We Started with Respect

Follow newly appointed president Jason Bailey as he inherits a disconnected company and he and his team learn to balance business and people-centric principles in this comprehensive blueprint for success. Together they tear down the walls, connect the dots, and create an extraordinary culture that produces outstanding results through employee engagement and fulfillment.

“This is ‘transformational leadership’ at its finest...

and a must read from both an educational and practical application perspective. The future of successful leadership is dependent on specific critical elements—as you will learn from author George Saiz’s real life experience—in this descriptive and well written book.”

Diane Michelucci, MBA
Executive, General Electric Company

Be the leader you always wanted to work for!

As a writer, keynote speaker, and coach, George Saiz promotes enterprise excellence through a people-centric culture to the next generation of business leaders.

Be the leader you always wanted to work for!

We Started with Respect is a blueprint for cultural transformation in a novel format.

It delivers a front row seat view of the journey a new leader and his team take as their disconnected company goes from surviving to thriving. 

Leaders at all levels will learn how blending business and people-centric principles can produce outstanding results by:

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Tearing down the walls

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Connecting the dots

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Creating an extraordinary culture

About the Author

George Saiz

George Saiz enjoys sharing leadership strategies from his experience as a medical device executive with Johnson & Johnson, Zimmer-Biomet, DJO Global and MicroAire. Combined with the best practices he observed as President & CEO of The Association for Manufacturing Excellence, he’s convinced of the importance of including people in all business equations.

Reviews

Bob Chapman

“You’ll be drawn in by the compelling story that unfolds and energized by the lessons it reveals. If you’re serious about transforming your team, your department, your organization, let We Started with Respect be your guidebook to improving your leadership and the precious lives in your span of care!"

Bob Chapman
CEO of Barry-Wehmiller, author of Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family, named no. 3 CEO in Inc. magazine

Paul Eidenschink

“Timing is everything! We Started with Respect delivers a front-row seat journey to the best thinking on culture and leadership both team members and firms are starving for. The world has changed. Fulfillment, engagement, and creating value have become essentials for success. This book is a must read to unlock the potential in any organization.”

Paul Eidenschink
Co-President & COO, Steffes LLC

Diane Michelucci, MBA – short

“This is ‘transformational leadership’ at its finest and a must read from both an educational and practical application perspective. The future of successful leadership is dependent on specific critical elements—as you will learn from author George Saiz’s real life experience—in this descriptive and well written book."

Diane Michelucci, MBA
Executive, General Electric Company

Brian Wellinghoff

“In We Started with Respect, George Saiz provides the answer to the most vexing business challenge of our times—how to lead organizations to success through uncertainty. Through the narrative of the book, the required leadership disciplines unfold such that veteran and aspiring leaders alike can unlock the value in their own leadership approach. I will be using George’s work with my team, and I encourage others to do the same.”

Brian Wellinghoff
Director Strategy Improvement Culture, Barry-Wehmiller

Tom Weisel

“After working with George through three company transformations, he has shown that his clear observations and implemented changes make a difference. He not only attacks the operational weaknesses, but like the company in We Started with Respect, he deals with the people issues that make up the basis for those difficult changes.”

Tom Weisel
President, Arch Day Design

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