Category: Member Spotlight
Leaders at two Center for Operational Excellence member companies have taken their lean transformation stories to the publishing world.
Culture matters – and the companies that do it right know it pays dividends inside and outside their four walls.
This month, four Center for Operational Excellence members made the cut in an annual ranking by Columbus Business First of the Best Places to Work in the Columbus area. These companies scale the heights of the list by creating an environment where employees are engaged, inspired and driven to deliver.
Ryan Arbogast is the fourth-generation leader of COE member WillowWood, which joined the center in 2006.
Coming off two recent conferences that repeatedly emphasized the importance of “people over process,” I’m reminded again of some words shared by Helen Turnbull, one of the keynote speakers at COE’s spring Leading Through Excellence summit.
Connecting far-flung employees – across an office or across the globe – is becoming an increasingly common challenge for companies of any size. A number of organizations have turned to technological solutions for town halls, top leadership updates and team meetings – but how can they ensure communication leads to results and isn’t lost along the way?