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  Growing Leaders through Dale Carnegie Training

  In an effort to execute on our promise to grow our people and future leaders, we recently offered leadership training to our employees from the esteemed Dale Carnegie of St. Louis. Thirty-three teammembers took us up on it and graduated from the program. We are so proud of the courage that it took to commit and to "show up" and step out of their comfort zones for each and every training. The video captures highlights of the program and the benefits from the investment from an individual and organizational level.    If you want to learn more about why and how we encourage our employees to be courageously uncomfortable, please join us for a morning meeting. 
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  Empowering Growth: Cambridge's Experience in the AME Emerging Leaders Program

  Navigating the dynamic landscape of professional development can be a daunting task, with the search for programs that genuinely transform individuals and organizations presenting a formidable challenge. Amid this, Cambridge's participation in the Association for Manufacturing Excellence's (AME) Emerging Leaders program has shined as a beacon of success.  This year-long commitment immerses participants in a comprehensive experience centered around professional development, networking, and leadership opportunities. During a recent interview, Becca Jenkins, Technical Training Project Manager and key player at Cambridge, shed light on the nuances of the program. "The program opens your eyes to opportunities beyond learning; it's about applying knowledge to solve real-world problems."  So, what sets this program apart? It's not just a series of meetings and training sessions; it's a transformative journey. Each participating group is tasked with addressing a problem and contributing tangible solutions to enhance AME. The culmination involves implementing these solutions, marking the participants' transition into volunteer and leadership roles within the organization. Becca’s group designed and implemented a program called STARTING PEOPLE OFF RIGHT WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO UNITE TALENT (S.P.R.O.U.T.), an initiative aimed at giving ...
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  4 Reasons Why Your Employee Comfort Should Come First

  “Comfort” is an interesting word that we use a lot at Cambridge.  Since we are an HVAC company, it is usually in context with making sure the people in your industrial facility are breathing fresh, tempered air, or making sure that your employees in high-bay buildings aren’t freezing in the dead of winter. There’s also “comfort” in the realm of making sure your employees know that you’ve got their backs and have a genuine interest in their personal health and professional growth.  (see blogs on Dale Carnegie Leadership Training and Stretching Your Way to Workplace Safety to generate ideas of how to boost comfort both personally and professionally).   Still, most companies overlook the importance of physical employee comfort, and are losing real talent and real opportunity to grow with those employees when they leave to pursue a workplace that can meet and exceed their basic requirements of a healthy working environment.   Not convinced? Here are four reasons that we think will back us up.   Safety protocol alone is reason enough. According to OSHA – your workers have the right to working conditions that do not pose ...
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  The Power of Redefining the Employer/Employee Relationship - Cambridge Culture Unleashed

  This blog was guest-written by Meg Brown, Director of HR at Cambridge Engineering.  The goal was 10 applicants for each opening. In a tight labor market? There’s no question: this is the most difficult time to build engaged teams in a generation. There are so many interests competing for attention. From finding workers, to upskilling them -- how can we make sure we attract the right people in the first place? We’d have to be crazy to attempt it!    Then call us crazy because we have supersized our recruitment pipelines and enabled historically low turnover. Through a combination of people-centric leadership and innovative recruiting/development programs, we have redefined the employer/employee relationship.  Allow me to explain.  Cambridge doubles production in the 3rd and 4th quarter, especially on our S-Series HTHV heaters, which naturally coincide with the colder weather. For many years we have surged with seasonal employees who spend 4-6 months working for Cambridge through our busy season. A few years ago we began hiring for cultural fit over experience, believing we can provide thorough in-house training. While that helped, we were ...

• Cambridge Engineering Travels to Xylem Design for Global Lean Leadership Summit

  Watch this great video about a recent trip our leadership team took to Xylem Design in Fort Collins, CO for a Global Lean Leadersship Summit. Learn how Xylem eliminates waste and romoves that which they struggle with in they daily activities. Let us know what you think about these Lean efforts.

• Economical, Efficient, and Cost Effective

  Patten CAT is a 4th generation Caterpillar sales and service organization that began back in 1933. Their relationship with Cambridge Engineering heating products started in 2005 when they purchased their first Cambridge S-Series unit to retrofit a less efficient heating system at their Oglesby, IL location. Fast forward 12 years later and Patten has over 25 Cambridge units heating 6 of their locations throughout the Chicagoland area. Oglesby, IL –  5 Cambridge s-series units Wauconda -  2 Cambridge S-Series units Rockford – 5 Cambridge S-Series units Hammond – 4 Cambridge S-Series units Joliet – 1 Cambridge S-Series unit Elmhurst – 7 Cambridge S-Series units and 1 Cambridge M-Series unit In the beginning the units were purchased to retrofit older less efficient heating units which were not as effective in heating their facilities. Today they have used the Cambridge units to not only retrofit their existing locations, with the latest retrofit qualify for NiCor gas energy efficiency rebate, but to heat their location in Wauconda, IL which was a new construction project. For Terry Flick, Patten’s facility manager, Cambridge is his go-to heating products for Patten facilities. ...