Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day!

Thank you to all the dads who make us so proud. 

My hero, my helper, my friend, 

May all the special men in our lives enjoy this special day.

We honor you! 

Do it right and make it good.

On my recent travels outside the country, I had the opportunity to meet with leaders and business owners from several different industries to gain their perspectives on what it takes to grow and maintain a company through the complexities and demands of the global  technological shift.

Our conversations arrived at a common question: how do you maintain the foundation of a sound culture you have built within the company in the face of shifts in productivity, human ingenuity and competitive costs of cheaper, better, faster? We talked about the demands of regulations, overhead costs, expectations of clients—of the value proposition of service and product and how to be competitive in a way that a click of a button can not provide.

I listened as these business owners from several major industries described how they transcended a low-cost market, by changing the quality of services and goods to meet a wider audience. All the while I kept asking myself, "Is the cheaper concept, better? Does a cheaper product or service provide the longevity needed to grow in an ever-changing, disruptive environment?" I believe we should provide a valuable service or product at a competitive price, yet does that mean we should turn away from our core values of doing what is right and challenging ourselves to strive for excellence.

When you do what you believe you stop counting the hours of labor and embrace the journey.

All of these individuals built their companies by believing in themselves. They took a risk and had a vision.  And, over the course of decades of success, a theme emerged for them all, and it's really quite a simple mantra that we can all practice:

                                                               "Do it right and make it good."