In this episode of The Lippert Built to Lead Podcast, Edgar Cabello, Leadership Development Director, speaks with General Manager, Steve Slowke, and Isaiah Taulbee, a former football coach who made a career shift into manufacturing as an LIT at Lippert. Slowke talks about the positive changes he has witnessed within Lippert’s culture over his 19 years with the company. Taulbee shares his life-altering experience with COVID-19 and the incredible support he received from the team at Lippert, despite being new to the company and industry.  

“It really is just like football. You have your guys and with your guys, you have to build those relationships and be able to have fun and still with having fun get them to believe in you and listen to you… it’s the same type of comradery, type of atmosphere. ” - Isaiah Taulbee [06:29]

“What we do in the workplace, it emanates out into our home life and into the community with the different things we are doing and we work hard at it.” -Edgar Cabello [23:27]

“It was more so keeping him motivated to get out of that hospital and keep him going because I think as athletes that is truly what we need when we are in a rough spot, you just need that motivation and encouragement from the outside.” - Steve Slowke [16:09]

What You Will Learn:

• [01:30] Steve’s backstory 
• [02:31] Isaiah’s journey with Lippert
• [06:25] Building relationships 
• [08:24] Isaiah’s COVID experience
• [11:11] Support for Isaiah
• [13:55] Lippert’s care for Isaiah’s family
• [18:13] Recovery
• [20:43] Steve talks about Lippert’s evolution as a company. 
• [24:05] Isaiah’s future at Lippert
• [25:39] Living out of Lippert’s core values

Resources:

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