The Director of Imperial Fence, Neil Viveiros, took over the company in 2019. He says that since he has been at the helm of the business, there has been a positive change in culture. “It was a change in culture that has made us successful, as soon as we started to care and invest in our team, the company began to thrive” he explains. Neil brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience to the director role, stemming from his early start in the fencing industry. His first experience being as a shipper/ receiver for a fence supply warehouse, grew into further roles and responsibilities within the industry. “From there it grew into various stages in the fencing industry,” he says. “I’m going on 30 years almost in the industry. I’ve basically worked in all aspects of the business from supply chain, manufacturing, installation, and then owning my own installation business.” After assuming control of Imperial Fence, Neil started making small but gradual adjustments aimed at improving the care and culture for his employees, beginning with improvements and implementations to their accountability, responsibility and health and safety programs. “The business was good. We basically changed the culture within the business. Adding a health and safety role to it, and moving from there, it’s expanded. We’ve got buy-in from the guys, our leadership changed, and the culture change followed. It was more changing the way the guys do the work and allowing them to freely work on their own without micromanaging and asking for input from them to know APRIL 2023
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