Culture

Culture

My Wabash Story: Nasratullah Wardag
- Date: 10/26/2023 12:41:16 PM
- Author: Aidan Freeman
Nasratullah Wardag has been working in the manufacturing industry since 2020, but he only recently joined our Wabash community. Hailing from Afghanistan, he shares a compelling story of determination. Nasratullah faced adversity at an early age, fleeing to Pakistan during a period of war. Despite the challenges, he always maintained a positive outlook. His journey serves as a reminder that, no matter how challenging the circumstances may seem, you can always find opportunities for a better future.
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Breaking the Language Barrier with Full-Immersion Courses
- Date: 10/17/2023 5:17:57 PM
- Author: Aidan Freeman
In the modern world, change is a constant. At Wabash, we’re dedicated to fostering innovation in various aspects that extend beyond our products and solutions. Our commitment extends far beyond serving our customers, monitoring the supply chain, and collaborating with vendors. It delves deep into our organizational culture and our people. We are dedicated to Changing How the World Reaches You®, striving for continuous improvement in all facets of our operations, including breaking down barriers, starting with language.
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My Wabash Story: Ayari Villegas
- Date: 5/17/2023 1:03:01 PM
- Author: Aidan Freeman
Ayari Villegas is a Process Engineer Technician in Lafayette, IN. She tells a story of a path that was never linear, and challenged her along the way, only for her to discover a love for the people around her, her job, and a feeling of pride in the journey. During times of distress, her beacon of light was always her family, which allowed her to progress forward to who she is today.
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Making Education Accessible with Accelerator by Wabash National
- Date: 8/5/2021 8:29:35 PM
- Author: Rachelle Henderson, Communications Specialist
Access to education is a matter of inclusion. We pride ourselves in living up to our values and leadership principles, one of which is Always Learn. As the disruption caused by the pandemic collided with the already-looming skills gap, we knew we wanted to take this challenge and create an opportunity.
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Remarkable Teams in Action – Wabash National Intern Program
- Date: 8/5/2021 8:25:30 PM
- Author: Rachelle Henderson, Communications Specialist
Ask any Wabash National intern what they value most about their experience and almost all will share it’s the way they are treated—as full-time early career professionals, given freedom to explore their ideas, passion and creativity.
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Behind the Scenes of Wabash National’s COVID-19 Response Strategy
- Date: 2/11/2021 3:56:18 PM
- Author: Rachelle Henderson, Communications Specialist
Nearly one year in to the COVID-19 pandemic, the novelty of novel coronavirus has worn away. Throughout the pandemic, Wabash National has kept COVID-19 infection rates low among the workforce, especially given the nature of manufacturing operations. One way the company has achieved this is by maintaining critical alignment among the environmental health and safety (EHS) and human resources (HR) teams. Behind the scenes, there are stakeholders working hard to ensure a safe and healthy workplace environment for all.
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How We’re Building Trust and Culture Through Performance Management
- Date: 1/6/2021 3:03:04 PM
- Author: Rachelle Henderson, Communications Specialist
Kim Scott’s Radical Candor opens with a story and pattern of behavior many of us have experienced. Rather than give honest and direct feedback to her direct report about things he needed to do better, because it would be difficult or uncomfortable, she stayed silent. In the end, they both suffered: her ruinous empathy robbed him from the chance to learn and grow, and he didn’t know there was a performance issue, so, eventually, was fired.
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Four Ways Our Wabash Management System Principles Facilitate Inclusion
- Date: 12/11/2020 6:06:02 PM
- Author: Claire Haggard, Wabash Management System, Enterprise Manager
This year, Wabash National formally introduced the Wabash Management System (WMS)—a set of principles and standardized business processes to advance Wabash National’s strategy, breakthrough improvement and increased magnitude of results. WMS is guided by five key principles. These principles are centered around lean thinking and state that lean application must extend across and throughout our entire enterprise, not only our manufacturing processes. This means we must consider lean in non-traditional settings, such as improving our culture.
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We Are Wabash: Chris Roberts
- Date: 11/11/2020 11:33:06 AM
- Author: Rachelle Henderson, Communications Specialist
Wabash National’s Chris Roberts is both one-of-a-kind and as all-American as it gets: a family man, Navy veteran, respected team member and colleague. Chris is that guy who his colleagues admire – the one who brings out the best in others. When asked about a day in his life as a senior manager of corporate applications and IT delivery at Wabash National, he responds with humor and compassion.
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How We’re Transforming Employee Engagement with a Mobile App
- Date: 10/13/2020 3:58:04 PM
- Author: Rachelle Henderson, Communications Specialist
In the manufacturing sector, low levels of employee engagement can be par for the course, leading to high turnover, low employee morale and poor communication. At Wabash National, we’re working hard not to be like everyone else. As we sought to transform our culture, we understood we could only do that by transforming how we work. We started by focusing on a single, powerful principle: put people first. We asked ourselves tough, but necessary, questions, such as How do we transform Wabash National to be a place where people want to work? Answer: we must excel at employee engagement.
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We Are Wabash: Kris Ames
- Date: 10/9/2020 5:02:32 PM
- Author: Rachelle Henderson, Communications Specialist
Wabash National Director of Information Technology Kris Ames is a big-picture person who values learning. This is what makes her successful and effective in her professional and personal life.
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We Are Wabash: Jenny Skowronski
- Date: 8/27/2020 2:24:10 PM
- Author: Rachelle Henderson, Communications Specialist
When Finance Manager Jenny Skowronski learned she would be off work for a period in April 2020 because of the pandemic, she knew she wanted to spend her time away giving back to her community.
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