The group is analyzing Martin
Marietta’s key attributes and will
provide strategies to guide the
company to new levels of global
recognition and improved standards of
excellence.
On its own, that statement stirs more
than a few questions and that’s the
point. Questioning leads to growth
and that’s exactly what the World
Class Task Force hopes to
achieve.
So, what is the task force?
Who are its members? What is
its mission and how long until
that mission is complete?
In late 2017, Chairman and
CEO Ward Nye publicly introduced
the task force, noting that it
will concentrate its efforts on nine
elements of Martin Marietta’s culture:
people, safety, ethics, operational
excellence, customer focus, cost discipline,
sustainability, innovation and
brand recognition. The origins of the task
force, however, date further back.
“It’s closely tied to our mission, vision,
and values, which we first began discussing
in 2016,” said Vice President of Talent
Management Kelly Bennett. “Our vision
is to build a world-class organization and
the World Class Task Force is very much
a part of that.”
More specific plans for the task force
emerged in April 2017 during a meeting
of the company’s senior management,
said Vice President of Investor Relations
Suzanne Osberg, the leader of the Ethics
team and the person responsible for
tracking the progress of all other task
force teams.
Meeting attendees looked generally at
Google, Amazon, Nike, Southwest Airlines
and a host of other globally recognized
companies to identify the common traits
and values of world-class organizations.
From these conversations came not only
the nine attributes targeted by the task
force, but a fair – albeit simplified – view
of Martin Marietta’s standing in regard to
each. The goal, Osberg said, was to lay a
baseline on which the task force could
begin its work.
“Martin Marietta has grown into an
Employee Task Force
to Help Company
Navigate …
The Road to
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