"The outcomes were incredible. We have set world records for many months in monthly production as well as setting a world record in annual production..." read more
Craig Steinke
Senior Vice President & Group General Manager
BHP Copper Metals
"It was never considered to be in our interest to work cooperatively with management. We fought them, we had long protracted strikes. With the work of [Vanto] we are now in a partnership with management." read more
Tony Wolfenden
Lodge Secretary/Treasurer
Central Councillor
"With Vanto, we have created a new dimension, having both labor and management sit down together and ask ourselves: Who are we, who do we want to be in the 21st century, and how are we going to get there?" read more
Robert Guadiana
Former Director
United Steel Workers of America, District #39
"In the high-tech industry, remaining successful and being competitive require real agility and the ability to constantly innovate. [Vanto's] process was designed to revitalize the culture to refocus employees on driving results, welcoming and even initiating change." read more
Beverly Mehlhoff
Former Director, Employee Education and Development Worldwide
Guidant Corporation
"[Vanto]'s partnership and facilitation were critical ingredients in the alignment of our diverse workforce; without them it would have been difficult, maybe impossible, to create such a transformation." read more
J. Burgess Winter
President and CEO
Magma Copper Company
"The urgency of our situation forced us to focus on something that is crucial to the success of any merger. With Vanto as our partner, we rapidly built one new company, one that is thriving today." read more
Lee Browne
Former President and General Manager
Magma Tintaya South America
"The work we did with Vanto was part of a large-scale change effort to transform the business. We were able to take $50 million of cost out of the business in under six months." read more
Ian Sampson
Former General Manager, Human Resources and External Affairs
New Zealand Steel Ltd
"I have yet to see anything else that has such a positive impact on people's ability to relate, communicate, and perform as Vanto has . . ." read more
Paul Fireman
Former Chairman and CEO
Reebok International Ltd
"We tore down a lot of the old traditional barriers between union and management. The cost of producing megawatts has so far dropped 18%. Our grievances dropped more than 50%." read more
Jerry Roberts
Former President
United Steel Workers of America, Local 12775
"[Vanto] has helped us build into our culture an ability for resilience; for people to help create and even generate change and not see change as the enemy." read more
Ann Hauser
Vice President, Human Resources
UNUM Insurance
"I was impressed from the beginning with the subtlety and skill the Vanto team used to work with our top management. They surfaced entrepreneurial thinking and brought a fresh perspective to how our goals could be accomplished." read more
Jeff Koepsell
Former Chief Operating Officer
Matria Healthcare, Inc
"In 33 years as a union official, I saw just about everything one could see: strikes, negotiations, slow-downs, speed-ups, bombs, bullets, guards, thugs, cops, and even the National Guard. In all those years, nothing compared to the success we had with Vanto..." read more
Donald H. Shelton
President, United Steel Workers of America, Local 937 Past President, Arizona AFL-CIO
Magma Copper/BHP Copper Co. (Retired)