In 2018 our CEO (then COO), Venkat Krishnamoorthy read Leading at a Higher Level by Ken Blanchard, which describes a business culture based on the elimination of gaps in a company’s stated values and actual behavior. By empowering your people and zeroing in on the right vision, an organization can reach their greatest potential. This aligned so well with the mission at AutoIMS that we established three pillars to which we aspire: Employer of Choice, Provider of Choice and Investment of Choice for the remarketing industry. Fueled by Venkat’s enthusiasm, each of the six functional teams within AutoIMS set out to define the things that make us the Employer of Choice, Provider of Choice and Investment of Choice. What we found was an overwhelming overlap between our teams; demonstrating cohesiveness, despite the varying roles these teams played within the company. Words like Introspective, Challenging, Engaging and Focused emerged as common themes amongst all teams when describing our culture related to the 3 Pillars.
To continuously improve and lead at a higher level, we knew we had to evaluate areas of the organization identified as needing improvement. Again, we looked to our functional teams to document “gaps” or “barriers” to be the Employer, Provider and Investment of Choice. It is these deficiencies which we chose to tackle in the early part of 2019. Improving our Pa-rental Leave, PTO and work-from-home policies were just a few items considered, debated and ultimately modified to better meet our teams’ expectations. Furthermore, we exposed our employees’ desire to be more innovative for the industry. Using an old-fashioned suggestion box, new products, features and processes were identified, prioritized and are in the works to be released soon.
Our teams continuously provide valuable insight into our business and demonstrate a genuine commitment to the remarketing industry. Following their recommendations just makes sense. To that end, we will continue to evaluate the culture which has made us so successful and continue looking forward to enhancing this exceptional culture we call the 3 Pillars.