What do you give up to grow? Louie Sharp turned a $14,000 mistake into a leadership lesson that changed an employee's life—and will change how you lead.
A technician crashes two vehicles and causes $14,000 in damage. What would you do? My guest today chose to skip the punishment — and made an investment instead.
Louie Sharp of Sharp Auto Body joins hosts Chris Messer, VP of Transportation Group at EndeavorB2B, and Mike Jones, founder of Discover Leadership Training, for a conversation about one of the most counterintuitive ideas in leadership: that the thing holding you back might not be what you need to add, but what you need to let go. Today, Louie shares how releasing the instinct for revenge and leaning into leadership transformed a costly mistake into a career—and why giving up anger, fear, control, and even past success might be the most powerful move any leader can make.
Chris Jones is group editorial director for the Vehicle Service & Repair Group at EndeavorB2B.
A multiple-award-winning editor and journalist, and a certified project manager, he provides editorial leadership for the auto care industry's most trusted automotive repair publications—Ratchet+Wrench, Modern Tire Dealer, National Oil & Lube News, FenderBender, ABRN, Professional Distributor, PTEN, Motor Age, and Aftermarket Business World.
