Having the Right People

 “People are not your most important asset. The right people are.” Jim Collins  At the end of the day you bet on people, not on strategies.”– Lawrence Bossidy, GE  We have the right people on our team which gives us the ability to succeed. It is our people...

Promoting Internally

“Hire people who are better than you are, then leave them to get on with it. Look for people who will aim for the remarkable, who will not settle for the routine.” David Ogilvy What do you do when an A-player on your team wants to move ahead? A real leader...

The right way to make any decision

There’s a common mistake I see a lot of new leaders make, and that is they try to make all decisions themselves. Maybe part of it is trying to prove their worth by showing they can make every decision that comes their way, but invariably it comes back to bite them. In...
Patience and Bo Schembechler’s Wisdom

Patience and Bo Schembechler’s Wisdom

 Sometimes there appears to be a thin line between motivated and impatient. We want driven and hard-charging people here at Service Express; people who are motivated day after day and working hard to get results. What we don’t want is people who are so impatient that...