Disrupting The Status Quo in The Logistics Industry with Derek Leathers: An EOFire Classic from 2021
Entrepreneurs on Fire
John Lee Dumas
4.8 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 July 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2020. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant.
Derek Leathers is the Vice Chairman, President and CEO of Werner Enterprises, a global industry leader. Leathers has over 29 years of experience in the transportation and logistics industry.
Top 3 Value Bombs
1. Have an internal commitment to continuous learning and be open-minded - ask for feedback from other people.
2. Be hardworking in any business you go into, focus on how many complicated problems you can solve, be visible, foster relationships with people who genuinely care about you, and learn from them and spend time with them.
3. Recognize acceptable risks and take them.
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| 0:00.0 | Boom Shake the Room Fire Nation, JLD here and welcome to entrepreneurs on fire brought |
| 0:07.3 | to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network, the audio destination for business professionals |
| 0:12.1 | with great shows like Creator |
| 0:13.5 | science today we're pulling a timeless EO Fire episode from the archives |
| 0:17.5 | so the giveaway may not be active and we'll be breaking down at |
| 0:21.0 | disrupting the status quo in the logistics industry to drop these |
| 0:24.9 | value bombs. I are brought to Derek Leathers in the E. Fire Studios. Derek is the vice |
| 0:29.2 | chairman president and CEO of Werner Enterprises, a global industry leader. |
| 0:34.4 | Leathers has over 29 years experience |
| 0:36.3 | in the transportation and logistics industry. |
| 0:38.8 | And today we'll talk about having an internal commitment |
| 0:41.0 | to continuous learning and to be open-minded and ask for feedback from other people, |
| 0:45.8 | how to recognize acceptable risks and take them, and so much more. |
| 0:50.0 | And a big thank you for sponsoring today's episode goes to Derek and our sponsors |
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