Charlie

This week, I want to tell you about Charlie, an employee at our business (fake name, but real person).

Charlie is young and energetic. I’d say he is fairly confident in his ability to learn new skills. When he first joined our team several years ago, he came to us timid and always second guessing himself. The current Charlie compared to the Charlie of two years ago are different in a good way.

He’s the kind of guy that takes extreme ownership. If he breaks something on the tractor, he doesn’t hesitate to offer his hard earned money to fix it. If he gets something wrong in the shed building process, he assumes it’s his job to fix his own mistake.

Like most of us, Charlie enjoys certain tasks more than others. He is not a huge fan of being switched from one department to the other. But Charlie is part of a rare breed of people that show up to work and ask “What do you want me to do today?” He understands that in a small business, every person sometimes wears more than one hat.

Charlie works hard and energizes everyone around him. He shows up at work in the morning with a big bag of fun which he hauls into the shop. When I pop my head into the shop during the day, I am often greeting with shouting or playful arguing: Charlie is challenging one of his coworkers to a race of who can work the fastest. When Charlie is around, more work gets done. And there’s more fun.

Driven to win, Charlie thrives on competition. He’s not one to sit still—he wants the work done, and done well. He doesn’t like to sit around and do nothing.

Charlie also wants to improve his soft skills. He’s always very open to feedback and coaching.

Charlie is special—but he’s not the only one. Our team is built on people who care, compete, and bring energy to the work we do. We’re growing, and we’re looking for more people like Charlie. If that sounds like you, we’d love to meet.