Blueprints for Leadership: A Series of Workshops (2 LUs)
Empowering Architects at Every Stage of Their Career
Blueprints for Leadership is a dynamic series of workshops designed to help architects build essential skills in strategic thinking, business acumen, and effective management. Led by top experts in their fields, each session offers premium instruction and meaningful networking opportunities.
Future sessions are still being finalized but may include topics on self-leadership, leading high-performing teams, project management, personal branding, and more!
Whether you're just starting out or looking to refine your leadership toolkit, these sessions are crafted to support your growth. Attend one or attend them all-each workshop stands alone but together forms a comprehensive professional development experience.
#4 blueprints for professional presence
Building Connection Through Great Communication
In architecture, strong technical knowledge and design expertise are essential — but it’s the human side of practice that often determines project success, client satisfaction, and firm culture. As architectural teams become more interdisciplinary, fast-paced, and relationship-driven, soft skills and emotional intelligence are no longer optional — they’re core professional competencies.
This interactive session with Stacey Hiramoto, SHRM-CP, Senior HR Consultant, with Hawaii Employers Council, focuses on the people skills architects rely on every day: communicating clearly with clients and consultants, navigating feedback and conflict, recognizing bias, and building trust within teams. Through practical examples rooted in real workplace scenarios, participants will explore how emotional intelligence and effective communication support better collaboration, stronger leadership, and healthier firm environments.
Whether you’re an emerging professional, project architect, or firm leader, this program provides tools to strengthen working relationships at every level and contribute to an Employer of Choice culture within architectural practice.
Participants will explore how to:
- Understand the role of emotional intelligence in architectural teams and leadership.
- Apply effective communication fundamentals to improve collaboration with clients, consultants, and internal teams.
- Recognize and mitigate bias to support inclusive and respectful design environments.
- Navigate feedback, conflict, and difficult conversations common in project-driven work.
- Build strong, trust-based working relationships across disciplines and organizational levels.
- Develop skills that reinforce a positive firm culture and help architecture practices attract and retain talent.
Come ready to reflect, engage, and walk away with practical skills that can be used immediately in your work and team environments.
DATE: Friday, February 27
TIME: Workshop: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Pau Hana: 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WHERE: Center for Architecture, 828 Fort Street Mall, Suite 100, Honolulu
COST: $75 (Includes workshop and Pau Hana networking)
CEU: TBD
PARKING: Click here for parking suggestions
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