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When you talk to one of our founding members,
long-timers or principals about Lea+Elliott,
chances are they will mention our corporate
culture: the collegial atmosphere.
When Lea+Elliott was getting started the
automated people mover industry was inceptive—
everyone was learning. Lea+Elliott hired people
who knew a lot about specific areas of system
design and technology and they all worked
together to understand the broad scope of what
was required. This was not a work place where
each person jealously guarded their knowledge.
Rather, it was a collaborative culture, where there
was no compartmentalizing: everyone shared
knowledge, offering help in words and deeds,
and everyone pitched in where needed. The same
culture and values remain today.
Our staff feels the entrepreneurial spirit and
is gratified to know that the contributions they
make are going right to the bottom line: as an
employee-owned company, we sink or swim
together. We believe that personal and professional
gratifications are the greatest motivators. At
Lea+Elliott, you’re given a lot of responsibility—
but there is always someone there to support
you, ask if you have considered various aspects or
options, and help guide you to the best conclusion.
This process aims at making employees feel
“I consider my role in establishing the ESOP
as a significant contribution, enabling the
company to fund the buy-out of a majority
of the original owners and allowing us to
remain independent.”
Philip Castellana | Principal, Former President
empowered and satisfied: finishing projects with
the confidence that they have made an important
contribution.
This collegial atmosphere is what we capitalize
on. We have regional offices and, with the
fluctuation of project work, staff in some regions
may be very busy while staff in other regions have
a lighter workload. In the same way that we share
our knowledge, regional directors share their staff.
If you need someone to work on your project in
Phoenix, it’s not a problem. We may just bring in
a project engineer from the LA office, a principal
from the Miami office, or a senior engineer from
the Pittsburgh office. This is one way we have been
able—without a significant addition of staff—to
substantially increase our project workload,
despite years of recession in the U.S. economy and
a global economic downturn.
Committed Professionals Collaborating for Success
Becoming Lea+Elliott
What We Believe
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