We have been privileged this year to be able to sit down and have a one on one conversation with Tom Manoghan. Tom, the CEO and Founder of Pizza Dominoes, is a concise man who likes to keep his strategy or plan in the dark until it is time to change. That is how he began detailing the inception of his business as a single store (Domi-Nick in Ypsilanti). Even as he responds to the challenges and failures, you can see the positivity in his face. The 90-minute interview, which was designed to help us understand leadership in-depth and also delves on how the doings of failure and challenges show that honing a leader towards the formidable path to success in entrepreneurship requires is resilience amidst adversaries.
In the same way, a true leader and entrepreneur accept challenges and failures is the same way a leader should lend and receive help through teamwork to ease the work of building a company. Put another way; the interview gathers that challenges and failures should be the motivating factors for an entrepreneur and, as such, should be allowed and embraced as part of the journey. From his responses, we also see that Tom is a man who believes in creating and maintaining healthy relationships as part of the teamwork process that promotes success. Building meaningful relationships means accepting help from others even as a leader. Manoghan then is a leader, and leaders shine not only via the magazine cover pages but also through the story of their challenges and failures they have encountered while following their dreams.
Lastly, because Tom assures us that he would ever have done it all by himself, it is essential to acknowledge that creating and building a business brand is a collective process, including the business leader and team members. As such, all characters involved should uphold resilience, team spirit, healthy relationships as they navigate the challenges. When success or failure emanates, all parties are greatly affected, and this is what Pizza dominoes countered with its healthy work culture. .