Q1 2019 Enthusiastic Award Winner: Heather Hansen Enthusiasm is essential in creating an environment where team spirit and greatness are alive and well. Team members we recognize for this trait tend to be those who bring energy, creativity and an “others” focus.  They possess a desire to grow and encourage their co-workers to do the […]

Q1 2019 Decisive Award Winner: Kara Roehr Decisiveness is action.  It requires courage, objectivity, open communication and ultimately, choosing to act.  It’s intentionally deciding to progress us towards the goal. When observing the individual contributor, the trait in action appears as one who re-imagines situations to discover best solutions to challenges, makes tough decisions without

Q1 Safety Award Winner: Jenny Rapp Each day we head to work, we go with the belief that we will return at the end of the day in the same condition as when we left.  We trust in the safety of our environment and in the commitment of the people around us to do things

Q1 2019 Rock Star: Sara Alden We work hard to create and sustain an environment where our employees can thrive.  To thrive is to grow and develop well, personally and professionally.  It’s progress towards the goals of the person and the business.  The Fuel for Growth Development within the values that unite us is the

Q4 Safety Award Winner: Marty DeHeck “If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it again?” – John Wooden  While stacking a pallet, there were a few packages misaligned with the others.  Looking at the rest of the pallet, you wouldn’t think it much of an issue. 

Q4 Core Value Award: Communicate Openly With Confidence & Respect “When a person speaks, it is he or she who is speaking, not some mechanical word generator—there is a person behind it, one who has lived and loved, laughed and cried, learned and forgotten. And as a result, obvious as it may sound, he or

Q4 Core Value Award: Be Adventurous, Embrace & Drive Change “If we take a step despite feeling uncomfortable, afraid, or inadequate, our comfort zones expand. We grow in strength and skill. What we consider normal for us changes, sometimes radically…Doing hard things is how we exercise our bodies, our minds, and our faith.  Small hard

Q4 2018 Core Value Winner: Be Adventurous, Embrace & Drive Change It seems that adventure and challenge go together.  Think about it, what we’re accustomed to doing becomes the norm.  Say I climb Mt. Everest each day.  Risky, right?  Well, the familiarity of the risk eventually lessens the challenge and the adventurous feeling it creates.

Q4 2018 Core Value Winner: Promote A Winning Team Spirit Camaraderie seems to grow as team members take greater ownership over the success of the team.  “That’s not my job”, “I’m too busy”, “It won’t work”, or “I can’t believe THEY are planning to do this” are statements that isolate team members and kill productivity.