CLEVELAND, September 27, 2021—At Parker, these three little words are the not-so-secret formula to personal and professional success. We believe in empowering team members to think as owners and take action to improve their areas of the business. We know engagement directly influences business performance. And we’ve seen first-hand what can happen when passionate, purpose-driven team members put their heads together in pursuit of a better tomorrow.
Case in point: In 2018, when UK-based environmental, health and safety manager Ian Livingstone launched a High Performance Team (HPT) dedicated to reducing carbon output and improving safety, it was with compliance in mind. But, it quickly became far more. Jonathan Priestley, facilities manager for Parker, and 18 other site energy champions and facility managers from across the region joined Livingstone, hoping to be agents of change.
The newly assembled team recognized a larger opportunity to mobilize resources from all 22 Parker sites across the UK and Ireland in order to share best practices and performance improvements related to health and safety, facilities, maintenance and energy efficiency.
“The enthusiasm was contagious,” says Livingstone. “The conversation about what we needed to do for compliance led to dialogue about what we wanted to do together—the impact we wished to have on the world. Then, we identified specific projects and ways team members could contribute.”
And that has been key to engagement. In just three short years, and despite a disruptive global pandemic, the HPT has made significant progress toward a number of shared goals:
“What we’ve been able to accomplish to this point is the result of engagement, teamwork and determination,” explains Livingstone. “As gratifying as it is to be environmentally conscious at home, it’s even more exciting to think about the impact we can have here in our workplaces.”
Parker’s July 2021 announcement committing to carbon-neutral operations by 2040 and outlining a series of emissions targets further bolstered the team:
“It’s so easy for all of us to get absorbed with our day-to-day work,” adds Livingstone. “Our hope with this HPT is to keep our team members engaged, help them lead with purpose and continue to think bigger than their location.”
Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century the company has been enabling engineering breakthroughs that lead to a better tomorrow. Learn more at www.parker.com or @parkerhannifin.
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Melissa Frink
Manager, Corporate Communications
6035 Parkland Blvd.
Cleveland, OH 44124
216 896 3257
mpiano@parker.com