Connect Conference
April 2022
From April 28 through April 30, more than 1,400 Robins & Morton team members and their families gathered at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort in Orlando for the company’s 2022 Building Forward® Connect event.
From April 28 through April 30, more than 1,400 Robins & Morton team members and their families gathered at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort in Orlando for the company’s 2022 Building Forward® Connect event.
Building Forward® Connect is Robins & Morton’s own conference-style event that invites all its salaried team members to learn from each other, connect as a team and reinforce Robins & Morton’s collaborative and family-like culture. This companywide learning opportunity represents every division and department, and includes informational booths, breakout sessions and a closing town hall with the leadership team. It is a result of Robins & Morton’s Building Forward® approach, rooted in the company’s culture of caring.
This year’s event kicked off Thursday with a happy hour booth exhibition showcasing departments and several vendor partners. Day two held multiple breakout sessions, a companywide technology session, and a keynote session by mindset expert Ricky Kalmon. That night, team members and their families met for a fireworks and sweets event at Epcot. The final day brought team member awards, followed by a final breakout session, and finished with a leadership town hall.
“It was an impressive event,” Robins & Morton Concrete Senior Superintendent Clay Hamby said of his first Building Forward® Connect event. “Robins & Morton is a company that cares about its people. I’ve been in the construction industry a long time and I enjoyed everywhere I’ve worked, but I found myself wishing I could have spent all that time working with Robins & Morton.”
“We say we’re a family-focused company and Connect is one of the many opportunities we provide to prove it,” Robins & Morton Vice President of People and Development Aimee Comer said. “Our goal is to holistically support our people by supplying them with fulfilling work, a great workplace, and a positive environment for their family to thrive. Our team members are our most valuable resources, and we want everything we do to reflect that.”
About the Artist Mychal Hicks
Mychal has been working at the studio since 2005 and primarily creates portraits of his friends and family. Every portrait is a multi-step process beginning with establishing a relationship, capturing his subject on camera, and then bringing them to life with his own style. He interviews his subjects to include biographical information in his composition, layering this text on the background the work. In each portrait, he shares the lives of his personal community giving us a window into his relationships, his creative process, and his unique experience. He also has an in-depth knowledge of games shows and fast food, which often finds its way into his work in delightful and surprising ways.