President and CEO , Ben Wulf , on leading America ’ s biggest evaporative cooling manufacturers with Portacool ’ s John Andersen deep-diving on the KUUL effect
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President and CEO , Ben Wulf , on leading America ’ s biggest evaporative cooling manufacturers with Portacool ’ s John Andersen deep-diving on the KUUL effect
Speaking to the President and CEO of a large organization usually follows the same routine – how they were appointed , what changes have they implemented and what their vision for the organization is . However , Ben Wulf has a slightly different approach . Having served Portacool for over 20 years , Wulf ’ s rise to the top wasn ’ t random at all . Ben started out packing boxes for Portacool at its fulfillment facility well before he entered the office of the organization ’ s executive management .
Portacool is based out of Center , a facility nestled among pine trees just 17 miles from Louisiana , on the eastern border of Texas . Portacool was founded 30 years ago , and to this day , remains at the very same location in the same town , with no plans of moving anytime soon . Much like its location , Portacool is , at its very core , intrinsically Texan . The same can be said about Wulf , who is as proudly Texan as they come . Speaking about his leadership style , he stresses that he sees himself as an executive less and as a leader more . “ I like to consider myself less the president , more a leader . A servant leader at that , and one that really looks to empower his team so that they can do more with the tools and resources that we provide them in order to do their job successfully ,” he adds . A lesson he learned very early in his management days was to listen carefully to his team and approach every task with an open mind . And this spirit of learning
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