have worked for him and find out what kind of leader he is and what he ’ s like to work for .” With every job candidate , he wants to find the pattern that reveals whether a potential hire is a butt-buster .
Based on Coach ’ s example , the most important thing for me as a leader when it comes to hiring is to surround myself with people in leadership positions who have a pattern of working in the Joe mold .
Excerpted from Taking the Lead : Winning Business Principles That Fuel Joe Gibbs Racing by Dave Alpern with David Thomas . Copyright © 2021 . Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers , a Division of Tyndale House Ministries . All rights reserved .
Dave Alpern is the president of Joe Gibbs Racing , where he began his career in 1993 as an unpaid intern . As one of the longest-tenured executives in the sport , Alpern has seen the team grow from 18 employees to more than 500 and has worked with C-level executives from many of the world ’ s top brands , such as Toyota , FedEx , Mars , and Stanley Black & Decker . He is married to his college sweetheart , Stacey , and they have three sons . Alpern ’ s book , Taking the Lead : Winning Business Principles That Fuel Joe Gibbs Racing , releases from Tyndale House Publishers in June 2021 .
Jennifer David Thomas Dykes Henson is a
sportswriter is a , and wife author , and mom of numerous to two young books girls including . She has , coauthored I Still Believe several , Impact bestselling Player , All books In , and , including Remember The Why Generosity You Play . Ladder A lifelong and Tongue Texan Pierced and graduate . Previously of the , Jennifer University worked of Texas with at Dr Arlington . Charles , Stanley he lives as near the marketing Dallas , Texas communications , with his wife manager and their for two In children Touch Ministries . . She lives with her family in Atlanta , Georgia .
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