On a grey, rainy and cold early March Friday morning in
Sturtevant Wisconsin, Diversey Inc. opened its doors to Cardinal
Building Maintenance, Inc.
Projecting how important of a trip this was for Cardinal,
President Jim DeGrado not only included himself but also
recommended that he bring along 10 additional members of his
support team. Recognizing the significance of a synergistic
approach to the Diversey Inc. relationship, Cardinal was
represented by members of Sales and Marketing, Operations, Human
Resources, Administration and Purchasing.
Getting introduced in person to the extravagant and immaculate
facility was quite entertaining. Our tour highlighted the origins,
backbone and experience that has transformed Diversey Inc. into the
worldwide company it is today. The LEED Gold accredited main
building is very work friendly, comfortable and unassumingly
hi-tech. Cardinal's Kirsten Uzzardo and Tim Wagner, straight
off of their LEED Green Associate certification, took notice to
many of the unique retrofitting efforts that Diversey Inc. included
in their updated home.
The next portion of our visit was discussing Diversey Inc.'s
Learning Management System (LMS). Senior Manager Ms. Joan Hansen
directed our attention toward the many benefits and advantages to
the program including: self-directed training, accountability,
documentation, and 24/7/365 availability. Denise Knop, Kathy
Nicholson and Rodney Reams were all heavily interested in the
content and potential for a system like this to add to Cardinal's
repertoire of training techniques.
Our final destination was to the Diversey Floor Care Institute.
Like kids on Christmas Kathy Bogdzia, Evelyn Noble, Andy Jatczyszyn
and Randy Griffin viewed demonstrations on the updated TASKI
equipment, had discussions about the latest in floor/carpet care
chemistry and "test" drove some of the new wheels on the lot.
Cardinal Building Maintenance Inc. has continually focused on
improving ways to service our customers. We would like to thank the
entire group at Diversey Inc. for the day on their campus as well
as their ongoing efforts to support us.