October 2012

A magazine for associates and partners of Redmond, Inc.

Redmond’s Lake Powell RetreatsTaking a look at Redmond’s new approach to learning

Celebrate What’s RightCelebrating the best in people

What’s Stopping You?Learning how to play to your strengths

News at RedmondKeeping current with the latest happenings

Real Food on the HouseboatsRevealing the secrets of Redmond’s amazing & healthy meal plan

Get to Know Russell MasonDeicing Team Associate ™

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One hot afternoon in late August, an unlikely group of people converged on a row of houseboats anchored along a Lake Powell beach. They had travelled from places like Utah, or Michigan, or Japan, and they wore swimsuits, or slacks and collared shirts, or Wrangler jeans with boots. Some of them knew each other—at least well enough to wish they had a better memory for names—but many who participate in Redmond’s Lake Powell Leadership Retreats arrive knowing only a few people.

”We can see the anxiety in every group when they arrive,” said Jason Nielsen, who helps organize Redmond’s Lake Powell Leadership Retreats. ”It’s a unique experience, arriving at a new place with fifty new faces, but by the end of every trip, people who were strangers just a few days before are laughing and joking together. It’s part of what makes the experience so worthwhile.”

The format of Redmond’s Lake Powell trips is pretty straightforward. The company anchors five houseboats along a beach, and invites Redmond associates and partners, along with their spouses, to stay on the boats for four days at a time. Each trip features opportunities to experience Lake Powell’s landscape in unique ways—participants spend their days water skiing, swimming, hiking, fishing, touring the lake, or simply relaxing in the sun.

With so many unique experiences available, participants are often surprised to discover that the most memorable part of the trip are the group discussions. Every day, participants gather to discuss videos designed to expand their perspective and think about their roles in new ways.

Redmond’s Lake Powell Retreatsby Paul Malan

Elevating the Human Experience

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”I was pretty nervous about the discussions,” said one guest whose wife works at Redmond’s Heber office. ”I assumed I would be bored, but I was surprised at how much I looked forward to each discussion.”

”There was no pressure to speak up,” said a Redmond partner from the Midwest. ”There was no right or wrong answer, no right way to think, no agenda being pushed on the group. Just new ideas that gave me something to think about.”

This year, Redmond hosted six leadership retreats on the lake—two in the spring, and four in early autumn. The trips represent a sizable investment, but it’s an investment that pays good dividends for the company, its associates, and Redmond’s customers.

”It can be easy to miss the point and view our Lake Powell trips as an unnecessary expense,” said Redmond CEO Rhett Roberts. ”A lot of companies wouldn’t do them. But from our perspective, it’s an investment in people, in relationships, and in helping each of us become more of who we already are. That kind of growth helps us as individuals, it strengthens our families, and it strengthens our business. We haven’t found a better environment for this kind of learning.”

Paul Malan works with Redmond’s

design team in the Heber office. Paul has

been known to point a camera at people

without invitation and loves debunking

those emails your mom still forwards.

He has never actually hugged a tree, but

he’s still young.

by Doug Anderson

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My favorite part of Redmond’s Lake Powell leadership retreat—better than the beautiful scenery, great food, fun activities, and wonderful people—is the opportunity to participate in the video and book review discussions. One of my favorite videos is from National Geographic photographer Dewitt Jones, who uses examples from his career to illustrate the importance of celebrating what’s right with our world.

Through photography, Dewitt came to understand that ”I won’t see it until I believe it” matters more than ”I won’t believe it until I see it.” He believed he would find beautiful landscapes and wonderful people, and they would appear. Two people working side by side may be looking at the same world, but seeing different things. Our vision controls our perception, and our perception becomes reality.

When we celebrate what‘s right with the world, our minds stay open to possibilities, and that gives us energy to fix the things that aren’t going well. We are open to change, and every change offers the potential for greater opportunity.

