Episode 24: 2022 Best Workplaces in America
2022 Best Workplaces in America
Episode 24: Show Notes
Welcome back to another episode of The Industrial Movement, a show focused on the processes and the equipment that drives American manufacturing. We usually have conversations with other professionals in the industry, but today is a special solo-cast, held by hosts Morty Hodge and Greg Smith. In this episode, listeners will hear about our recent 2022 Best Workplaces in America award and advice for how to help your company win it in the future. We delve into some details about the award, what it takes to become eligible, and the benefits of winning. We explain the importance of creating a company culture and vision, cost-effective ways of maintaining company culture, core values and goals which should form part of any company, how to recruit and work with top talent, the benefits of paying your employees well, and more! Don't miss out on this special episode of The Industrial Movement where you can learn tips and tricks to help your company win the 2023 Best Workplaces in America award.
Key Points From This Episode:
Introduction to today’s topic: a solo-cast about Morty and Greg’s journey to success.
A brief overview of the recent award won by Atlanta Compressor.
Greg tells us about the work being done by Quantum Workplace.
A rundown of the steps required to become eligible for the Best Workplaces in America award.
How Atlanta Compressor won the 2022 Best Workplaces in America award.
A simple and important goal of the company: bringing peace of mind to the customer.
Ways in which this goal expands outside of the company.
Other core values of the company.
Examples of cost-effective ways to maintain company culture.
A run-through of the strategic vision that Morty and Greg have for the company.
What SMART tasks are and how they are implemented for continuous improvement.
Why creating a vision and core values within a company is important to achieving success.
How creative marketing can be involved in the recruitment process of a company.
The importance of having a rigorous and effective hiring process.
Accountability, trust, and empowerment; why these are values that should be foundational to every company.
Morty explains the benefits of paying your employees well and sharing the success.
We end the show with an important takeaway message for listeners.
Tweetables:
“We understand that manufacturing is critical to a strong American economy and we take that responsibility to help keep these plants running.” —Morty Hodge [0:01:53]
“We found out that that's one of the best ways to nip any problem in the bud and stop things from festering, is to have this regular meeting rhythm of one-on-one meetings with every team member.” — Morty Hodge [0:14:29]
“If you're a leader, and you don't have the ability to practice empathy, and you don't have the ability to care about your team members, genuinely, I would strongly encourage you to figure it out.” — Morty Hodge [0:16:27]
“I think that employees don't expect perfection, but they do want to see progress.” — Morty Hodge [0:20:55]
“We can teach skill sets but you can't teach character and you can't teach culture fit. Either they do or they don’t.” — Morty Hodge [0:24:18]
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