Key Idea: Treat Every Person As An EqualHost Hattie Bryant witnessed how the founders of Biosite lead by example. |
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Like the best founders we know, these three treat every person on their team with great respect. The "red deck" at Biosite is like your back porch. Most Fridays, at the end of the day, everyone is invited to the deck to join the founders to celebrate the week's accomplishments. Beer is served and you can't tell the difference between the executives and the interns. Q: Why is employee satisfaction so important?
If we do these three things, our employees have nothing to worry about. We have established a work environment that optimizes their chances for success and positions us to hold them accountable to the highest standard. Think about itWould your employees say they work in a worry-free environment? What reward and recognition programs do you have in your business? How do you publicly acknowledge the value your employees bring to your business? Clip from: Biosite is helping to save healthcare.San Diego: Early insights by three people, Dr. Gunars Valkirs, Kim Blickenstaff and Dr. Ken Buechler, opened the way to develop devices that are now used virtually every second of a day to aid hundreds of thousands of emergency medical technicians, nurses, doctors and patients to diagnose medical conditions faster and more accurately. In this episode of the show, you will see their little device, Biosite Triage® for rapid diagnostic testing, in action. When they had the idea, everyone told them, "You're crazy. No way! It'll never work." They began their business in 1988. Today, it is a global organization with annual revenues over $250 million. And it is all based on a product line that never ever existed before they created it. The firm's first product, The Triage Drugs of Abuse Panel, was cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1992. They didn't stop there. They now test for congestive heart failure, heart attack, and a long check list of diseases with very strange names. Beyond their unstoppable energy and passion for continued research and exploration is the belief that their success to date does not begin to scratch the surface of the potential of diagnostics. Here you look into the heart of creativity. Editor's Note: Since this episode was taped, Biosite was purchases by Innverness Medical Innovations. Go to all the Key Ideas and Videos of this episode... Biosite, Inc.Kenneth Buechler, co-founder, President, Chief Scientific Officer
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Business Classification: Year Founded: 1988 Treat Every Person As An EqualHATTIE: (In the Studio) Kim, Gunars, and Ken are the perfect leaders for the 21st century. They lead by example, and with their intellectual persuasion. They believe high expectations mixed with plenty of fun create an environment where knowledge workers thrive. Not a member yet? Learn! Be empowered! Join us! |
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