Dina Bandman Goldstone decided to implement a design stipend to help expand her team members’ horizons and inspire them to contribute to the firm in new ways. Here, she explains how you can do it too.

Before the pandemic, I had a small team—me and three other women. Dina Bandman Interiors was still a new business when I decided to take the team to Round Top with me. I was like, “I’ll pay for the flights and food, and we all have to stay in a hotel together.” We had a great time, and I remember thinking,
“I want to make this a more permanent thing, but I don’t always want to have to be the ‘parent’ on the trip.”

An elegant tearoom by Dina Bandman InteriorsJohn Merkl