April 2015 | Business World 147 “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 encourage 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 brightest moving forward. “Most importantly I want to instill an atmosphere 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 success 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 industry 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.”
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