How Employee Wellness translates to Company Wellness in Manufacturing with Steve Pacilio

<p><strong>Connect with Steve Pacilio:</strong></p><p>Website: https://www.lift-all.com </p><p>Email: spacilio@lift-all.com&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Show Transcript</strong></p><p><strong>Lisa Ryan</strong>: Welcome to the Manufacturers' Network Podcast. I'm excited to introduce you to our guest today, Steve, Pacilio. Quality customer service and safety are paramount, Steve says. With the current challenging business climate, my focus has been on our company's biggest asset, our employees. Welcome to the show. Steve, it's great to have you here.</p><p><strong>Steve Pacilio:</strong>&nbsp;Thanks for having me. I appreciate it.</p><p><strong>Lisa Ryan</strong>: Well, hey, I'd like to start. I know that you've been with lift all for a long time. But if you could share with us a little bit about your journey about what brought you to lift all in the first place and what got you to where you are today.</p><p><strong>Steve Pacilio</strong>: Basically, I went to Northern Illinois University and received an Accountable and operations management degree. I worked for several companies. After that, and I was in the materials management role and the company that I was working for, I felt bored and wanted to challenge myself.</p><p>&nbsp;And so I said, looked and looked and ended up finding Lift-All, and it's been a great challenge. I'll tell you that much, and as you said, I started as a plant manager. I love manufacturing. I learned about slings, about the whole industry, how to make the products. I also learned about people. My most significant personal journey is learning how to manage people and work with people to achieve our set goals. I worked my way up to the company and was elected president three years ago in 2017.</p><p><strong>Lisa Ryan</strong>: That's one of the reasons why I wanted to have you on the show. It's your commitment to people because everybody's competing for the same people right now. Even in these times of real high unemployment, it's essential to keep the right people you have so they don't go down th