Sustainable Leadership and 22-Point Engagement Gains at Cascades
Dale Carnegie unified new managers at this eco-leader's Vaughan plant, driving sharp rises in engagement and leadership scores.
Cascades pioneers packaging, hygiene, and recovery solutions across 70 North American facilities with 10,000+ employees. Since 2019, they've used Dale Carnegie training to align management with their mission of enhancing people, communities, and the planet through sustainability.
📍 Location: North America (Vaughan plant focus)
🌿 Industry: Sustainable Packaging / Recovery Solutions
👥 Focus: Managers and plant employees
Aligning New Hires Amid Restructuring
Rapid growth and internal shifts brought fresh management needing quick adaptation to Cascades' unified style and mission. The goal: foster collaboration and shared principles despite the scale.
Common Language Through Core Training
The Dale Carnegie Course equipped Vaughan plant leaders with consistent communication tools and relationship principles, bridging new teams to company values seamlessly.
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Engagement Soars Across Metrics
From 2020-2022, overall employee engagement climbed 11% to 61%, with leadership scores jumping 22 points from 48% to 70% per pulse surveys. HR Manager Chelsey Stamegna tied it to shared values: “It’s not just that people are the priority, it’s that people and our leadership style are really the value that we can all tie back to.”
“It’s a way of being. It highlights that we still need human interaction and to build relationships.”
— HR Manager, Chelsey Stamegna
