Jeremy Meyer Seized The Opportunity to Make an Impact!
People who win the Opportunistic award are individuals who demonstrate ownership when challenges occur and readily build relationships to get results. In Q4, we saw this demonstrated by Jeremy in multiple ways. He took on the responsibility of hiring for Clean Laundry and Clickstop where we saw him learn rapidly and eagerly.
He quickly became comfortable with proactively providing support to hiring managers and adapted quickly to market-specific needs while adjusting to a new structure on his team. He saw the challenge of hiring combined with other responsibilities as an opportunity and organized work to achieve the best results.
Amid the work, he continued to cultivate relationships with teammates to ensure excellent support to leaders, individuals and those responsible for hiring.
The Interview
What is your role at Clickstop?
Director of Communications
How long have you worked at Clickstop?
6 ½ years
What makes this recognition meaningful to you?
I’m always trying to add value where I can and look for opportunities to learn, grow and improve. It’s all for nothing if that work isn’t producing meaningful results for our business. Receiving this award is recognition of work that is adding value. That feels really good.
How are the behaviors within this Core Trait critical for our ongoing success?
Recognizing opportunity requires awareness of outcomes. When we focus on outcomes, we begin to see our work in relation to the destination rather than just what’s in front of us. It helps us be agile and creative in the work. For instance, if we’re only focused on the steps of a process and not the outcomes the process is intended to produce, we’re going to be slow to adapt and grow. Variables will change and the process will become inefficient or altogether ineffective. Focusing on the outcomes leads to innovation of processes when they become unfruitful in achieving the desired results.
Within our Core Values, what is one area you are seeking growth? What difference will it make?
I want to seek greater innovation in my work related to employee engagement. What has been done is good and there is room for improvement. I don’t want to measure the results by the standard of what’s good. I want to measure it by the standard of what’s exceptional. That’s going to require me becoming more strategic.
What should people know about working at Clickstop?
We have a great culture, and I believe we have room to grow in our pursuit of excellence. There’s a hunger for this excellence that I come across often in my team members. The results we’re achieving are not a coincidence. The amount of activity and ownership present in each team is substantial. We need to continue challenging each other to improve in every behavior related to our Core Values. This requires stepping outside of comfort zones. I see more and more team members challenging each other in this way.
There’s a difference between appreciating great culture and taking ownership to drive great culture. Most people appreciate great culture, but not as many people appreciate the responsibility to own it and drive it forward. We have that expectation of ownership, and it’s a core part of what has made Clickstop a great place to work.
Do you dance when no one is looking?
I do. And sometimes I dance when people are looking but they typically turn away quickly. It can get uncomfortable. lol
You’re in the circus, would you rather be the person with their head inside the lion’s mouths or get shot out of the cannon?
Cannon. I have heard a few stories and seen a few videos of animals attacking in situations like that. Not once have I thought about the person and said, “Man, that stinks but the attempt was totally worth it.” Nope. Every time I think, “You had that coming.” Zero appreciation for the attempt.
What is one thing you loved as a child that today’s kids would know nothing about?
Saturday morning cartoons. The excitement of not having school, grabbing my bowl of cereal, turning on the TV and exploring multiple channels that had a cartoon playing.
In what situation or place would you feel the most out of place?
In the women’s bathroom.