BQE CORE PRESENTS
Acting Like An Owner:
How to Get Employees to Think and Act Like Owners
Thursday, December 18, 2025
1pm ET | 10am PT
Every firm wants employees who think like owners
Taking initiative, caring about the bottom line, and driving projects forward with purpose. But building that mindset requires more than motivation talks; it demands transparency, financial literacy, and a culture where everyone understands how their work affects the firm’s health.
In this session, CFO Sean Cristea and President Douglas Zabonick will share practical strategies for creating an ownership mentality across your organization — from empowering project managers to make data-driven decisions to connecting staff performance with firm-wide success. Attendees will learn how to align leadership, operations, and culture to build a firm that thrives on shared accountability and long-term value.
Guest Speakers:
- Sean Cristea, CFO, Cuschieri Horton Architects
- Douglas Zabonick, President, Patriot Engineering and Environmental Inc.
During this session, you'll learn:
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Apply firm-wide financial transparency strategies that encourage staff to take ownership of project performance and profitability.
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Implement leadership practices that connect individual responsibility to firm mission and client outcomes.
3
Develop metrics and dashboards that translate complex financial data into clear, actionable insights for all team members.
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Design operational systems and incentives that reinforce accountability while advancing the firm’s health, safety, and welfare obligations to clients and communities. .
ABOUT BQE: A PROUD HOST OF THIS WEBINAR
You didn’t start your firm to chase timesheets, juggle spreadsheets, or guess at profitability. You did it to make an impact, through great design, strong leadership, and a thriving team.
That’s why we built BQE CORE, the all-in-one firm management software created by architects and engineers to simplify how A&E firms run. From time tracking to billing, project management to accounting, CORE brings it all together in one intuitive platform.
Join the thousands of firms using CORE to save time, increase profitability, and get back to the work that matters. Book a demo to see how CORE can help your firm run smarter.