As
we celebrate Women’s History Month, I want to replay a powerful interview with a
real deal Woman History Maker, Janice Bryant Howroyd who will inspire you!
Janice
Bryant Howroyd has created an amazing business empire. She is the first African
American woman to own a billion-dollar business!
Howroyd
is the founder and CEO of ActOne, a provider of workforce solutions, including
temporary staffing and software that has transformed the staffing industry.
She
grew up in a small North Carolina textile town, one of 8 siblings. After
graduating from A&T University, she vacationed with her older sister in Los
Angeles, CA, thinking she would be there for two weeks.
While
there, her brother-in-law asked for her help in his office while he was away for
a few days on a business trip. When he returned, Janice had transformed his
office. She went on to start a staffing company in the back of a rug store in
Los Angeles with less than $1,000, most of which she borrowed from her
mother.
Today,
Janice's company is a global force in staffing with operations in over 30
countries. The world is her marketplace! She has become a world-renowned
business leader, philanthropist and advisor to presidents – and sits on many
corporate boards.
Here
are 13 principles she implements in business, often gleaned from the wise
counsel of her mother.
- Scale
Up, Scale Out and Scale Every Way You Can!
- Make
it important to treat your team with care. They make your business grow.
- No
matter who signs your check, ultimately, you are the one who writes them – by
the quality of your work.
- We
own our own destiny. Work to make it all it can be!
- You
must have faith in your work and the faith to work.
- Resilience
is a requirement to succeed in business.
- Never
compromise personally to get to what you want professionally.
- Ask
once. Listen three times.
- Use
a “circular communication” process. That’s the Osgood-Schramm model of
communication. This involves a sender who encodes a message and a recipient, who
decodes it. The sender and the receiver hold both of these roles.
- Know
the difference between the “reason” and the “excuse.” Accept no excuses and
think with reason.
- Winners
use the tools of their trade to achieve the goals of their dreams.
- Be
honest with yourself about what you want and what you are willing (or unwilling)
to do to achieve it.
- Always
have integrity.
This
powerful Willie Jolley Wealthy Ways Show interview on Sirius XM Radio airs this
Saturday at 4pm ET, next Tuesday and next Thursday at 6pm ET on channel 141-HUR
Voices.
For
access to more interviews, download The Willie Jolley Wealthy Ways Podcast on C
Suite Radio or wherever else you get your podcasts. Listen and be
inspired!