December 14 is a special date for WIŚNIOWSKI Company. Exactly 25 years ago, in 2000, the position of president of the board of directors was taken by Krystyna Baran - a person who began her professional path in the company as the seventh employee and, at the same time, the first woman employed in the company. Today, after 33 years of work and a quarter of a century as president, she remains one of the most recognizable leaders of Polish industry.
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The power of experience and intuition in management
Company owner Andrzej Wiśniowski emphasizes Krystyna Baran's key role in shaping the brand:
To say that Krystyna is a very good CEO is like saying nothing. Her diligence and ability to work with people wonderfully unite employees and business partners. The feminine intuition she possesses has more than once pointed us in the right direction.
Vice President of the Board of Directors Maciej Rys draws attention to her unique management style:
Christine is a great boss, but she is also a very demanding boss, which should be strongly emphasized. In a sense, she is a specific boss and manages her team in a way that is rarely seen today, in an unusual style. What does it consist in? Well, she doesn't necessarily set tasks directly, she doesn't necessarily set the bar high for her employees, but - I'll say a bit high-flown - she encourages them to act by their own example. So if we say that Christine is a demanding boss, she first of all demands of herself.
In turn, Bartlomiej Serafin, a member of the board of directors, emphasizes the unique characteristic of the WIŚNIOWSKI president:
Krystyna and I have known each other for very many years, and I can say with full conviction that she is a person who has become a real authority for many. Her incredible intuition - a trait that sets her apart from others - has repeatedly led her to the right decisions, inspiring respect and appreciation among her colleagues.
25 years that changed the company
Since WIŚNIOWSKI produced one gate a day in the 1990s, the company has transformed into one of Europe's industry leaders. On its 25th anniversary, the CEO emphasizes both its strategic vision and the enormous impact on the organization's culture, the development of its people and the consistent building of an internationally recognized brand.
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About WIŚNIOWSKI Company:
WIŚNIOWSKI Company is a manufacturer of gates, windows, doors and fences, which has been listening to the needs of its customers for 35 years. In 1989, Andrzej WIŚNIOWSKI, the company's owner and founder, created the concept of an automatic garage door, making his vision of a technological revolution in the Polish construction industry a reality. Since then, the company's unstoppable trend of dynamic growth has meant that today the brand's products are present in 35 countries around the world, and the company, spread over 40 hectares of land, employs more than 2,200 employees - the best experts in the industry, pioneers of automation and robotization in the spirit of Industry 4.0. WIŚNIOWSKI brand's state-of-the-art technological lines in Europe, with a total length of 4,000 m, guarantee 100% production repeatability.
About Krystyna Baran, WIŚNIOWSKI CEO:
For 33 years she has been associated with WIŚNIOWSKI, for 25 years in the position of President of the Board, where every day she makes key decisions for the company, implementing the global development strategy. An economist by education - she specializes in finance and accounting - a graduate of the WSB-NLU in Nowy Sącz. As the first woman employed at WIŚNIOWSKI Company, she consistently supports the professional development of women in the region. Winner of many awards, including the Gold Medal of the President of the Republic of Poland and titles: Construction Wizard, Builder Industry Personality or Ambassador of Sport Poland.
