are you on the rite track

Brian Fielkow

Brian is based in HOUSTON TEXAS. He is a qualified legal counsel but left the practice to enter the corporate world at the tough end of the business street.

His first role was as an executive officer of Waste Management. From there he learned the necessity of having safety as a primary focus of business. When he joined Waste Management he and the CEO worked for a change in culture. Learned how to transform a poorly run operation into success story.

Brian then decided that he wanted to own and run a business. He purchased JET CO DELIVERIES in Houston Texas in 2007. This was the start of the GFC and it hit the world economies like a storm. The trucking and transport industry in Texas and the rest of the USA is a hard market with hard men and tough cultures. It is the same here in New Zealand.

One of the staff members of JET CO quickly formed an opinion that Brian’s softness would spell doom for the business when he had to compete with a very hard competitive culture.

2019 Brian sold the business to GTI Group in Canada but retained his corporate role as an Executive Officer of the group. GTI is into the transport industry, logistics and freight brokering. Brian grew the business of JET CO DELIVERIES to the point that in 2015 he purchased another transport company. He had already increased his truck fleet and purchased and built a new admin building specifically designed to support the culture and values of the business.

In 2015 RiteTrack NZ Ltd brought Brian out to NZ to give a full-day presentation on the subject of safety in leadership. Refer to www.ritetrack.co.nz. You can purchase educational modules that follow Brian’s success practices.

Brian’s success is due to a combination of his experiences as a child watching his parents owning and building a successful retail business in the state of Wisconsin. Being part of a successful change management team at Waste Management provided a solid foundation for his philosophy and practices.

We explore with Brian how passion, values, culture, leadership, empathy, loyalty, the strength of an immunity system, safety and the need for continual pivoting places a business on the RITE TRACK for

1) Total wellbeing of the business

2) A point of difference in a cut-throat competitive market

3) A long term sustainable business model

We discuss

1) How and why safety is an underlying value within a business. Safety should never be a priority as priorities are compromised daily.

2) The culture of a business must support the values of the business. If we have a value of safety the culture needs to support that value. The importance of wellbeing of the culture differentiates the business from the competitors.

3) Where do KPIs sit in a culture of empathy and safety? Does a culture of values underpinning safety improve bottom-line results?

4) The culture of the business requires that loyalty for the business foremost and not loyalty for the business owner. The understanding of creating a legacy

5) What is an immunity system for a business? What does it look like? It is the people that guard the gates of the business fortress walls. It is the people that must be engaged and police the culture of safety. What does this look like? It was the people that carried the COVID 19 into our economy.

6) When safety is the value, the culture of the business will adapt. It is the safety culture that increases the margins. Safety is the hallmark of operational excellence.

7) The need for lean management and having the ability to pivot enables the business to adapt to the market. This is supported by safety as a value within the business.

8) What and who are the parties to a successful pivoting?

9) Disaster Recovery Planning and Business Planning every two years. Do your thinking now as tomorrow may be too late.

What are the risks associated with buying a house or commercial property or even a motor vehicle when you suspect that the property that you are about to buy is contaminated with meth? 

What is a safe level for being able to live in the house or to take ownership of a second-hand car?

Stephen Hegh helps us to understand the risks that are involved and what is required to ensure that the property is safe to live in.

Stephen is an independent contractor who will do the testing of a property to ensure that the property is fit for purpose - (safe to live in) Stephen's sole purpose is not provide laboratory test results to property owners or to prospective property owners.  

Stephen discusses the responsibilities of the vendor and the real estate agent or property managers to ensure that the house is for purpose. 

Should the vendor now supply a certificate confirming the property is clean and fit along with the LIM Report. Should the Real Estate Agent disclose if the property is contaminated when discussing the property with the buyer?

When does the insurance company have to know and to what level it'll they settle a claim for contamination?  Check with your own insurer first. Find out if the tenant is liable for the cleanup costs should they be found responsible for the contamination?  

If you have any questions on this subject please phone Stephen Hegh at NZ Healthy Homes Ltd 

What can the immunity system of cells tell us about how to create immunity within the business?

We introduce you to Fi JAMIESON FOLLAND who has amazing testimonials from professionals in nutrition and psychology. Fi JAMIESON FOLLAND answers some questions on how the cells of our bodies will point to the road ahead for permitting us to reduce the vulnerability that we are currently facing in business and personal lives.

“Are we on the right track” for becoming resilient to future events such as the co vid 19?

“Are we on the rite track” delivers to you a viewpoint and insight into our ability for businesses and ourselves to be resilient. To create and build our own immunity.

How do we help and assist a business and ourselves to become resilient to defend our business and ourselves from the effect of covid19 and other such events that will breach our bubbles and security in the future?

How do we supplement the business to create greater immunity for future events that could prevent us from maintaining our existing lifestyle?

Is this possible?

What can we learn from our own human cells to create and build greater immunity?

When we pivot and find a new direction for our businesses and our lives will we finally be on the rite track to proceed with confidence?

Are these questions sitting in the back of our minds when we consider the options and choices put before us daily? As the government and economists change the environment for us daily for our own safety we have a problem in being able to understand how those changes will impact our lives and business not only in the short term but in the long term.

Can we find the solution to these questions within our own cellular processes and systems? Can our own autoimmune system provide some insight and clues as to how we can build a strong immunity system within the business and also for our own personal economic wellbeing?

How can we create immunity from within a business? We look at the effect of the stress levels upon the ability of leaders in business to provide creative solutions. Are business owners and leaders suffering from fatigue and what is the effect upon their daily performance at work and at home?

The COVID19 Virus had no intention of delivering such an economic blow worldwide. The people that work within business became the Trojan horse which got behind the business fortress walls. So we have to make sure the wellbeing of the people is kept at an optimum. What’s do we have to do to achieve this result.

Fi Jamieson Folland takes us on a tour of discovery of the complicated yet beautifully designed cellular system that creates its own immune system to fight off invaders and threats outside of its immediate environment.

Does understanding the cellar system provides a clue for business owners to prevent the financial collapse of their companies should there be another viral attack?

Welcome to 'are you on the rite track podcast?