At BuildDirect, there are many things we do that are strategically right. Our culture pervades the atmosphere here in our office not only making it one of the top, most sought after places to work but making it a place you "love" to work. The team is built of "A" players actively helping the company capture market share in one of the worst markets in the past hundred years. Our culture and values, our goals, in fact, the essence of who we are as a company has never been more aligned than now. Alignment is important because execution matters. Some things you choose to execute on will fail. That's a fact of life. Taking bold action and executing with precision is better than not taking action at all. However, taking action with poor execution can lead to the same or worse results as doing nothing. I was reflecting today on an article in the New Yorker written by Jose Antonio Vargas about Facebook. In the article, Chris Cox, Facebook’s vice-president of product, said “Getting … [Read more...]
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