From James Horne, Sr. Director of Enterprise Solutions at Axiom Path
It’s 2024, and the market has a lot of movement in every direction. Coming out of the
pandemic, we’ve seen some companies are booming while others are struggling to keep
the doors open. These last few years have felt unstable, confusing, and certainly
unprecedented for many business leaders.
In my own leadership position, I view leaders as the “flight attendants” to our teams. As
long as the flight attendant is still serving food and beverages, operating with calmness and
confidence, I know a little turbulence is okay. If I see them hurrying to get seat belts on, I
know it’s time to pray. When the future is uncertain, it’s important for flight attendants to
assure and prepare their passengers for possible turbulence.
The environment we create is the environment that exists—it’s as simple as that. If you
operate out of panic and emotion, you will have a team that is constantly emotional and
panicking.
At Axiom Path, we have a leadership team that pushes each other to not accept the status
quo. I am blessed to be in an environment where my leader pushes me everyday. He
refuses to let me accept complacency. As a leader, myself, I hope my team would agree
that they feel the positive effects and see that I do the same for them—helping create a
safe environment for them to be able to push themselves and try new things.
We strive to be a team of positive and prepared leaders, working to build up more leaders
that will embody this “servant-leader, people-first” mindset to drive continuous growth.
