On this episode of The Lippert Built to Lead Podcast, Edgar Cabello, leadership development director, speaks with Eric Nielsen, general manager for one of the largest plants at Lippert. Eric talks about the importance of celebrating and recognizing team members. He shares the big and small ways he does this while running a busy shop.

“Just the journey of figuring out how you celebrate them and what things you do and how you’re creative, that brought the team together too. And it became a very intimate department where we all had each others’ back, and we all cared for each other. When you can as a leadership team feel like you’re that bonded and close to your team members, watch out. You guys can do some great things.” -Eric Nielsen [10:47]

What You Will Learn:

• [01:00] Eric’s work trajectory and his work at Lippert
• [08:44] Why it’s important to celebrate and recognize team members
• [11:42] Ways to celebrate - both big and small
• [15:50] How they adapted during the pandemic
• [20:01] How they run the busy shop
• [23:04] The commitment to recognizing and celebrating people
• [25:14] Some of the coolest results Eric has seen
• [31:27] Higher-Performance Leadership Training Challenge: Look at the structure of your business. What things are negatively reinforced vs positively reinforced?
• [33:24] A lesson from Paisley and the creative journey to make things happen

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