As we close the year, I want to thank all of YOU for our work together in 2023. The year was not perfect – we had our challenges, particularly with safety and quality in the first half. Yet I am very proud in how we are finishing the year. We rallied this summer, put strategies in place, and have executed significantly better this fall. We have strong execution momentum (“mojo”) heading into 2024 …
Read MoreIn addition to working together to succeed, we must also take the next step to ensure that we feel EMPOWERED within our APM. This will not only allow us to succeed, but also allow us all to grow. Below are reflections from our compliance leader to help EMPOWER our teams…
Read MoreI understand today is National Employee Appreciation Day. So today I wanted to look each of you in the eye (virtually) and say Thank You! for all you do to make APM great. I pray each of you feel appreciated, respected, and valued each day you work for APM…
Read MoreAPM Team,
Good execution thus far this outage season. With the exception of a rough couple days in early October when we had two craft injuries, we have kept our people 100% safe thus far this fall. There may be a number of reasons why, and I assure you we will dive deep in reviewing this fall to learn why in prep for the spring. One reason why that is on my mind right now is our STOP culture.
Read MoreAs you may have read or heard in the news, on September 9th, U.S. President Joe Biden announced an Executive Order requiring COVID-19 vaccination for all U.S. federal workers and employees of companies that hold contracts with the U.S. government.
Read MoreAs we ramp up into the fall outage season, our core focus is execution in the Field. By keeping our focus in the Field, I am confident we will deliver excellence for our customers and employees, and we will deliver our core promise of All Home Safe 100%.
Read MoreLabor Day
This coming Monday is Labor Day. The U.S. Department of Labor states that Labor Day “constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.” APM especially values this day because it was started in the unions as a day to commemorate hard work. All of your dedication and hard work throughout this “unprecedented” (we seem to use this word a lot now) year is very much appreciated.
This day is dedicated to all of the hard workers – YOU. On behalf of our APM family, THANK YOU for your commitment in time, energy, and perseverance.
Read MoreAPM Team,
Please see the below video for our response to the feedback and planned actions based on our Employee Experience Survey.
Improve Work / Life Balance:
Identify Business “Periods”, including peak and blackout periods
Identify Backups for all Positions
This past week we had the opportunity to engage with one of our most important stakeholders – our Customer (Exelon). The conversation provided an opportunity to give and receive candid feedback on things we do well and things we can do better. Below I share a few reflections from our conversation.
Read MoreThis commonly stated quote was repeated in a meeting I joined in Atlanta this past week. The meeting was a review of recent safety performance. Using a lean tool called the PSR (Problem Solving Report), we dug into the data to identify trends, with the goal of (i) taking immediate action to prevent injuries today and (ii) taking long term action to get better at preventing injuries in the future.
Read MoreThis next week we devote our messaging to Lean. I encourage you to engage in the Lean messaging as Lean is permeating every facet of our business. If Safety is our keystone by which all other disciplines are rooted, then Lean is our operating system for how we execute the business.
Read MoreHopefully over the holidays you got time to relax, connect with family and friends, and enjoy some holiday traditions. One of our traditions is watching great Christmas movies like It’s A Wonderful Life and Die Hard and The Christmas Story. If you have seen the last one, you know exactly the context of the above exclamation from the hero, Ralphie. When asked by his saint of a mother, “Where did you hear that word?”, Ralphie’s inner voice responds, “Now I had heard that word at least 10 times a day from my old man.”
Read MoreThank you for your good work during this busy fall outage season, as we continue to have over 2K employees working over 100K hours on over 100 jobsites across North America (and beyond), doing what we do best and what our communities and customers need us to do – keeping power generating equipment running to keep the lights (and heaters) on.
Read MoreOver the past few weeks I have met with various Customers, receiving their feedback on what they want from a craft organization like APM. Below are two of my biggest takeaways…
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