Bob's Thought for the Week

Most of you may know the name Jeremy Foley. If not, he is the athletic director at the University of Florida who recently announced his retirement. Jeremy has done an incredible job with the entire athletic program at UF beginning in 1992. In what could be described as the most competitive conference in America, the Southeastern Conference, Jeremy has lead Florida to the number one ranking in the conference 24 out of the last 25 years. Foley has 27 National Championship teams to his credit and UF has never finished under 7th in the national all sports ranking under his tenure.

Jeremy started at UF as an intern in the ticket office.  He came to UF from a nondescript school and with a nondescript degree.  No fancy pedigree here, just a regular guy. He worked a lot of hours. He studied his trade. He always asked himself "How can Iget better?"  He set lofty goals. His mantra was "Mediocrity is not acceptable in college athletics".

For people that know Jeremy, words like passionate,competitive, and humble come to mind. For someone looking in from the outside, Ibelieve CONSISTENCY is the hallmark of his career. To have the top athletic program in the Southeastern Conference 24 out of the last 25 years is unheard of.

So it is the consistency of Jeremy's work that has been the hardest to achieve.

Here at Williams Company those same expectations of consistency in delivering a high level of service to our clients is what has made us successful! Day after day, week after week, month after month,year after year, our team receives raving reviews from our clients for a job well done. This consistent performance is not easy. It takes incredible focus, dogged determination, a lot of common sense, and a strong sense of urgency to succeed every day. Consistency doesn't have to do with talent, it has to do with will.

And that in a nutshell is who we have decided to be here at Williams Company. Whether you are an accountant, a Superintendent, a PM, an IT guy, a Pre-Con manager, an admin or an executive, we have all made the conscious decision to be consistently awesome at what we do...every single day!

Iapplaud all of you for making that commitment!