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EHS Daily Advisor's Safety Standout Awards have a simple yet important mission: To recognize companies and safety professionals who excel in making their workplaces safe. SSOE Group was recognized as the runner-up in the Moving Beyond Compliance Award category, which focuses on behavioral safety and human factors that achieve a strong safety culture by surpassing minimum compliance requirements. Congratulations to all winners and fellow runners-up who strive to be the best in safety. #ForSafetysSake #SafetyAlways
Cultural insights: For the fourth consecutive year, we asked clients to rate our culture using the same five measurements we use internally, which are based on the five behaviors of a functional team—as identified by team management expert Patrick Lencioni. Clients were asked to rate SSOE on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest. When working on incredibly large, complex projects across a wide geographic stretch, each piece of the puzzle needs to fit together perfectly. We’ve been a leader in leveraging the latest technologies and supporting a culture of collaboration to better enable Lean Project Delivery. While there’s still room for improvement, we’re proud to report our progress. #PerformanceReview
Stacking up in key markets: As market needs change, SSOE discovers more opportunities to strengthen our leadership position by building on our experience and internal capabilities. The result has been a steady climb in rankings in specific markets as well as overall growth as a firm. This past year, SSOE was named to nine Top 10 spots by industry-leading publications ENR and BD+C—including the #1 spot in semiconductor design. #PerformanceReview
PRESS RELEASE: SSOE Group's David Johnson Recently Elected as AIA Toledo's Associate Director. Both a registered architect and professional engineer, David brings a unique combination of skills to SSOE’s automotive and manufacturing facilities business unit and will play a critical role as AIA Toledo's Associate Director. #PressRelease
Keeping our Value Promise: While analyzing responses from our annual Client Satisfaction Survey, we also evaluate the Value Promise savings we’ve provided to our clients. Our Value Promise equals the project savings we document for clients—fulfilling our mission to make clients successful by saving them time, trouble, and money. We benchmark our value by comparing what we save to our total fees with a goal of at least 100%. Our business is to grow yours, and our efforts have proven successful. #PerformanceReview
Noted strengths & differentiators: Our annual Client Satisfaction Survey asks clients to list our areas of strength. The responses help us identify trends that we use to prioritize our goals as a company and validate we’re on the right track. We’re proud to report that over the past 7 years, our clients have consistently reported to us that our people are one of our greatest strengths and differentiators. #PerformanceReview
Today, CEO Vince DiPofi is sporting United Way gear for 419 Day to encourage anyone who can to join us in supporting the United Way of Greater Toledo’s Emergency Response Fund. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, uncertainty and the needs of our communities increases The United Way of Greater Toledo is collecting donations from both corporate partners and individuals to be used to support nonprofit organizations that are being stretched beyond their capacities due to the coronavirus--specifically to combat food insecurity. Donate here: https://bit.ly/2VupnNc. #Unite419 #LiveUnited #InThisTogether
SSOE recently partnered with Kanbanize to publish a case study on our implementation of the Kanban Method across our organization. Within, we discuss some of the improvements we’ve seen over the past two years since we started on this journey, improvements that include increased operational transparency, better resource allocation and utilization, and more effective team collaboration. Kanban helps our teams continuously sharpen their Lean mindsets by focusing on increasingly adding value.
SSOE Outside Board Member Lori Gillett, the first female CEO of Corna Kokosing, was recently featured on the Columbus Business First’s Women of Influence podcast. Lori discusses her recent decision to establish a mentoring program for women at Corna Kokosing along with some of her leadership insights.
Today, pets are considered part of the family, with food quality and safety ranking high on consumer lists and convenient packaging and clean ingredients close behind. SSOE food engineering experts Ed Gerken and Sam Thurber were one of several industry contributors featured in this Food Engineering article on growing pet food trends and subsequent challenges for manufacturers.
