KLJ

they do. Growing and developing our staff and working together to ensure our people have the opportunities to accomplish their career goals is part of this approach and a priority. Another part of this approach is a large focus on management development and leadership training within the organization. “Another key component is work/life balance. That’s also encouraged here – we have support systems in place to make sure those efforts are effective. It’s hard to do in this industry, because we’re so deadline driven, but I think KLJ does a wonderful job of making those options for work/ life balance a priority for our employees. And we do envision increased flexibility for working from home as an option as we continue to plan for post-pandemic. Innovation, which also ties into diversity, is also important when it comes to our people. We’re in the development stages of creating an initiative, where we’ll be reaching out to all our employees to tap into their cutting-edge, entrepreneurial ideas that can bring KLJ to the next level as an organization and support our growth strategy.” BVM: What are the future goals for KLJ? Spindler: “I believe we are going to continue to be the employer of choice. where the best talent grows, thrives, and makes a continued positive impact on our clients and communities.” Schuchard: “If I were to sum up our strategy in one phrase, it would be: to manage and sustain growth. That’s important for KLJ for a number of reasons. Mostly, because it creates more opportunities for our staff in terms of career pathing and working on some complex and pretty cool projects. And that translates into building a strong team that is better able to serve our customers. So, it’s not growth at all costs, it’s a very managed scenario that is vital to our success. The focus going forward is on our number one asset, our people.”