Oliver X: How is your employee onboarding process unique? Describe how you choose the right persons for a particular task or role at Cannabella. Lucinda Mahoney: We are very particular about the employees that we hire at Cannabella. The most important criteria is that they have a desire to work hard and happily function in a team environment. Success in our kitchen and labs requires trust and team work and, more than anything else, the ability to get along well with others. Getting on board with Cannabella is not like just going out and applying for any job. For instance, one of our most productive members of the team, when we interviewed him, could not find a babysitter for his four year old son. We told him no problem, simply bring him along. A stressful situation right? The way that our new guy was so effectively able to manage his son, while at the same time dealing with us in an interview, was amazing... showing love and patience to his son, answering questions, and describing his skills all at the same time. We all had fun – our kind of guy! Getting new employees off on the right foot is important to their success in our organization. Cannabella is fun, we work safe, and we make delicious products by application of meticulous detail. Offering a warm welcome is a great first step and sets the stage. Setting new employees up for success includes acclimating them to the culture and providing an understanding for the overall vision, including how their role fits into the bigger picture. Then, when we finally start, we instruct and instill the need for absolute precision in all our processes. Btw if your readers are interested in a job at Cannabella they may send their resume to Info@CannabellaKitchen.com. Oliver X: We always hear about the importance of creating a strong culture, whether that be in a corporation or with a sports franchise. How are you building culture at Cannabella? Lucinda Mahoney: Our goal at Cannabella is to create an environment of learning and sharing ideas among a team, so that everyone enjoys coming to work. We believe there is no magic formula for creating a great company culture. The key is to treat everyone the way we would like to be treated and that is with respect and
appreciation. Our employees make the difference, are valued and are appreciated. Balancing work and family is every bit as important as salary for making a happy workplace. Our team value our employees by acknowledging that all employees have priorities outside the workplace, and we encourage the team to support each other in meeting those needs. We encourage a balanced life between work and family. A healthy employee is a happy employee, and nothing improves health and wellness better than a benefits package. At Cannabella, we provide health benefits package as a way to show how much we value our workers. Cannabella Key Staff Bios Warren Arevalo – Warren is the General Manager for Cannabella that is responsible for the day to day operations of producing fabulous and delicious edibles. Warren has been working in the cannabis environment for over 15 years in Oregon, California, Washington and Nevada. In addition to managing the operations, Warren develops new products, creates recipes and provides training to our staff in all areas of production. One of his strengths is knowing, and making sure we only use the highest quality healthy ingredients. Warren is a lead-by-example manager and trainer who creates great relationships with our staff. He is also an award-winning CO2 concentrate producer. Warren has college education in Organic Chemistry and Electrical Engineering which is extremely beneficial at Cannabella. Tim Keenan (pictured left) – Tim is the face of Cannabella externally to our customers and is a key member of our management team. He provides very gentle, caring and compassionate conversation with customers at “pop ups” in many Nevada dispensaries. He assists dispensary customers in dispensary waiting rooms by helping to select the cannabis product that is best for them – even if the product is not produced by Cannabella. We depend on Tim to keep the “whole” in holistic. His depth and breadth of understanding of cannabis strains and various products is second to none. Tim has spent over 15 years studying cannabis, including studying in South America, and understanding the effects that cannabis has on certain ailments.
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