The Kforce Story: 50 Plus Years of Great People Delivering Great Results

PIP Trips Every year, Kforce associates who reach the top 10 percent on the performance ladder are invited to go on the PIP— Performance Incentive Program—trips. These trips have been a key ingredient to Kforce’s tradition of retention by rewarding performance since the earliest days at both Source Services and Romac. They started out small, sometimes at Dave Dunkel’s vacation home in New Hampshire, some in nearby Orlando. As Kforce has grown and become more successful, the trips have gone to more exotic and elegant locations from sun-drenched Maui, Cabo San Lucas, Grand Cayman, and the island of Kaua’i to historic London, England, and the seaside resort of Monte Carlo along the French Riviera. They include a business meeting as well as a dinner and awards program but the highlight for most people—other than the trip itself—is Dave Dunkel’s trademark entrances. “I’ve been brought in on a rope, a boat, a jet ski, playing a guitar, and with Hawaiian fire eaters carrying me on a king’s throne,” Dave mused. His favorite trip, however, was the 2008 “trip of a lifetime” to Monte Carlo where his entrance involved being lowered from an eighty-foot ceiling while engaging in a James Bond style shoot-out. One of the surprises they arranged for the awards dinner was a fireworks show they were to view through the opened roof of the hotel Salle des Etoiles. There was just one glitch. Dave got the last-minute word from the hotel staff that the prince of Monaco was having a party and they couldn’t set off the fireworks until the party was over. “I got to the end of the program and, in order to stall, I ended up doing a soliloquy, just kind of reminiscing, and people were probably wondering why I was rambling on,” Dave said. Finally, he noticed that the roof was starting to open. He pointed to the ceiling and to everyone’s surprised delight, a fantastic display of light and color lit up the Monte Carlo sky as the fireworks got underway.

Left Above: Glenda Brodrick-Hart of G. Brodrick and Associates, pictured here with Judy Genshino-Kelly and Ray Morganti, is responsible for making the excellent arrangements for many of Kforce’s PIP trips. Left Below: Phil and Debbie Bank walk the red carpet to the awards dinner in Monte Carlo.

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