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VEGAS INC C OV E R STO RY COURTESY OF CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT GREEN MACHINE: Caesars Entertainment's resorts hosted Dartmouth College's Big Green Bus tour across America last summer to build enthusiasm for community involvement through environmental action at its local properties. the patients, so they get really excited when they see a certificate from someone that they nominated," said James Kilber, executive director of CCCN. Kilber is active with the employees across the 13 locations in Southern Nevada. It's not out of the ordinary to find him serving workers at the annual ice cream social or at the company's Hot Dog Day. A program that Kilber said he's especially proud of is the employees' role in working with the local food bank, Three Square. "Employees have kilber donated their time to help with food drives at all of our locations," Kilber said. "They also stuff backpacks as another way to help out." Kilber said that a few years ago the company eliminated the traditional gift basket that they sent to physicians as gifts. | 2 7 M AY 2 0 1 3 20130527_VI01_F.indd 19 | holiday meal – basically anything that helps make life easier for that family," Vial said. Bally Technologies courtesy of bally technologIES ADDRESSING FUTURE LEADERS: Richard Haddrill, Bally Technologies' current chairman of the board and former CEO, addresses a group of employees recently at an Excellence in Leadership luncheon. Instead, that money became a matching grant to Three Square. The CCCN employees also pitch in around December holidays, choosing five families (usually relatives of a patient) to assist. "We donate the money and the employees do the shopping for the tree, gifts, a Many companies make the claim that they like to promote from within. Bally Technologies backs it up. It started the Leadership in Excellence program for its employees three years ago, and it's already paying dividends — for the company as well as the employees. "We selected 50 employees from middle management for a one-year program that we created," said Gary Kapral, senior vice president of human resources. "Each person was paired with a mentor. But we kind of cross-pollinated, so for instance the CFO might be put with a person in a marketing job. Each person completed courses and worked on projects in teams and earned something like a mini-college degree." Now in its third year, Kapral said the turnover rate among that group is far 19 5/23/13 2:22:39 PM