What’s your super power as a leader in the trades? Whatever it is, it likely hasn’t developed without a few failures along the way. Listen in to hear from Chris Gutkes, President of Island Elevator, about everything he’s done “wrong” throughout his career in the trades. Learn how Chris started building self-awareness and empathy for people, as well as the impacts getting sober had on his personal development journey.
From being an exceptionally poor leader, taking his frustrations out on his employees, to hiring untrustworthy vendors and not vetting his technicians before hiring them… Chris has seemingly done it all! Yet, he came out on top and continues to run a successful, people-first elevator company.
“I need to make sure that I’m constantly assessing the decisions that I make, identifying the ones that that went wrong, and correcting them going forward,” Chris says.
Tune in to learn more!
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