have the right people in the right seats – and with a little bit of luck, you almost can’t fail. If you have the right plans, the right execution strategies and the right people, then success is sure to follow. That’s certainly a major factor in why we’ve been able to do what we’ve done so far.” But what does it mean to have ‘the right people’? In Dane’s view, it means having people who are happy to come to work every day, who care and go the extra mile. He adds, “We want people that are driven, people who are team players, people who have the right values and people who want to be part of a company that’s growing. I think growth is an attractive thing for many people. I believe the people who are successful here are ones who are joining a team and joining a family, and they feel that they’re part of something that’s greater than themselves.” Another driving factor behind the company’s growth has been their name change. As previously mentioned, the company was originally called ‘Maxan Drywall Limited.’ Early on, Dane and Clint made the decision to change the name to “be more descriptive of what we actually do.” “Drywall is where we started, but we do more than that now,” Dane says. “Being called ‘Maxan Drywall’ pigeonholes us to just drywall. However, we were already doing many other scopes of work with high precision, degrees of difficulty and attention to detail, and now do even more. We do sub-framing, insulation, drywall finishing and install a host of specialty acoustic panels, wall and ceiling panels, door frames – the list goes on. Our company is more than just drywall. We recognized this fact early on and rebranded to ‘Maxan Interior Systems’, which is a little more all-encompassing and reflective of our competencies.” The new name also gives the company license to continue expanding their capabilities and services, Dane adds. In the future, they’d also like to do interior glazing and flooring – “anything that is an interior finish in the ICI space is something that we’re capable and willing to grow into. We already have a great stable of customers who trust us; the more we can do for them, the better!” One more thing Dane and Clint did when they took over – which they believe has helped accelerate the company’s growth – is they spent “a lot of time coming up with our company values.” “Through structured workshops with our people, we figured out what it means to do things the ‘Maxan Way”, Clint explains. “And the Maxan Way touches everything from the way we relate to our customers & suppliers, to the way we connect to our people, to our approach to safety, to quality and to continuous improvement. We’ve looked for ‘can-do’ people who buy into all these things. And if everybody we have is doing things the Maxan Way, then that’s a competitive advantage that our customers will value.” SEPTEMBER 2024
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