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April 2015
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“We desire a healthy workforce. However
you can’t manage what you don’t know,”
Berge said. “My first goal is to see if I can en-
courage my employees go to the doctor. We
will make it available to them.”
“I want to eliminate all the excuses. I don’t
want to hear ‘I can’t take time off or I don’t
have transportation’. We will give you the
time off; I will pay you to go see the doctor.
We will do it during your work day because
you’re valuable to me.”
A FRESH FUTURE
As General Manager and President at Shared
Hospital Services,Berge’s responsibilities and
goals are far-reaching and over-arching. On
the operations side, Berge hopes to increase
efficiency, but it is his selfless approach to
running an organization that shines bright-
est moving forward.
“Most importantly I want to instill an atmo-
sphere in the laundry of advancement and
potential to move forward. This should be a
place where people want to come to work,”
he said. “We have to educate our employees
and promote from within. The biggest suc-
cess I can have is an employee that is ready to
advance, and encourage them to go after that
position.”
“The laundry industry needs youth brought
into it. I feel one of my responsibilities is to
bring the next generation into laundry and
train them,” he continued. “The laundry in-
dustry is a great industry. I’ve been in it for
35 years, and it’s treated me well. My goal is
to instill an education and training facility.
We want to have growth, be efficient and I
would love this organization to be double
the size in 10 years.”