The Middleby Corporation (MIDD)’s CEO On How to Foster a Great Culture

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So one of the things I’ve done, while they go around our factory on a monthly basis to have employee meetings, I say if there is something, a design that’s not good enough for you and you think it’s not superior, stop it. Go back to the engineer and have rebellion. And that has created such a freedom among our employees. So many times engineers are literally stopped on the floor saying, “This design stinks. It’s not good. It doesn’t look good. It’s not going to hold out in the field.” So we’ve given that empowerment to our employees.

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