Career Conversations
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.
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.
Valuing Different Perspectives
Being a great leader means you’re open to having new perspectives in your toolbox. Having a variety of people with different backgrounds to lean on will ensure you have a well-rounded look at how decisions affect your people.
Where Your Focus Goes, Your Energy Flows
"Where your focus goes, your energy flows." I heard this in a golf video on Instagram. Who knew how many connections there are between golf, life and growing a business? Golf is a mental game, along with life and growing a business. I love the saying,...
Do the Ordinary Extraordinarily Well
"Do the ordinary extraordinarily well." This quote reminds me of work, my personal life and even my golf game. I read a lot about golf, and I love the data we're getting about what it takes to play better. I've learned that scoring better in golf isn't about making...
Segmenting Goals
As we’ve entered the fourth quarter of this year, I want to talk about breaking your life, both professionally and personally, into quarters—just like a year is divided into four quarters. Recently, I saw a video on Instagram of Collin Morikawa, a professional golfer,...
Figure It Out
“Figure it out” is some career advice that might help you. Early in my career at Service Express, as we were growing the company and trying to find our footing, the owner challenged me and the other executives to figure things out. I remember it being a turning point...
6 Steps for Solving Problems
What do you do when faced with a big problem or crisis that needs to be addressed? Here are some steps I follow: Involve the right people. Get the right people in the room—the ones who have access to the information, are involved in the issue or need to...
Enduring Growth Pains
Enduring the pain of growth! Last week, I shared why it's important to Work While You Wait for Opportunity. If you don't get the promotion you're hoping for, or if you want to advance in your career but the timing isn't right, how you react to that means a lot. You...
Work While You Wait for Opportunity
Work while you wait. Often, I see people in their careers here at Service Express, as well as others I talk to outside of the company, who are eager to know their career paths and opportunities. They are driven, work hard, and want to keep progressing in their...
Warm & Demanding Leadership
Brad Stevens, president of basketball operations for the Boston Celtics, says, "The best leaders are warm and demanding." He shares that the best leaders connect with, care about and invest in their people. At Service Express, we recently received results...
A Bad Day for the Ego Is A Good Day for the Soul
"A bad day for the ego is a good day for the soul." This quote is from Coach Chris, who is connected to Jesse Itzler. You've heard me mention Jesse before; he wrote Living with a SEAL, one of my most highly recommended books. Jesse's quote really stood out to...
Leadership Lessons from Hard Knocks
It's August, which means summer is ending, fall is around the corner, and football season is coming. I can feel it in the air. It's also time for Hard Knocks, an NFL series on HBO that focuses on training camp. The show sends in cameras and microphones to get...