As a Manager-Partner, I commit to:

• Being open-minded, flexible, and able to adopt new best practices, and execute core business tenets of the majority partners, which are based upon 60+ years of operating high-performing and highly profitable businesses.

• Willing to learn forever and being an active and welcoming learner.

• Being a natural, cheerful, transparent leader.

• Acting with humility.

• Thoughtful and prudent decision-making.

• Having a high sense of urgency and focus to deliver results.

• Relishing and always seeking to achieve the best possible business performance yardsticks and beyond.  Never settling for anything less than the best.

• An affinity for structure and respect for rules.

• Unyielding Integrity as default behavior – doing what is right when nobody is looking.

• Communicating candidly.

• Confidence in myself.

• Caring truly about the well-being of others.

• Succeeding depends upon serving equally well Associates, Customers, Owners.

• The ironclad fiduciary responsibility to partners and Company.

• Running the business independently, requiring almost zero input from or access to majority partners.  This includes handling supplier and all other business relationships.

• Seeking a long-term opportunity so may enjoy fruits of my labor.

• Being comfortable analyzing and being accountable for profit and loss and balance sheet statements, and key performance indicators.

• Financial controllership and safeguarding of all assets.

• Welcoming spot audits or visits from majority partners at any time.

• A clean criminal background and acceptable credit history and maintenance thereof.

• Aspiring to be beloved by Associates, Customers, and Suppliers.

From my heart, I commit to the above guiding statements.