114 Ken Misiewicz -- Helping you find the right company for you

As leaders, we want to build a team that shares our desire to serve our customers (the what we’re doing) and also shares our core values (the how we do it). We want to be clear about “WHAT” and “HOW”, so we attract the right teammates.

And as a job seeker – a potential employee – it’s also important that you know what your values are so you know if you’re finding the right match for you.

Our guest today is Ken Misiewicz, President and CEO of Pluene Service Company. Ken has spent decades shaping the culture at Pleune and has been very intentional about hiring for fit - helping both his company and his current and potential employees.

Timestamps:

(00:20): Introduction.
(01:25): About Pleune Service Company.
(02:03): The processes-running side of Pleune.
(02:50): Ken Misiewicz’s background.
(04:17): Culture fit and why it’s important.
(07:20): Why an employee should think about culture fit.
(10:10): Helping employees define their core values.
(14:15): When somebody doesn’t know what they don’t know.
(21:40): What happens when it doesn’t work.
(26:18): Emphasizing culture.
(28:39):Being an ESOP company.
(34:20): Connecting with Ken Misiewicz

Episode quotes:

“Everybody's different. They have different motivations, different desires, different goals, different passions, and what gets them moving, what gets them fired up. It has to be matched with the employer, the work the company does, and the customers they serve. If it doesn't, it's a mismatch.”

“What's really nice about being an employee-owned company is that we can talk about the long term and the short term and try to connect the dots because we don't hire people just for the short term. Every hire is meant to be for their career.”

“We're looking for great human beings, and they're wrapped in all kinds of different ways. And so, we're looking for them to have the commonality of values because that is the single biggest indicator of whether or not they are going to stay.”

“You can handbook people to death, but that doesn't really drive behavior in a positive way.”

 
Recommended reading and listening:

• The Clarity Advisors Show Episode 10: Ken Misiewicz – Leading an employee-owned company
• Clarity Advisors Reading List

Follow/Connect with Ken Misiewicz:

• Email: [e-mail]
• Pleune Service Company website
• Ken Misiewicz on LinkedIn