No Rest For The Best

"Things had been lax, and it was not like any production environment I had ever been in," Loyd says. "So I put in some simplistic rules—for instance, if your shift starts at 7, you're here at 7. It was that basic, and I'm serious when I say one lady even told me that it was a little bit harsh."

It's a challenge that, to a lesser extent, he still faces today—especially since he prefers a management style that allows employees the autonomy to handle as much decision making as possible.