“We believe that through our sustainable connection to the environment we transform the world exponentially.“

“We are a purposeful community. Together we thrive.”

At IMG Enterprises, these statements of belief resonate with us on a deep and personal level. Over the past 40 years, our organization has grown because of these beliefs. Today we are a purposeful organization, rooted in our values and
dedicated to creating a better world for our teammates, our communities, and future generations.

As we look forward to the next 40 years and beyond, our intent is to lead this organization on its next journey of transformation. This will be a journey into the soul of the organization. Through this transformation we seek to create winning teams based on collaboration and trust. We hope to create a place where everyone has fun and is proud to be a part of something greater than themselves, and where everyone maximizes their potential to be the best version of themselves. We know that if we accomplish this, operational excellence and financial success will follow.

We believe that collaborative leadership is the best approach for our journey. Collaborative leadership draws on the collective intelligence, the wisdom, knowledge, and experiences of all members of the organization, in order to
find solutions to our problems and fulfill our purpose. This allows us to adapt to adversity and change, to inspire people to perform at their best, and to address the global challenges of the 21st century.

We believe that the traditional hierarchy of command and control leadership is out of touch with the needs of the modern organization. We believe that every person throughout the organization has the potential to be a leader and adviser. There is no need to lead through titles, commands, or controls when we are all accountable to ourselves, each other, and our collective purpose. Rather, every person has the opportunity to bring their whole self to work and make their biggest contribution beyond any established role or team.

There is no doubt we are already a soulful and purposeful organization. We have been on this journey for many years, and we have organically evolved towards a more collaborative leadership model. Today, we continue to have an open invitation to maintain the evolutionary process assisting us to become more self-aware and skillful as an organization.

To promote collaborative leadership, we seek to continuously develop trust, accountability, transparency, alignment, wholeness, and open communication within the organization. With these values in mind, our first steps will be to review and improve how we make decisions, how we give and receive feedback, how we manage conflict, and how we recruit, train, and develop our people. Along the way, we may make changes to our performance review process, our organizational hierarchy, our vocabulary, and our internal decision-making procedures. These changes will require some adjustments and will take time to evolve. Remember, it’s a journey.

Many things will not change. The core of who we are as an organization and the strengths that have been the foundation of our success will remain. We will continue to focus on measuring, reporting, being efficient, reducing waste, creating value for our customers, having a strong and sound strategy, being value-driven, being purpose-driven, being family-oriented, creating raving fans, pursuing excellence, being leaders and experts in our chosen fields, and upholding accountability to tasks, commitments, and results.

The dream of our founders was to create a sustainable organization that would last for generations. Under their leadership, the organization thrived, and today we stand prepared to meet the future with excellence and optimism. There have been setbacks along the way, but through each crisis, we have grown stronger, becoming more diverse and more resilient. A sustainable organization can only exist in a sustainable world. Thus, the dream of our founders compels us to do our part to create a world in which soulful organizations can thrive for generations to come. It is in this spirit of entrepreneurship, joyful adventure, and growth that we embark on this journey of transformation, to keep the founders’ dream alive and to lead a soulful organization dedicated to creating a sustainable world.

This article was written with contributions from Chloe Gentry, Melanie Ressler & Timothee Sallin.