While his associates have increasingly used their weekly huddles to educate themselves on what's involved in the company ESOP, Rob also created what we at SRC call an "ownership culture committee," a team made up of four associates from different levels within the company. The goal of the committee is to serve as an intermediary between management and the associates on the plant floor. To help in that effort, all of the members will receive additional training from our team back in Springfield. And one of their first tasks will be to read through the comments their co-workers made during the survey and find ways to make improvements based on those comments.

The article also includes commentary from each of the committee members.