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Leaders motivate. Leaders inspire. Leaders create

an environment for others to be successful. At Miller Electric

LEADERSHIP

Company, we are committed to creating a culture of leadership

throughout the organization. This goes far beyond executive

coaching and extends to every field leader and project manager

across the company.

TRAINING

1st and 5

For the last year, we have been working closely with Alex Willis,

CEO of Leadership Surge, to create a groundbreaking program

for front-line leadership development. As a graduate of the

University of Florida, and team captain under Steve Spurrier, the

former Florida Gators wide receiver has first hand knowledge

on overcoming adversity and leading from the front lines. 1st

and 5 is a program that focuses on what Alex calls “the have

it all lifestyle”. This program encourages leaders to be great in

every aspect of their life. The program targets five key areas of

life- body, family, being, business and fun. 1st and 5 offers our

employees the opportunity to develop leadership skills through

football themed game play, and set personal life and work goals.

It allows them to collaborate with each other online, get instant

feedback from peers, and be recognized for their game play. 1st

and 5 specifically aims to develop key leadership skills for leaders

such as employee engagement, negotiation, communication, time

management, change management, problem solving, decision

making, and work/life balance.

Leadership skill areas are broken down into micro-learning

pieces spread over a 90 day playing season with the employees

competing both individually and in virtual teams. The established

teams will follow a leadership development program that

encourages participation and motivation through healthy

competition. Teams are redrafted every 90 days, allowing

for different people within the company to work together and

collaborate on different aspects of the business. 1st and 5 is

an innovative system to develop high quality leadership skills

and engagement. It uses our innate internal reward system and

healthy competition to boost morale and cultivate leaders to help

the company thrive.

Leading the Team to Victory

At Miller Electric, we want the best for our employees. Our goal

is not only to experience growth as a company, but we want each

of our employees to experience growth in their leadership both

at work and as individuals. 1st and 5 will provide a balanced

approach to help our leaders be the best they can be, and have

fun doing it!

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