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Fresh Starts and Evolutionary Growth

As we welcomed a new year, leaving 2021 and entering 2022, it felt like a fresh start. The previous year’s uncontrollable fluctuation of world public health, politics, social change, and personal introspection seemed to slowly melt away so that we could forge a future of new paths and opportunities. At the midpoint of Evolution25, we began to slip into our stride, getting comfortable with new strategic roles; new practice groups; and investments in design excellence, expertise, innovation, and collaborative engagement.

This past year we concentrated on continued growth in sectors and markets, while maintaining our focus on design excellence, leveraging collaboration for expertise-driven solutions, and seeking balance and stability to foster equilibrium and mental health. We welcomed new team members in Greensboro and Asheville and are better positioned to serve the entire North Carolina region by sharing our deep talents across the firm. This investment in evolutionary growth has been fantastic! We discussed and explored better ways to demonstrate and live our Values, with intentional emphasis on Balance, Empowerment, and Stewardship. We also explored leadership concepts to connect purpose and impact to our work, remove obstacles to achieve professional growth, and share the opportunity to lead as an organization. These themes will continue to advance us as individuals and a collective firm body.

Most importantly in 2022, we shared and listened more than ever before through academy, surveys, and town halls. Through these pathways, we have recognized the best of what we offer to each other, our clients, and our community. We also learned that there is room to grow and improve as we work to find out how we best innovate, how we can better collaborate, and how we can celebrate and take care of each of our valued colleagues. I am excited for the work ahead that will sharpen our skills to be the best that we can be.

We are a firm of great value, uniquely designed, and purposefully made. We are poised to continue our good work, our service to our community, and our genuine care and love for each other. 2022 was an exceptional year in the continued evolution of our firm. Thank you for what you do and for continuing to look to the future with the promise that the best is yet to come.