Building a Strong Electrical Contractor Culture with Mica Ashmore

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Keepin' The Lights On

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Connecting with the owners and pros who design, build, and maintain our electrical, communications, and industrial world.

Join us for a quick podcast you can listen to over your lunch break. We'll discuss new solutions to your project and facility problems over the one thing that brings our crews together: lunch.

We'll talk with industry leaders from electrical construction, communications, smart manufacturing, municipalities, building owners and managers, electrical and communications manufacturers, consultants, and anyone else we think can bring new ideas to the challenges we face today.

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Building a Strong Electrical Contractor Culture with Mica Ashmore

Keepin' The Lights On

37 minutes

11 months ago

Building a Strong Electrical Contractor Culture with Mica Ashmore

I believe one way to keep the energy and productivity up in a company is to spend time ensuring your culture is strong. In this episode I speak with, Mica Ashmore, Strategic Business Integration Manager with Alterman Electric. He shares ideas on ways to create a culture of engagement, empowerment, and accountability.

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YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/XNIdo1IhOUA

To reach Mica Ashmore on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mica-ashmore-69218050/

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Continuous Improvement, Organization Development, Strategic Alignment, and Change Management

Learn more about Alterman: https://goalterman.com/

Taqueria Jalisco #9: https://taqueriajalisco9.com/

Fun fact, the reason for the “#9” is because there are several other restaurants (haha, at least 8 others at a minimum) with the same name, but since they are separate owners, for registration/tax purposes, they have to designate a difference in name, thus the number.

What does continuous improvement mean to you? Article from “The Fabricator” publication, written by Jeff Sipes, one of my Lean Six Sigma Black Belt instructors from Villanova University https://www.thefabricator.com/thefabricator/article/shopmanagement/what-does-continuous-improvement-mean-to-you-

What is Lean? Another great resource from Paul Akers (Author of “2-Second Lean”); found this to be a great practical resource for lean adoption, as he taps into culture a lot. https://paulakers.net/what-is-lean

Company Culture is Everyone’s Responsibility This HBR article touches on the question in our chat about how all levels of an organization impact culture https://hbr.org/2021/02/company-culture-is-everyones-responsibility

Stratified Systems Theory (SST) A little on the detailed side, but early in the article, it provides a great overview of what SST is and the various roles/responsibilities of each organizational tier https://www.cognadev.com/blog_040.html#:~:text=Elliott%20Jaques%20proposed%20the%20Stratified,span%20of%20the%20work%20involved.