ELKHART, Ind. — In Indiana, a good yield certainly could be due to the soil, though likely it’s the farmer tending to the seed who knows if you nurture it, you can get back tenfold.
Monteith’s Best-One Tire & Auto Care has been named one of five finalists in the 2021-2022 Tire Business Best Places to Work survey, and the man leading the company is possibly the best example as to why.
Tim Wolfe started working for the company in high school. Today, he’s the president and a managing partner of the ownership group.
Wolfe is happy to share the secret to maintaining a successful and passionate team: Treat employees like they exist, like they are real, living, breathing people.
It’s such an obvious answer that saying it out loud makes Wolfe chuckle, but as simple as the concept may be, it can get lost in running a successful business — where the numbers are king.
“It’s almost too simple,” Wolfe said. “We try our best to treat people the way that they want to be treated.”
The Best Places to Work survey is conducted by Best Companies Group (BCG), an independent research firm specializing in identifying and recognizing great places to work.
In order to participate in the survey, each business must be a retail, commercial, OTR, retread or wholesale tire dealership in the U.S., and have at least 15 employees. Each owner submits an online survey detailing company policies, practices, benefits and demographics. Employees, meanwhile, are asked to complete, a series of questions,rating the company.
Tire Group International was named the overall winner, while other finalists include (in alphabetical order): Best One of Indy, Indianapolis; Big O Tires, Columbia, Mo.; Monteith’s Best One Tire & Auto Care, Elkhart, Ind.; SimpleTire L.L.C. of Trevose, Pa.; and Sun Auto Tire & Service Inc, Phoenix.
