Religion Interview Essay
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1.) Ultimate Goal
Bought the business 20 years ago, engineering, own the company and help grow it to help the family, got more committed, aligned with Christian values, want work to be more meaningful, be good at what they do, mold the culture of reliable electric, be a force in the community, be able to walk away and hand down the business to someone who can be a ministry to a reliable community.
Community?
Figure out where the need is, 80 percent focus in Dayton area. Willing to help anywhere, get broader, helped international places. Support good causes. Help those who are in need. Company helped one individual fund 6 out of 9 treatments for a cancer patient. Look at the need and see if they can support it
Challenging?
Human Resources, construction industry, finding and maintaining staff, People look over the blue collar jobs, trying to show them that there is good money and jobs available. Having an issue staffing, have to turn away millions of dollars of projects, trouble finding people. Internal issues. Everyone wants a college degree.
Working with a group?
70/30 Group/individual, usually 50/50 but right now it is a busy time. Long range planning is going to require the most team work, forecasting and projection, workflow.
One thing you learned from this job?
Internal HR piece, Went to coast guard academy, lots of leadership roles but even that couldn’t prepare him for this job. Navigation of dealing with conflict and people. Having to take a leadership role, you can roleplay all day long but until you get thrown into it you have no idea what to expect, it could be something different every day.
What keeps you coming to work everyday?
Ministry piece, wife makes more money, don’t have to worry about finical income, feels financially secure, so he wants to focus on creating a viable company, he takes care of 70 people that he considers his own community.
Anyone heros.
My savior Jesus. He studied jesus and he had a large impact on Joe, and how one should live their lives. 2-3 guys in C12 group that are ahead of Joe who have had a large impact on Dayton community, it gives him hope because he sees that work can be done, also his wife, great support in the family.
Any advice?
Need a lot of energy, long weeks, have to be able to put in a lot of work upfront. Blood sweat and tears. Everybody wakes up and realizes how large of a commitment it is, knowing what to make a priority , know what you are getting into. Be willing to recognize that maybe the route you are going down might not be the right path for you, know when to call it quits. You will stress yourself out and put yourself in an unhappy situation. Hard to walk away, be able to walk away for the overall wellness for yourself. Figure out what is more important.
How has the industry changed?
Customer demands are crazy, the expectations have significantly increased, it is much more demanding, how quick, price, quality, everything the customers have raised, sometimes these bars are even unrealistic and the staff power is decreasing, Technology has changed a lot as well. LED lights have changed the lighting industry, Hard to keep up, moving very fast. Back in the 80’s it was very predictable.
Who do you go after?
Residential services, when he bought the company he wanted to change the culture and be able to help the company grow. Started to move towards the commercial direction, different skill set and resources, felt like a startup in that way. Completely different animal, focus on all, commercial, residential, audio visual. Main focus is the commercial world now.
Current suseccsion plan?
