(Usual suspects or how are we going to do this?)
[Laughter]
I guess we are, well, we are a cool family—maybe
a little dysfunctional sometimes, but yeah, but we are.
As a family, we try to keep everybody there with us.
We try to keep everybody feeling like they’re all part of the same team.
My name is Vicente Sierra, and I’m the complex manager here for Triumph Foods here in
St. Joseph.
Do what I say, not what I do.
[Laughs]
Uh, simply, I will just tell them to remember
where they came from.
You may be management, but you were in that spot as well at one point in time or another.
Don’t forget who you are.
I have a good team here.
I have an exceptional team.
I get a lot of pats on the back and things like that, especially from the plant.
“Hey, you are doing a good job!”
And, that’s not me.
A lot of it is the guys that are out there physically doing the job.
You just can’t forget that.
Tell your guys “Y’all did a great job!” or “You did a good job, hey!” or “The
guys did a great job and pass that along to them.”
Help them understand that they’re appreciated as well as everybody else that’s out there.
Always pass along those “Atta-boy”s that they give you from above.
And walk in with them.
Don’t just go in there and tell them “Let’s go!” or whatever the case may be.
Just, always, be part of that group.
You are just one of them.
You’re not any better.
You’re not any less.
You talk to them as a group and keep them motivated as… as you would anybody else.
If you’re going to ask them to go to work, then you need to be out there as well.
Don’t ask the people to do something that you’re not willing to do or that you’re
not capable of doing as well.
When you tell them “Let’s go.” and you go with them, they really don’t question
that.
It comes down to the Golden Rule: “Treat them like you want to be treated.”
It’s just being open, being straightforward with them.
Everybody wants to be heard.
When we’re with the people and we’re with supervisors and our leads, you know, it’s
an open forum to us all.
We, we try to motivate them and, you know, “Hey, keep doing what your doing, and you
could be a lead man and move up and move up and move up.”
They move forward, you move forward.
Not everybody wants to be at work, but if you’re gonna be at work, I’d like you
to be there with us.
Know your people.
