2020 STRIVErs of the Year: John Isaacs & Dave Miller
The STRIVEr program was launched in 2019 to celebrate employees who embrace the Stutsman core values and truly serve fellow employees, customers and community members for success. During the 2020 fiscal year, 15 employees took home monthly STRIVEr honors. These monthly winners were then voted on by fellow employees for the STRIVEr of the Year honor.
Each of our monthly STRIVEr recipients exemplified the Stutsman core values. However, our 2020 STRIVErs of the Year took exceeding expectations to a whole new level. While responding to a grain bin service call around 9 p.m., Dave Miller and John Isaacs realized there was a bin fire and called the fire department. They stayed and helped until midnight. They returned to the site the next morning to see how things were going and realized the fire had rekindled and called the fire department again. The customer was so impressed he put an ad in the local newspaper to thank all that were involved. Not many people pay money to say the simple, yet powerful, words: “thank you”.
In the program’s second year, we received 68 STRIVEr nominations. Stutsman Logistics led the departments with 39 nominations. Operations took home the most wins with four during the year. The 2020 STRIVEr of the year finalists included each monthly winner(s), excluding May’s award for all employees:
November 2019: Dave Miller and John Isaacs | Operations
December 2019: Emily Lenz | Administration
January 2020: Tanner Stutsman | Feed Ingredients
February 2020: Dustin Hudson | Agronomy – Wellman Farm Center Location
March 2020: Pat Mougin | Operations
April 2020: Miguel Rios | Operations
June 2020: Jane Montgomery | Administration
July 2020: Matt Luerkens, Pat Schneider, Al Kessler | Agronomy and Precision Ag & Equipment
August 2020: Wendy Easton | Stutsman Transportation
September 2020: Josh Escher & Jerry Kallaus | Feed Ingredients
October 2020: Melissa Ruth | Manure Equipment
Congratulations to all our 2020 STRIVEr recipients!
Have you had a Stutsman employee exceed your expectations like Dave and John? Nominate them for STRIVEr of the Month with the form below.