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they hire people who fit the culture and live by the 31 fundamentals that make up their unique culture. Company Culture Company culture is one of the things that keeps Enerquip running so well. Enerquip’s relationship with its employees, vendors, customers, and the community is a high priority, and you can feel this when speaking to Enerquip’s leaders. By establishing and maintaining these well-rounded relationships, Enerquip has created a backbone on which they can rely. Family Atmosphere “I think that the family atmosphere goes above and beyond the saying of a family-style company, “We’re all family here. We live that,” said Tim Strebig, Operations and Facilities Manager at Enerquip. Strebig, along with the other leaders of Enerquip, firmly believes that this type of work relationship correlates to each employee’s loyalty towards Enerquip and its team members. The company is less like a well-oiled machine and more like a tight-knit family where everyone is willing to go the extra mile for one another.

One way the company grows its culture is by having regular gatherings on company time. These gatherings can include breakfasts, potlucks, cookouts, and even beanbag tournaments. The most important part is that everyone in the company is invited. You may find a divide between office and shop in many companies, but that is not the case for Enerquip. There is no clique for each job description; everyone mingles and knows who everyone is.

Enerquip even has a “getting to know you” segment in its weekly newsletter, The Scoop. This segment highlights one employee per week and gives insight into who they are outside work. This segment helps employees become more familiar with each other and helps build employee relationships.

“When we say Enerquip, it’s not office and shop. We’re all the same. We all work for Enerquip,” said Strebig when talking about the unity of Enerquip employees. Deml followed this by recalling a beanbag tournament in which she was teamed up with a welder at Enerquip. But this unity goes far beyond gatherings and beanbag toss. In times of crisis, the Enerquip team is there for one another.

Recently an employee from Enerquip’s location in Beggs, OK, had suffered from a tragedy, and employees from the Medford location reached out to them, offering emotional and financial support. While many teammates had never met this employee, they showed them care. On many other occasions, staff have donated money, organized meals, or lent a helping hand to a coworker needing help.

The employees also bound together during moments of celebration. The company throws a baby shower for any employee expecting their first child, and everyone joins in. And to celebrate holidays, the company brings in food and other goodies. For example, a gift bag for the 4th of July could include food to grill, s’mores ingredients, and a cooler.

The company also shows gratitude to employees by providing snacks in the break room every Thursday and recently established summer flex hours. During summer flex hours, the leaders at Enerquip try their best to get everyone out at noon on Fridays. This allows employees to enjoy their summer and spend extra time with family and friends. Work Environment The conditions of the workplace also positively impact Enerquip team members and the pride that

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they have in working for the company. A renovation was done to the building a few years back and brought new life into the company. Along with completely upgrading the office space of the building, several large windows were brought in and provided natural sunlight. New lights were also installed to eliminate the previously harsh yellow lighting.

As for the shop area, you’ll find clean, up-to-date machines to ensure the employees have the best of what they need. The shop is very clean, with open space to move materials around safely. A unique feature of the shop is that each welder has their own station that is entirely theirs and marked by a personalized, engraved sign.

The loyalty that each employee has towards Enerquip is ignited by the flexibility, kindness, and transparency that is provided by the company leaders. By being understanding and transparent to their team members, it allows them to do the same and have pride in the company they work for. Donations Another aspect of Enerquip’s company culture is their community giving and employee match donation programs. The main focuses of their community giving donations are education, human needs, and civic and community programs. They strongly support the causes of each program they donate to and ensure that each cause matches the company’s values.

In order to get Enerquip employees involved in the giving, the company has a match program up to $500 per employee per year. This means that each employee can donate their time or money to an organization of their choice, and Enerquip will match it. If the employee is donating their time, each hour of volunteering is $10 that Enerquip will contribute to that cause.

In addition to these programs, Enerquip team members volunteer on several boards and non-profits that focus on building a stronger community. Fundamentals “People run the company like they are the owner,” Deml said when talking about the pride each team member has in working at Enerquip. Along with the amazing leadership, work environment, and family atmosphere, the 31 fundamentals of the company help fuel the pride and excellence of each Enerquip employee.

Deml noted that the concept of fundamentals came from the Ritz-Carlton, a company known for excellent service. These fundamentals were presented through Vistage, a peer mentoring membership for CEOs, business owners, and key executives. Vistage provides coaching and peer mentor sessions to help small business leaders reach and maintain success. Enerquip, and Pep Simek, were part of one of these original peer mentor groups, which continues to prove essential today.

“I believe as a leader there is nothing I shouldn’t be willing to do that I would ask somebody else to do,” said Deml when talking about Enerquip’s first fundamental, servant leadership. This fundamental was requested by Deml herself and shows the importance of leading with respect and understanding.

To establish these fundamentals as behaviors, the company has a fundamental of the week that everyone focuses on. The fundamental is mentioned during weekly emails, the team newsletter, and weekly team meetings.

To encourage the use of these fundamentals, Enerquip’s weekly newsletter includes a segment with an employee explaining what the fundamental means to them and how they use it. Employee evaluations also consider how each employee incorporates these fundamentals into their daily work routine.

Fundamental #18 focuses on practicing the “human touch.” This means that you are paying attention to things that make a person special and ensuring that they know that you care about them and that they’re not just a transaction. One way that Enerquip practices this fundamental is by writing personal Thanksgiving cards to people who work with Enerquip. These cards could be written to customers, vendors, or others that provide a service to Enerquip. The goal, always, is to show gratitude and sincerity.

The leadership team feels very strong about these fundamentals and feels that they set Enerquip apart from other companies and allows them to have a foundation of extraordinary people.

“We believe if we can practice and embrace these behaviors both personally and professionally, we will be successful. We feel they are the core to being successful,” said Deml.

Baby showers, special meals and even bean bag tournaments are small gestures the company does to engage its workers.

Enerquip’s shop floor is a busy place.