LEADING by example

摘要

For an immigrant who ended his formal education at the age of 16, Servando Rodriguez has impressively climbed to the top rungs of the management ladder at Sagemoor Farms. Rodriguez, with the kind of people skills written about in leadership books, cancoax the best out of the farm's more than 300 workers. Sagemoor Farms is a partnership founded in 1968 located in Pasco, Washington, that produces apples, cherries, and wine grapes. As Sagemoor's production manager, Rodriguez is responsible for 400 acres of tree fruit and 450 acres of wine grapes in two locations. He works beside Sagemoor's general manager Kent Waliser and vineyard manager Derek Way.