Our Values in Action: What makes a good leader?
Perry Galbraith joined Calor at 19 as a filling plant
operative. Twenty-six years and seven promotions later, he's Head of Cylinder
Operations for Ireland. Looking back, he credits the people who saw his
potential, "Supervisors and managers saw something and gave me
opportunities along the way."
Carol Ring's career tells a similar story. Calor supported
her through a management degree and a master’s as she progressed through the
business. Today, she’s the Chief Operating Officer of Calor Ireland, but in her
former role as Head of Bulk Transformation, she was laser-focused on building a
strong team culture. “Noone sees how hard the team have to work to keep things
just normal,” she told us. “We will be a team,” she told them. “We will support
each other. We will have each other’s backs,” she says.
This was something echoed by one of Carol’s team members,
Glory Cáceres who credited strong, supportive leaders with creating a safe
place for Calor’s people to learn and grow - leaders who would “push you but
also support you.”
And that trust doesn't have to mean stepping away entirely.
For Nora in HR, good leadership combines autonomy with clear expectations. She
told us, "As long as the job is done, you're not micromanaged."
Different roles and different stages of a career, but so
often the same pattern. Give people opportunities. Trust them with
responsibility. Create space for them to grow.
Perry says there is a piece of every manager he's worked
with in the way he manages today. And maybe that's one of the best measures of
a good leader: what the people around them carry forward.
While all these stories may come from different teams, roles
and experiences, they share something important, the values that shape Calor
are brought to life by our people every day. In the choices they make, the
support they give and the trust they build, our values are more than words,
they're the way we work.
Read more stories from the people behind Calor
here.