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ON THE MOVE NEWWESTWOOD VPS ANNOUNCED: WITTSTOCK AND POWELL Westwood Professional Services, Inc. (Hot Firm #9 and Best Firm-Multidiscipline #32 for 2015), announced the appointments of Corridor Division Director, Jay Wittstock , PS, CFedS, and Land Division Director, Bryan Powell , PE, to positions of vice president. “I am pleased to welcome Jay and Bryan to the executive team. They have led and grown their respective offices and divisions with much success,” President/CEO Paul Greenhagen says. “Their leadership and management skills are great assets to Westwood as we continue to grow.” Both Wittstock and Powell were appointed leaders of their respective divisions in 2015. Wittstock managed Westwood’s St. Cloud, Minnesota, office operations for four years, after which he transitioned to lead the firm’s national survey services and corridor division. As a professional land surveyor in multiple states and certified federal surveyor, Wittstock has more than 30 years of industry experience, working for both public and private clients. He joined Westwood in 2005 and is serving his third term on the board of directors. Powell is a registered professional civil engineer and was hired to establish Westwood’s Dallas- Fort Worth, Texas office operations six years ago. He has more than 17 years of industry experience and a proven track record for driving successful projects, ranging from simple one- acre commercial developments to complex 2,000-acre mixed use communities. PAUL COSSELL APPOINTED AS NEW CEO AT ISG ISG announced that Paul Cossell will take over as

the company’s new CEO, succeeding David Lawther who stepped down from the role after a 10-year tenure. Paul Cossell has been at ISG for 20 years, and managing director of ISG’s highly- successful Fit Out and Engineering Services business since 2011. Cossell has overseen the transformation of ISG’s Fit Out business to be the market leader in London. He was also the driving force behind ISG’s rapid entry into the international data center construction market. Last year, Cossell’s business was recognised by the Chartered Management Institute as one of the UK’s Top 50 rated companies for productivity. Commenting on Cossell’s appointment, outgoing CEO, David Lawther, said: “I am pleased to leave the company at a time when it faces a new and exciting future as a private entity. Paul has an impressive track record of growing profitable businesses in ISG and I wish him the very best in his new role. I have every confidence that the company will go from strength to strength under his leadership.” Cossell commented: “I feel incredibly privileged to be appointed CEO of this great business as we embark upon the next stage of our journey under private ownership. We are by nature ambitious and innovative at ISG, and under our new ownership we have the opportunity for significant growth. We will build on our market- leading credentials to be recognised as the best brand in the construction sector, offering an unbeatable customer experience. “I’d like to take this opportunity to thank David for the great contribution he has made to ISG after 15 years with the business and wish him the very best for the future.”

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5)They are constantly looking to hire. Unusually successful people know they are no better than the weakest member of their team. So they are constantly trying to bolster their teams. And that means virtually every single person they meet they’ll be evaluat- ing as a potential hire. And if the initial impression is good they’ll be selling that indi- vidual on coming to work with them. 6)They see opportunity everywhere. The unusually successful people see the opportu- nities that others don’t. They NEVER suffer from a lack of opportunities. But they also know which ones to pursue. And which ones not to. By being able to say “No” they save their energies for the things that have the best potential for payoff. 7)They can multitask and hyper-focus. This takes intelligence but something more. The unusually successful get this better than anyone else. Yes they can juggle a million things – but they can also bear down and get very difficult things fully completed when necessary. 8)They’re “real.” The unusually successful people don’t have to pretend they’re someone else. They are themselves at all times. That helps them get a positive reaction from oth- ers as people like real people. And because they aren’t putting on an act they can always sustain it. And that is essential to their success. If successful people accomplish 20 times what average people do, unusually successful people accomplish 20 times what successful people do. Who do you want to emulate? MARK ZWEIG is Zweig Group’s founder and CEO. Contact him at mzweig@zweiggroup.com.

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