Celebrating what’s right in the world means celebrating the best in people. Through his camera lens, Dewitt discovered the best light comes from within ourselves and the people around us. It takes courage to let that light shine through, and openness to see it in others. When we’re with the people we live and work with, do we focus on the negative, or do we see their best? Do we have the vision to see the best in ourselves, and trust that others will see it as well?

One of the hardest things is being willing to put ourselves out there, to publish our best, without worrying about how it will be received. ”I realized,” Dewitt says, ”that if I was going to take it higher in my own life, I had to spend time not just with what I do, but who I am. That’s a lot harder—at least it was for me—discovering who I was and being comfortable with it.”

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CelebrateWhat’s

Right

Doug Anderson works in the Redmond

office, helping on the deicing and industrial

bentonite teams. Though he barely looks

a day over 30, Doug recently became a

grandpa, and he loves spending time with

his wife, four kids, and a cardboard cutout

of Margaret Thatcher.

by Jason Nielsen

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What’s Stopping You?Do you ever feel like you’re playing a role in life that you don’t care much for? Maybe you’ve got a passion for one thing, but in order to be a team player, or a good example, or to pay the bills, you spend your days doing work that leaves you feeling tired and empty at the end of a shift. You might even lie in bed wondering whose life you’re really living.

Most of us have felt this way about some aspect of our life at some point, though we’re not likely to share the frustration with too many people. This idea—that most of live lives that aren’t in step with who we are—is the focus of one of Redmond’s Lake Powell Leadership Retreat video discussions. How can we discover what our strengths are and find a role where we can volunteer those strengths most of the time?

According to Marcus Buckingham, less than 20% of people have jobs that allow them to play to their strengths, and his research shows that there are three major reasons why not. You might expect the reasons to be something like the economy, or lack of education, or family obligations, but Buckingham says the most common reasons are simply three myths that limit our ability to live the life we could choose.

Myth #1 - As you grow, your personality changes. Kids seem to have a way of trusting themselves. They know what activities they love, and which they dread, but at some point most of us come to believe that growing up means leaving behind who we were. The truth is that the most dominant parts of your personality are going to stay the same as you grow. We don’t become someone new, we become more and more of who we already are.

Jason Nielsen has been with Redmond 18

years. He currently works on projects for

Redmond Trading and Redmond’s admin

team in Heber. Jason enjoys reading, and

his love for lycra shorts recently inspired a

hobby in road cycling.

Myth #2 - You grow the most in the areas you are weakest. If your child brings home a report card with a D in math and an A in English, which grade gets your attention? It might seem like there’s a lot of room to grow in math, but the truth is that we all grow the most in our areas of strength. They could invest countless hours in math and go from horrible to really bad, but they’ll grow the most—and make a bigger impact in their world—if they spend that time working on things they’re naturally good at, instead.

Myth #3 - A good team member does whatever it takes to help the team. Especially at work, we tend to feel comfor-table with the idea that we need to be well-rounded. But imagine a basketball team full of ”well-rounded” players—they’re all reasonably quick, decent shooters, not bad at rebounding, and pretty good at seeing the floor. That’s a losing team. In life and work, just as in basketball, a team is well rounded precisely because each of the members isn’t. Don’t pitch in to be helpful—if you want to be valuable on your team, take time to identify your unique contribution to the team, and bring it!

When people hear that the food at Redmond’s Lake Powell trips is

healthy, they tend to get nervous. Some even bring their own food for the trip, just in case it’s really inedible. We know people do it, and we don’t mind. In fact, we view it as a kind of challenge to see if we can persuade them, like so many others before them, that healthy food can taste absolutely amazing.

If you wonder what makes the food at our Redmond retreats taste so good, we’ll share our secrets. The first secret is uncovered at Redmond’s farm in Sevier County. The core philosophy of our farm is this: when animals are raised on their natural diet, when they live in their natural habitat, the animals are healthy and that translates into healthy animal products. Secondly, we prefer to keep the hormones, antibiotics, nitrates and msg out of our

products. Why? It’s simple, the food has more nutrition, it tastes better and it is better for you. This is what we look for when we source the animal products for our events.

