18Value Your Values

A few years ago, we built and moved into our dream home. We had spent years planning and designing every aspect and detail of the house. Throughout the long but worthwhile process, we discovered that leadership corresponds to the phases of home building. Constructing a house occurs in three major stages: foundation, framing, and finish out.

The first stage is setting the foundation. Once our builder poured the foundation, we were committed to a certain floor plan and the way the house would flow. We chose to take extra measures to ensure that we had a solid foundation, knowing that any movement could cause cracks in the future that would be difficult and expensive to repair. Building a team, like building a house, starts with ...

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