a creative field. You'll gain a unique perspective on navigating organizational growth, cultivating talent, and embracing technological change to stay at the forefront of your industry.
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Patrick illustrates these principles with compelling real-world examples, including the groundbreaking LaGuardia Airport redevelopment, showcasing how bold thinking and deep client understanding can turn monumental challenges into iconic achievements. This course is an essential journey for anyone aspiring to lead with impact, foster a culture of excellence, and deliver truly world-class results.
Motivational & Leadership Speaker
Adam Mendler is a nationally recognized authority on leadership, renowned for his unique ability to deliver perspective-shifting insights shaped by interviewing more than 500 of America’s most successful leaders. The creator and host of the top-rated business and leadership podcast Thirty Minute Mentors, Adam regularly elicits insights from America's top CEOs, founders, athletes, celebrities, and political and military leaders. A keynote speaker to businesses, universities, and non-profit organizations, Adam has written extensively on business and leadership, having authored more than 70 articles published in major media outlets including Forbes, Inc., and HuffPost. A Los Angeles native and lifelong Angels fan, Adam teaches graduate-level courses on leadership at UCLA, serves on the board of UCLA’s Master of Applied Statistics & Data Science program, is an emeritus member of USC’s Board of Governors, and is an advisor to numerous companies and leaders.
Chairman of buildingSMART International, former CEO of HOK, Author
Architect Patrick MacLeamy, FAIA, is Chairman of buildingSMART International, former CEO of HOK and author of Designing a World-Class Architecture Firm: The People, Stories and Strategies Behind HOK. Patrick practiced architecture for 50 years at HOK, one of the top 10 largest architecture/engineering firms in the world. He began there as a “junior designer” and worked his way up, serving as HOK’s CEO and Chairman from 2003-2017. As CEO, Patrick led HOK’s transformation from a firm that struggled to pay its bills and was close to breaking apart, to one that is consistently profitable, with a company culture where people help each other to succeed. Since stepping down in a planned succession, Patrick has been writing a book about the history of HOK and lessons learned along the way that can benefit other architects and creative services professionals. In April 2020, Wiley and Sons will publish the book, which shares a lifetime of architecture and leadership stories and lessons. Patrick is also a founder and the chairman of buildingSMART International, an organization dedicated to developing global digital standards for data exchange in the building and infrastructure industries — standards sorely needed so software programs used by architects, engineers, contractors and owners can “talk” to each other, help catch mistakes and push the envelope of sustainable design. Patrick is best known for what some call the “MacLeamy Curve”, one of the most commonly cited concepts for researchers touting the benefits of Building Information Modeling (BIM). It advocates assigning ample resources and using BIM to test designs early, because it’s cheaper to discover mistakes and make changes when the project is on a computer than when it is under construction.
