Welcome to Episode 24 and our first episode of 2025 (try keeping that straight!). 

In this episode, I discuss some recent thoughts, some of the topics reviewed at our recent leadership offsite meeting and preview the year ahead and what we can expect to see at HFW. 

We are building the foundational elements that will foster tremendous growth at HFW, and we look forward to building a bright future with everyone.

As always, your questions, comments and ideas are most welcome!

Episode 24: How We Will Build the Future

Thank you to our incredible team and our wonderful customers and vendors. We are grateful to have the privilege of working with such high quality people.

Episode 23: 2024 Wrap-up and thanks!

We are thrilled to have Todd Tevens, Managing Director at Lawley Retirement Advisors, back on the podcast today. 

Todd is a wonderful asset to everyone at HFW, and talks through important details on HFW's 401k program, changes coming in 2025 and issues everyone should consider in their retirement portfolio. 

We are so thankful for our great partnership with Todd and Lawley! Special thanks to Todd for his time discussing these pertinent topics!

Episode 22: Retirement Planning Updates with Todd Tevens

Welcome to Episode 21 with Chris Coupal!

This is a great episode where Chris and I discuss everything from 5S and continuous improvement to hiking mountains and getting stranded in a blizzard.

Chris is a fantastic example of the amazing people we have at HFW, and I was thrilled to have him on the podcast.

Episode 21: Keep Calm and Carry on w/ Chris Coupal

Welcome to Episode 20! Today we officially unveil our HFW Core Values. 

We are very excited to discuss these values and how they define who we are as a business. We are building a monster., and our Core Values are a big piece of that :)

Let me know your thoughts!

Episode 20: HFW's Core Values

Today we have Peter back on the podcast to discuss a little bit about the culture we are trying to foster. Peter is a tremendous example of what you can become at HFW, and we are very excited about the trajectory of the business with the great team we have. 

Listen in to hear more about what kind of person is a good fit at HFW, our lean and 5S initiatives, some of the improvements Peter is working on and what to expect from Peter and our business moving forward.

Episode 19: Building a Culture with Peter Claus (part 2)

Today we have a fantastic conversation with our Plant Manager, Peter. 

A 30 year veteran at HFW, Peter has seen a lot and has worked his way up from starting as a manual machinist to running the whole shop.

We are fortunate to have a strong leader like Peter in our business. Enjoy this episode!

Episode 18: Climbing the Ladder with Peter Claus

Today we introduce Traction/EOS as part of a larger initiative to grow our business and further develop our people. Our goal is for HFW to be the best employer in the manufacturing industry, which will propel our business to future success. Traction is one way to help us cultivate this high-performance culture we are after.

Let me know if you would like to be on a future episode!

Episode 17: Traction

Merry Christmas! Thank you to our great team and all of the wonderful people we have the great fortune to work with. We appreciate all of you. 

Here is looking forward to the great things we will do in 2024!

Episode 16: Christmas 2023

Welcome to episode 15! Today we have a great episode with Jayden, one of the newest members on our team. 

For being only 18 years old, Jayden has a tremendous amount of knowledge and wisdom, and we are very fortunate to have him on our team. He is developing into a supremely talented machinist and learning a lot from the amazing team we have at HFW!

This was a great episode and I am thankful for Jayden for taking some time to do this.

I am always looking for more guests of the podcasts! Please let me know if you are interested!

Episode 15: Learning the Ropes w/ Jayden Colletta

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