If our animal products are the star of the show, then the fruits, vegetables, sprouted grains and healthy fats all have important supporting roles. The goal is to select nutrient-rich food that doesn’t have any unnecessary additives-food that is minimally processed. We try to keep it real. Yes, that is secret number two…”Real Food.”

Finally we get to secret number three. It is the salt, of course! If you start with the best ingredients, prepare them with care and sprinkle with a little Real Salt then your taste buds are overjoyed.

Now you know the recipe for success when it comes to great food at our Redmond events. We find great pleasure in preparing the finest food for you while we all have fun in the sun together. You are worth it!

Real Food on the Houseboatsby Leslie Smoot

Leslie Smoot works in the Heber office with

the Real Foods Market team, where she

works to convince the world, one marketing

effort at a time, to eat chia cereal. When she’s

not scheming about healthy meals, Leslie

loves to travel and hike with her family.

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Trophy Rock Gets a Cover Story • Earlier this year, the Trophy Rock team was featured on the cover of Inside Archery, a respected bowhunting industry magazine. The accompanying article spanned nine pages in the magazine, focusing on Redmond’s philosophy of building a workplace and products that make a lasting difference in the world. Several Redmond associates in the mine, mill, warehouse, and office are featured in the article, which you can find in the Media section of trophyrock.com.

New Best Vinyl Building Breaks Ground • After nearly eight years leasing a building in American Fork, Best Vinyl has begun the process of building a facility in Lehi. The new location will be built specifically for Best Vinyl’s fabrication operations, and will put the company in a better position to support its customers throughout the state. During construction, Best Vinyl will be operating from a temporary location in Orem. More details at bestvinyl.com.

Wrestling Legend Speaks at Deicing Conference • Each summer, Redmond Minerals invites snowfighters from around the state to a deicing conference in Utah County. This year’s keynote address was delivered by Olympic gold medalist Cael Sanderson, the only college wrestler to have gone undefeated all four years, and head coach for Penn State’s championship team. Sanderson’s message, which inspired athletes and non-athletes alike, can be watched online at redmondinc.com.

The Ugliest Toothpaste You’ll Ever See • Redmond Trading seems to have a winning new product with Earthpaste, an amazingly natural toothpaste. Launched earlier this year, Earthpaste has only five ingredients, including Redmond Clay and Real Salt, and it’s the missing ingredients that make the difference. Customers appreciate the lack of chemicals and additives, but the best news is that Redmond Trading hears daily from customers who can’t recall their teeth feeling more clean. Associates can find Earthpaste samples at each Redmond office and learn more at earthpaste.com.

RTC has sold 47,537 tubes of Earthpaste since April!

Company Highlights

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With community fun runs gaining popularity, you probably know someone willing to run a few miles

for a t-shirt. You might even know someone willing to run 26 miles, or spend five hours on a bike. But unless you know Redmond associate Russell Mason, you probably don’t know anyone willing to spend 26 hours on a bike, even without the promise of a t-shirt.

”I love fitness,” Russell says. ”I like to see what the human body can actually do, see how far you can push it.”

Trying to find his limit, Russell has ridden thousands of miles on his road bike, run a handful of Ragnar relays, and spent countless hours in his home gym. He once rode 300 miles, from Payson to St George, Utah, just to see if he could. He fell asleep while pedaling and woke up on the asphalt (”a pretty quick nap”), but still finished the ride in 26 hours.

”I’m not the fastest guy out there,” he says. ”I just have the ability to suffer more than most.”

At Redmond, Russell works with the deicing team at the south office, coordinating government bids and invoices and visiting customers throughout Utah. Before coming to Redmond six years ago, he worked 25 years at the coal mine and spent a few years as a county deputy.

He doesn’t work in law enforcement anymore, but he still volunteers his time at the state prison in Gunnison, where he helps counsel inmates.

”We do everything we can to create support networks for these guys,” Russell says. ”It can be pretty tiring, but you have to remember you’re there for one reason only—to help them so when they get out they never come back.”

Get to Know Russell MasonRedmond Deicing Team Associate

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