Core Values

Demonstrate Courage by Seeking Clarity Whitney courageously embraced some big changes in 2020. She entered into a new role on the Marketing team and committed herself to learning a new team, a new trade, and new systems – contributing effectively outside her area of expertise.  She didn’t allow her inexperience in marketing to stop her from questioning […]

Adam Shouse Pushes Himself to Create Great Impact Big impact occurs as a result of great ownership. Impactful team members achieve the results that align with what’s most meaningful to the organization. In Q3 of 2020, Adam Shouse created a great impact. He is the named account manager on hundreds of active accounts, accumulating several

Aligning Focus on What Matters Most Decisiveness requires courage, humility, curiosity, and objectivity. It’s an exploration that produces timely and effective action.  Dane Denker exemplified this during Q3. In taking a strategic and objective approach to his work, he is setting aside emotion and helping to determine appropriate courses of action. This has been impactful within key manufacturing

Jen Dobel is Supporting Great Teamwork Michael Jordan once said, “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.” Individual talent, however immense, is not enough to overcome the variety of strategies an opposing team can devise. Teamwork utilizes a range of talent, and intelligence refines how it is accomplished. This is where Jen Dobel

Displaying Enthusiasm in Embracing a New Role One’s commitment to the success of a team is demonstrated in identifying opportunities for improvement and moving towards it. With a can-do attitude, our enthusiastic team members demonstrate this behavior. This past quarter, Andrea Oberbroeckling has shown how intensely she cares about Clickstop’s success as she stepped into

Jean Droste’s Enthusiasm is Driving Great Results Enthusiastic employees promote excellence in the work. They’re likely to extend praise for a job well done, but it’s not done in flattery. Enthusiastic employees seek great results and make time to provide recognition when it occurs. If the bar of excellence isn’t met, they’re open with the

Adam Keeps an Eye on Safety Creating a safe work environment is the responsibility of all team members. Our teams have worked to define safe practices, but the rules alone aren’t enough. Disciplined and aware team members operating in alignment with the procedures and identifying opportunities for improvement create the safe environment we’re seeking. Adam

Eric Japenga’s Rock Star Impact Our actions create a ripple effect. It’s why values matter. Values drive behaviors (actions) that drive results. This is the ripple effect. As employees, our actions create a ripple effect that impacts the profitability of the organization.  Sometimes the ripple effect is immediately evident, and sometimes you need to step

Enthusiasm is Much More than Fanfare Enthusiasm plays a direct role in the achievement of great results. Our enthusiastic team members possess a vision of excellence and personally set course to achieve it. Additionally, they proactively encourage their team members to pursue it. When aligned action occurs, they praise it. If the action falls below

Our Q2 ‘Strategic’ Award Winner is Pursuing New Ideas to Improve Performance Being strategic in how you work comes down to making great decisions that lead to growth. When we’re an organization full of people who embody this behavior, we’re making great decisions for the short and long term, anticipating results and adapting when circumstances

Keaton Wanninger Isn’t Afraid to Take the Leap Courage creates movement. Without it, we’re likely to remain stuck in the same place, repeating the same thing for far too long. Eventually, we’d become outdated and irrelevant.   Being courageous positively impacts our results by challenging the status quo. At times, this means addressing tense topics and

Make Tough Decisions Without Second Guessing Them Great decision making takes time to develop and practice to sustain. In order to be effectively decisive, a person first has to be able to identify what governs the choice they’re facing, weigh their options and make a move. Being able to separate what needs to be done