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Casting a Vision
This week, I'm sitting down with a close friend of mine, Peter Ruppert, the author of Limitless and CEO at Fusion Education Group. Join us as we talk about dreaming big, casting a vision for the future and setting personal, professional and financial goals.
Perspective, Adversity & Opportunity
A few weeks ago, I was asked to give a talk to a local varsity sports team before the start of their tournament. I thought about what I wanted to say to this group of young people and how to relate it to my experience in business. Here are the three things I came up...
You Don’t Need a Blueprint
Growing organizations in an ever-changing world don’t have a blueprint for everything. Last March, we sent everyone home to work remotely for what we thought would be a few weeks. This has been different from anything I’ve been through here at Service...
Problem Solvers & Innovators
As your organization grows, you need to be looking for people who are problem solvers and innovators. If you’re a leader, this is the type of person you need to become. It’s no longer acceptable for a leader to wait and be told what to do or ask...
Performance vs. Learning Culture
I saw a tweet today by Adam Grant, an organizational consultant and graduate of the University of Michigan. I had the pleasure of seeing Adam speak at an event a few years ago, so I followed him on Twitter and I enjoy many of his tweets. This...
Find the Critical Voice
Who do you go to when you want tough and critical feedback? In the book 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John Maxwell, there is a chapter about seeking input and feedback from the “Claude” or influencer on your team. In the book, John talks about his experience...
Leaders Look to Solve Problems
“I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy to way to do it” -Bill Gates I hear this quote often, and the idea of it rings true. When I look to solve problems at Service Express, I search for those who are dedicated to...
Customers Compare
When looking at customer service, it’s no longer you against your competition. It’s you against every customer service experience they’ve ever had. I saw a tweet from Shep Hyken that said, “Customers don’t compare you only to your direct competition anymore. Customers...
How to Scale Culture
What’s one way to scale culture at your organization? Hire servant leaders. I recently saw a tweet by Mark Crowley that said, “UCSD researcher Pamela Smith says people who are self-centered, & who have more self-centered values, only tend to become more selfish...
Measuring Culture
How do we measure our culture’s success at Service Express? We do this by tracking our scorecards, ROIs and having one on one check-ins with leaders. Doing this helps us understand each person’s responsibilities in clear terms.
About Me
I am the President & CEO of Service Express, a National Best & Brightest Company to Work For. Service Express has averaged double digit growth every year since 2001.
We attribute our success to a unique corporate culture that we call The Service Express Way. I am a member of the Young President Organization and sit on the Board of the Spectrum Health Foundation.
