“We eat chaos for breakfast.”

That’s the mindset Eldon Schaffer, CEO of TekniPlex, instills across 9,000 employees in 13 countries.

On his first day, they lost one of their top five customers.

Instead of blaming or panicking, Eldon...rallied the team to innovate fast— launching a new product and outpacing the competition in just 150 days.

Since then, they’ve doubled the business and led a sustainability revolution—one egg carton and coffee pod at a time.

🧠 200 Materials Science Experts

🧃 Billions of packaging components

🌎 Unseen, but everywhere

Here’s what stood out:

• “Failure is not fatal.”

• “Comfort zone kills growth.”

• “Strategy is who does what.”

• “Diversity drives better decisions.”

• “Own it. Fix it.”

🎧 Hear the full story on Lead the Team—a masterclass in leadership under pressure, fast decision-making, and what it really means to get everyone rowing in the same direction.

💬 What’s your favorite leadership mantra?

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Follow Eldon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eldonwschaffer/

Learn more about TekniPlex: https://tekni-plex.com/en

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