Category: Wonderful Workplaces

Supporting Teammates through ‘Business as Unusual’ Joining the ranks as a 2020 Wonderful Workplaces champion is Greenleaf Trust, a privately held wealth management firm with specialized disciplines in asset management, trust administration, qualified retirement plan administration, and family office advisory services. With approximately $14 billion in assets under advisement, Greenleaf Trust is among the largest […]

Creating a Great Experience for All FIRST & 42 is celebrating Gibson Insurance as a winner of this year’s Wonderful Workplaces competition. Gibson provides counsel and advice on complex business and people issues that go far beyond the scope of an insurance policy. This approach provides value and sophisticated protection to its clients. Gibson has […]

A Workplace Where the First Three Letters of the Profession Are FUN! FIRST & 42 is celebrating another 2020 Wonderful Workplace winner: the WMU Foundation. The team at WMU Foundation joins 14 other regional companies receiving the honor for their outstanding workplace culture and care for employees. As a 40-member team, the WMU Foundation strives […]

Where Coworkers are Family FIRST & 42 has scouted our region for the most outstanding companies with excellent workplace culture, and we’ve rounded up the best of the best in the 2020 Wonderful Workplaces competition. Byce & Associates, Inc. (Byce), is one of the champions that shined bright in this year’s competition. Byce is a […]

Passion, Purpose, Solutions, Genuineness, and Servant Leadership FIRST & 42 is celebrating the region’s outstanding workplaces with our 2020 Wonderful Workplaces competition. Today we would like to extend a warm congratulations to Consumers Credit Union for being crowned a champion in this year’s competition. Consumers Credit Union is a Michigan-based credit union offering a range […]

Helping People Succeed FIRST & 42 is raising a glass for Imperial Beverage, a long-standing member of the Michigan beverage distribution community. Established in 1933 after the repeal of prohibition and purchased by Kalamazoo’s Cekola family in 1984, Imperial has grown from a one-county beer distributor to a top 10 statewide beer, wine, and spirits […]

Faith, Family, and Then Work We’re celebrating Allied Mechanical Services, Inc. as a 2020 Wonderful Workplace winner. Allied Mechanical Services (AMS) is a mechanical contractor that has been servicing customers for over 35 years. Their service team believes each customer’s facility is unique and that it doesn’t run like any other. That’s why AMS partners […]

Work Hard, Play Hard! We can’t help but celebrate SalesPage Technologies, a winner of the 2020 Wonderful Workplaces competition powered by FIRST & 42. SalesPage is a software, data, and services provider to asset management firms large and small, across the globe. A self-proclaimed “proud group of nerds,” its team is made up of data […]

A Collaborative Team That Spreads Hope in Our Community Lighthouse Group, a full-service insurance agency, is a 2020 Wonderful Workplaces winner. The company offers comprehensive solutions in personal protection, commercial insurance, and employee benefits. The Lighthouse Group team offers innovative, custom support based on strong client relationships and a deep understanding of their insurance product. […]

Where Work Is a Home Away From Home Companies that know how to make work both fulfilling and fun for employees deserve to be recognized, which is why FIRST & 42 has scouted around Southwest Michigan to find the top companies in the region that have Wonderful Workplaces. Today we’re celebrating Nulty Insurance, an independent […]

Crafting High Quality Products With Fun Along the Way FIRST & 42 has scouted around Southwest Michigan to find workplaces that know how to make work both fulfilling and fun for employees. We are letting out the cheers for our Wonderful Workplace winners with stories about their outstanding organizational cultures and human resources practices. Today […]

A Family of Uncompromising Leaders FIRST & 42 is featuring the winners of our 2020 Wonderful Workplaces competition with stories about amazing organizational cultures and human resources practices that truly stand out in our region. Today we are celebrating CSM Group, a specialty services provider within the architecture, engineering, and construction (A/E/C) industry. Its founder, […]