Clinton Community College’s Business and Industry Center recently provided Leadership Training for employees of Wendling Quarries. The three-day program was titled “Leadership Skills for Improving Teamwork and Results”. George Varchola, the college’s Director of Quality, conducted the class. Topics covered included teamwork, problem solving, and process improvement, coaching skills, communication and qualities of effective leaders.

This program was offered as a step in the Strategic Planning process. One of our goals was to provide more development opportunities for our employees, for both their benefit and the benefit of the company.

Many Wendling employees have had the chance to take part in this and other training programs such as DOT driver refresher classes, computer classes, and air-conditioning systems repair, to name a few. We enjoy providing these opportunities and hope to continue to provide them in the future.

To date we have had 55 people trained.  By the first of May, we will have a total of 112 trained in a wide variety of topics.  As in any education, there is a financial commitment that goes along with it ($22,348.00 to date). The training has been for several people - from supervisory personnel, office help, truck drivers, to equipment operators. In strategic planning, this is the commitment that we made to help our employees get to the next level in their career, and to take Wendling to the next level.