Good Works Collective

Kimba and LaToya are one step closer to their goal of driving Over-the-Road team loads. This husband and wife team landed with us in the spring cohort shortly after relocating from Mississippi. Their many hours of CDL permit preparation, pre-trip, in cab and maneuvers have paid off with their Class A CDLs. During the Good Works Collective journey, people are able to find meaningful work that pays well and sets them up to live enriched lives. S&R Truck Driving Institute is a non-profit CDL School in Houston who we have partnered with in our mission to empower our Leaders to realize their God given potential. Kimba and LaToya have truly been a joy to work with!

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These are the faces of the Leaders going through the Fall 2024 cohort with Good Works Collective. They have finished up with Personal Development and moved on to Skill Track certifications. Thank you to Nathan Lindstrom and John Maxwell from Nathan Lindstrom Photography for providing our Fall 2024 cohort with professional headshots!

I am looking forward to watching Tanto's career flourish with this new education. Great work Tanto!

Congratulations to Tekalign Tanto from our spring cohort for completing his CNA certification from Houston Community College. Thank you to Nicole Esteban for her commitment to serving the students at HCC and helping them take the next step in their careers.

This week we hosted NCTC for a fiber optic splicing training course. One of our Leaders, William Bouldin completed the course and obtained his CFOT – Certified Fiber Optic Technician certificate. He is ready to go to work as an entry level splicing technician. “I’m so happy I could just skip down the hall.” For our next cohort starting in February of 2025, we can have up to 6 Leaders participate in this training. Strip, clean and cleave! Special thanks to Eugene Morales for making this training happen for us and we look forward to continuing this partnership.

This was a great experience!

Last week 12 of our Leaders and staff at Good Works Collective had the opportunity to tour the Sterile Processing facility at Memorial Hermann, Texas Medical Center. Sterile Processing is a fast paced, highly technical career that pays well and has plenty of opportunity for personal and professional growth. Thank you to Jacob Sweeney for connecting us with Hank Balch and Bobby Parker at Beyond Clean, and to Dusty Glass at Memorial Hermann for his generosity in giving us the tour. It was amazing to get to see such a large team of professionals at Memorial Hermann working both seamlessly and tirelessly to deliver clean surgical equipment back to the OR each day. One of the Leaders present had been life flighted to that very hospital in 2018 after a car accident and was able to thank Dusty in person. We are looking forward to some of our Leaders launching into this career in the coming weeks!

Thank you to Jimmy Vitulli, owner of Kainos Roofing & Exteriors, for sharing with us today on some simple methods for improving emotional intelligence. In the workshop, Jimmy drew concepts from Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss. Although we may not find ourselves in “big deal” negotiations in our everyday jobs, we actually take part in 3-7 negotiations each day with our kids, spouses, co-workers and customers. Jimmy has used this material to transform entry level employees with no sales experience to sales professionals who deliver excellent results to their customers and company. Please reach out directly if you have a topic you are passionate about teaching that would complement our Personal Development class.

Thank you to Natalie Weakly from Signature Style by Natalie Weakly for sharing about capsule wardrobe and what is and is not acceptable for the interview and first weeks on the job. Natalie was very insightful for everybody! This will help the Leaders get ready for professional headshot day next week on Wednesday.