Mark S. Cook, President of Windfall Partners: A Slice of My "Why," a Short First-Job Lesson on Leading

The most elementary lesson of leadership came as I started my first job at Dan's Foods. My work life began in the middle of a giant storm that surrounded me. It was an intense, ever-present family situation, then it all moved within my head, all the time, even at work. That first job during such an intense time, first added rain to the storm, but then it provided an eye to the hurricane of life. Some names have been changed to protect the innocent.