NTCA FIVE-STAR MEMBER SPOTLIGHT High expectations, high compensation, ongoing education create excellence for Northern California Tile & Stone Northern California Tile & Stone (nctscorp.com), with offices in Sacramento, Calif., and Reno, Nevada, has been in business for about 20 years, with a tradition of excellence and high compensation. “Like a professional sports team, everyone is highly compensated and expected to per- form well,” said Roger Leasure, NCTS President. “It’s not uncommon for the office to be open and people working at 5:30 a.m., or for staff to be answer- ing or sending emails on the week- ends. The field operations on jobs are getting things done over week- ends because of the size and scope of our jobs. We authorize overtime almost weekly, and the aggressive installers eat it up.” This high-paying company had several tile setters break the six- figure mark on their paychecks in 2018, excluding benefits. “We work to identify our top players and make sure they are happy and content while identifying our bot- tom players and replacing them,” Leasure added. “We are constantly looking for energetic, well-quali- fied individuals to add to the team; we like to look at it in terms of building a ‘Super Bowl team’ around here,” he said. The company specializes in large, complex, fast-paced commercial projects – mostly mall renovations and expansions, casinos, hotels and resorts, multi-family, govern- ment courthouses, spas and high- end commercial workout facilities. NCTS also focuses on thin-brick veneers, thin-panel porcelain, cut- to-fit solid surfaces, and honey- comb slab stone veneers. NCTS became a NTCA mem- ber five years ago, with a desire to up its game during a period of explosive growth. “We realized we don’t get paid for estimates or how much paper we push,” Leasure sponsored by Roger Leasure, NCTS President 48 TileLetter | 2019