What is the leader’s job description? What is it you do that no one else can do?
The culture at Wilson Lumber can be healthy, encouraging, and challenging; or it can be depressing and toxic. Either way, we owners are in charge of it.
When we take our guard down, stop being fake, and just be real with one another, you know what happens? Trust is built.
If we’ve learned anything in the past few years, it’s that you take the good with the bad. Or maybe even, take the good expecting some bad.
I spent over 2 hours on the phone this morning simply trying to get someone at the Miami International Airport Hotel to send me a receipt.
It’s easy to think, especially in the last 24 months, that a supplier is someone who calls you just to tell you how much your price is going up or which products you ordered are not coming.
People are what matter. Not people are number one and profit is number two. People are number one, everything else pales in comparison.
I am delighted that it has been in my generation that the role of women in construction has begun to change and that we are seeing more meaningful contributions from women in what’s previously been a male-dominated industry.
When was the last time you were offended because someone asked you about what’s going on in your life? ... My guess is that you are encouraged that someone cares enough to ask.
‘Christlike principles’ is a much better base for decision making than the whims of how I’m feeling at the moment. And I’ve found that doing business for God’s glory is way more fun than doing it for my glory.
Have you ever heard of El Potrerillo, Guatemala? Of course you haven’t, and here’s how I know: I googled El Potrerillo, Guatemala, and you know what came up? Nothing.
Trust is built. And when you find someone or some company you trust, you stick with them.
