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PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH
At Ghyabi Consulting &
takes away from the job?
Community projects may be a distraction, she said, but they
Management, an Ormond Beach civil are energizing. “You feel so good about it that it makes you more
firm, Maryam Ghyabi, the CEO and happier with yourself. I don’t think we are here just to take care of
workplace to be attractive, management engineering it makes you feel connected to people.”
workforce. work even harder at their jobs, Ghyabi added. The key, she added,
I preach, then it will be contagious,” she and make an example of it and talk about it and be engaged in it,”
engineering and transportation planning efficient,” she said. “You become more efficient because you become
president, said she believes that for the ourselves and only ourselves. When you give, donate or use your
must be an example to the rest of the
“I really believe that if I live by what
Maryam Ghyabi
what she calls shared value. But what about profits and the time it
said.
Ghyabi has four guiding principles for herself and her staff:
integrity, entrepreneurial, civic-minded and uniqueness.
If the corporate culture is to do social good, employees want to
is to do as you want others to do. “The leadership has to live it
she said. “When you take on projects, the rest of the corporation
can become cheerleaders and can support and help you. That is
important.”
“In everything you do, you are mindful of your surroundings,
whether it is the community you live in or your office or your
colleagues,” she said. “When you do this, it means you will help
others.”
In her case, she spent three years helping to raise funds to
rebuild the I-4 St. Johns River Bridge in 2004, making it safer for
motorists. This is an example of how she expects her employees to
live: by doing things that are good for the community, or creating
Charles Newbery is a freelance journalist and
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