Kevin Zubke AKA KAZ… team member COLUMBUS working through our book club, available to any of you.

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The Magic of Thinking Big

Talk about a book that makes you work on getting the most out of life!! From developing the power of belief to how to think like a leader. This is not your typical self-help book. For me, this will be way more helpful as it has things that you can apply to your everyday life-at home and at work. How to turn defeat into victory, 10 years planning guide, but most of all the thirty day improvement guide (see attached-I have 2 copies of this-one in my car and one at my desk) I am looking forward to looking back and seeing how I have improved both personally and professionally.

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The takeaway is below.  This is a great “North Star” Guide to really doing life right.

In Drexel Fashion a 2 minute de-briefing was held at the Wrightstown location

announcing to their team the new head coaching team.

(If you missed a previous announcement, Nick Whitty is moving closer to his roots and transferring to lead the Kiel Team. He’s juggling both right now… and loving it!)

Steve Larson, head coach.

David Van Dreese “DVD”, assistant head coach.

“It was a thorough, extensive, and time consuming search.  Just like ANY position open, the team member selected goes through multiple interviews with multiple team members.  It has to be the perfect fit for all involved.  Steve is a perfect fit for this position.  Steve’s choice of DVD as assistant head coach is awesome.  A good complement to what Steve brings to the table.  This team is solid.  And doing amazing things.  That tradition will certainly continue.  The process is way better then when dad and I used our gut 100%…and hoped and prayed it made sense.  The team approach does a much better job finding the best people to join our bus.”- Joel Fleischman

(So if you write the article do you quote yourself?  Seems odd.)

CONGRATS!

TGIM!

Team,

At our Sales Retreat on April 18 in Fond du Lac.

99 of us got together to BOND AND IMPROVE.  “iron sharpens iron.”

Mission Accomplished.  

From an outsider speaker to a builder panel to wise words by sales leaders to small group work stations, a fantastic day that laid out an awesome launch to 2019!

We also did our first CHANGE THE WORLD AWARDS

YOU voted for the sales person that was the BEST

Teammate

Organized

and

Supplied the Most Happiness to our Customers

Most companies reward SALES MARGIN GROWTH.  That’s the fruit, as we know, without the ROOT, the fruit is weak.  So in Drexel Style we reward the traits of the ROOT and the acts of being a GOOD PERSON.

Help me congratulate the WINNERS IN EACH CATEGORY

TEAMMATE

TIM LINDSLEY

KEITH STREBILINSKI

ORGANIZED

CHRIS LAWRENCE

DANI THIMMING

SUPPLIED. HAPPINESS.

BEN MCCARTY

KURT DULMES

SHAWN CONNELL

FACIL,
Joel

Our Drexel Merchants are known across the nation of being some of the wisest purchasers in the country.  We take our relationships and our buying serious.

Tough, Clever, Smart guys.   And a ton of fun.

Thank you for choosing Drexel.  Thanks for trusting us.   We do appreciate the opportunities to serve.    Facil, Joel

TGIM!

Team…

I hear this one sometimes…. DREXEL is growing.  I’m scared.  Maybe too fast.  We are growing.  We are different.  It’s good, but this growth… wow.

Look at this way…when should of we stopped hiring?… the second we hired you right?  YOU wouldn’t be here if we didn’t have a GROWTH MINDSET.

Yes GROWTH can be messy!  Messy is where all the magic happens.  It’s the best part.  It’s the frosting and the middle!

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Remember TOMORROW.

When you are about to make a decision remember how it will affect you TOMORROW.  Trying to lose a few pounds and crush a donut?  How will you remember that donut TOMORROW?  Tapped out on cash, put a few more bucks on the credit card?  How will it affect you tomorrow?  Easy example… stay for that extra drink?  How will affect you tomorrow?

Bringing it into Drexel… sloppy, untidy, unfinished, poor processes, blades dull, trucky messy… REMEMBER TOMORROW!

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OPPOSITES

I think stress (and stresses isn’t bad, it’s how you process it) causes us to freak out.  Worry about the future.  Worry about things out of control.  Makes things complicated.  So think about it, the opposite is also true.

Worried about ME.  How does it affect my commission, how does it affect my sale.

VERSUS

What can I do to help THE TEAM

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You made a mistake.  That affects ME.

VS.

We made a mistake let me stop and help US learn from it.

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I don’t have time for this.  I want to do less.

VS.

How can I help you do your job better.

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Packers

VS.

Bears

(had to sneak that in there.)

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My week…

Monday, helping out at systems…and then back to downtown for some appts this pm.

Tues-Weds Andersen Window Trip with 14 team members and contractors

Thursday- Back to Little Chute to host a tour of Berlin/Wtown teammates that use systems

Fri- Three meetings from Richfield to Howard (I’ve never been to Howard.)

Anywhos, call if you need me.. .it’s probably the 12th time I’ve been to Andersen… I can miss parts of the tour!

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Today friends, and this won’t be on social media, but you should know… a Family Farm lost their calf barn and  also the same shed where they kept their trucks in a fire recently.  Weighing heavily financially and mentally on them.  Today at 430 we are giving them one of our old trucks, and we fixed it up properly for them!  Now that is SUPPLYING HAPPINESS.  They asked me to be there for it, so I will.

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Dale Carnegie grads this week from Drexel.   Be sure to thank them.  Dale Carnegie classes have changed Drexel and many lives here!  Ask those that took it, what changed about them!  Great talks.

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Talk more.  E-mail less. PLEASE.

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Be kind.  Be grateful.  Smile more.

Facil,

Joel