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Women of Distinction

to get along and collaborate, with a strong remotely, Omneya is the first to say, “go on The team’s support of the rebuild
focus on providing high quality and cost-ef- home, this is not a good place for you today.” in Santa Rosa was one that emotionally
fective deliverables to their clients. We hear The flexibility and understanding supports connected them to the community and is
the word engineer and don’t put any warm the overarching company vision, and when a relationship that continues to this day.
and fuzzy connotations to the people hold- they come back, they are refreshed and ready They recently collaborated with the Santa
ing these positions, but one afternoon with to get back to work. Rosa police department to produce and
the team members here and that stereotype It’s evident that this is a team that takes film their Every 15 Minutes video, geared
is quickly debunked. One of Omneya’s goals great pride in everything they do, pride as a towards increasing drunk driving awareness
was to embrace each unique personality to team, for their individual contributions to within the community. The collaboration
help create a work environment that not that team and more evidently pride in the over several months included the Santa Rosa
only would be conducive to productivity as contributions they make to the communities Police Department, Sonoma County Sheriff,
a whole, but would be an environment that that they support. the California Highway Patrol, Piner High
team members would thrive in personally
and look forward to coming back to work.
So how did she achieve such a lofty
goal? “It’s not just one thing that makes
people happy to work here. I think one of
the first things we did was to give each of
our employees the Myers Briggs personality
test to see what made each of them tick.
We then added the results to our in-house
employee directory, which allows everyone
to constantly remember the personality of
their co-workers, helping them assess how to
best approach each other because what works
with one person, may destroy another, so we
wanted to ensure that this didn’t happen. We
also are not super strict with employee sched-
ules. We take family into consideration for
both our female and male staff members and
realize that they may at times be needed at
home to care for a sick child, attend a play or One of the most impactful and res- School along with the local hospitals. The
school event, or handle other personal needs. onating projects to the team was led by video made a measurable impact on the
We don’t want unhappy employees, so we Tatiana Friesen, VP of Technology Devel- community, the participants, and anyone
allow them the flexibility, and in return when opment and Integration. One of her major who has viewed it will surely agree. You can
a project is on deadline, that same employee projects was helping to document the see their video called Every 15 Minutes at
will step up and work into the wee hours to post-fire damage and infrastructure rebuild https://youtu.be/26xo_u42VK8.
successfully complete the project at hand.” efforts after the 2017 wildfires in Santa I have never actually known anyone
Omneya failed to mention the in-house Rosa. Tatiana was instrumental in leading like Omneya and her insight into running
gym, and the dining and relaxation area, the effort to capture drone imagery of over a business by truly understanding her em-
along with her excitement at encouraging 1,200 acres (the area impacted by the Tubb ployees should be studied by other firms, big
each employee to bring into their office Fires and roughly 3,000 houses burnt down and small because theirs is a definite model
whatever it is that they love, whether it is to the ground). This was only part of the that is needed in the workforce today.
a cool clock, a 3D printer, or a medieval project. A large amount of work would No matter what your project might be,
knight’s helmet. Each employees’ office or ensue after the imagery was captured. As no matter how big or small, technical or
workstation set-up is a representation of their Omneya explained, “Tatiana handled this tedious it may appear, the C2 Group offers
personality and a clear indication that the complex element of the job flawlessly. She collaborative and innovative solutions scaled
work environment is designed to foster both understands all phases of the process from to fit your needs and local environments. A
creativity and inclusiveness. Being in tune the beginning to final delivery of a single team that is unique, driven, and determined
with their team members and staying con- high-resolution image that is published to “Be the change you wish to see in the
nected is an integral part of their success. The to an online portal for the Santa Rosa world.”
team fosters an environment of open discus- residents to use to rebuild their homes. We
sion and transparency and puts a high value started the mission last year and are doing If you would like more information or
of supporting the individuals best working the same this year to show the rebuild to discuss a project that requires their help,
environment. If there are times when an em- progress made within the community and go to their website at https://www.c2group.
ployee is not having a good day or has voiced expect to do it next year as the rebuilding us/, email them at info@c2group.us or call
that they would be more productive working effort continues. them at 619-880-9797.

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