The above pic is from

a Sales Kick Off event

last week in Tampa, FL where

I served as the keynote speaker.

The evening before,

I sat through the company’s

entire 2.5 hour awards banquet,

something I’ve never done before.

At other conferences,

I’ll stay for an hour or so

to take notes…but for this,

I stayed through to the very end.

“Why did I stay?” I kept asking myself.

As I rode the elevator up

to my hotel room,

I realized the answer,

and texted my husband:

I had been riveted,

because it is so rare…

and so rarely called out in

sales award ceremonies.

And interestingly enough,

this company completely

CRUSHED IT last year

in a highly competitive industry.

Hard work; high integrity.

A few months ago, I heard a quote

from Senator Al Simpson,

which goes like this:

“If you have integrity,

nothing else matters.

If you don’t have integrity,

nothing else matters.”

– Alan K. Simpson

What can you do to

encourage and reward integrity

in those around you and in those you lead?

Risk Forward & Rock On,