Managing Director, Darren Watt, Discusses Improvement Strategies of Golder Associates in Australia

Online, June 9, 2010 (Newswire.com) - (SAN DIEGO, CA) - In an interview with Energy Digital, Managing Director of Golder Associates in Australia and Global Vice President of the Australasian Operations Darren Watt discusses how Golder implements a variety of continuous improvement strategies that are vital to their success.

With over 7,000 employees worldwide and over 800 consultants in Australia alone, the global ground engineering and environment services company takes a serious approach to how its organization is structured.

"We use the Balanced Scorecard to translate strategy into operational excellence in our company. This suits our company well as we focus a large percentage of cash into developing the intangible assets of our company," Watt said in the article.

Golder is employee-owned, with over 55 percent of employees owning shares in the company. "Our relatively flat structure is also very popular with our employees, as it allows both our consultants and corporate staff to work to their unique strengths and to utilize their leadership skills. We also have excellent benefits at Golder that include the ability to take extra annual leave, a monthly share purchase plan and a gym subsidy," Watt said.

In addition to investing in intangible assets, Golder continuously reviews and assesses green, technology and safety initiatives. "When we choose vendors, the safety of our staff, clients and contractors is our number one priority. We invest a great deal of time in finding, assessing and building relationships with the best possible vendors," Watt said. Read the full article here.