Key Thoughts on Leadership
- “The way I approach leadership every day is, I work for my people, and one of the things I hold myself accountable to is inspiring my people to perform to meet our company goals.”
- “It’s my job to understand what motivates them… what tries them… giving them ownership and making the key and critical decisions in the organization. In addition, I work at knocking down the obstacles and barriers that they bring to me.”
- “We take obstacles and turn them into opportunities and accomplishments.”
- ““Failure is not an option”, right? So whatever we can’t control, we’re just going to sell through it, because we’re going to make our plan. And, there are no excuses. So, we have to turn those excuses into opportunities.”
- “When I talk to millennials, I say, here is the future. Take advantage of this time in your life. You may have to manage expectations and understand advancement comes with experience and success. Still, the whole world is in front of you and you can start building that future today.”
- “You’ve got to be driven. I always tell people, I can teach you to sell. I can teach you the product. But I can’t teach you the drive and passion and desire to want to be successful. You either have it or you don’t.”
- “People like to work for people that they like. And, you know, the best compliment I got was, “Gosh, Eileen – I like working for you, not because you’re great and likeable, but because you’re firm, fair, and consistent.” And to me, I said, “Ah – I’ve done my job!””