BIO: Lorenzo Flores, a twenty-year veteran in retail leadership, has rejuvenated, inspired, and rebuilt over a dozen teams throughout his career.
STORY: After years of hard work, Lorenzo finally became a manager. He was super excited to get this title, and he thought that he had finally arrived at his destination. He plateaued and settled in his title, stagnating his career and personal growth for six years.
LEARNING: A title or a job is not the end destination or a place to plateau and settle; you still need to put in work to keep growing. It does not matter how much time it takes to get to where you want to go; it is the work you put in that matters.
“If I’m not following my code of leadership, I’m not helping my people get better over time.”
Lorenzo Flores
Lorenzo Flores, a twenty-year veteran in retail leadership, has rejuvenated, inspired, and rebuilt over a dozen teams throughout his career. With a passion for music, Mixed Martial Arts, and podcasting (check out Life of Lozo and Hacking Your Leadership!), he understands the importance of connecting personal vision to the workplace.
Lorenzo’s insights, experiences, and philosophies on leadership excellence are the fuel to ignite every leader’s optimum potential. Join his Clubhouse here.
Lorenzo was very excited to finally be made manager after many years of learning how to influence people to be great individual contributors, to show up, and to exceed expectations. He believed that he had made it.
Becoming a manager made Lorenzo think that he was perfect. He believed that all of his opinions were right. Lorenzo thought he had all the skills and competence necessary to lead people. So he just sat back, relaxed, and allowed the everyday elements of the job to take over his life.
Lorenzo never challenged himself beyond his job title. He never took time to develop and grow his career further. He got comfortable in being a manager.
Lorenzo thought that he would develop through osmosis if he just showed up every single day, put in the time, and did what he was told to do.
Lorenzo prescribed very early in his career to the idea that someone becomes a master of his art after practicing it for 10,000 hours. Lorenzo figured that being in a full-time job working 40 hours a week, in five years, he would automatically be the master of his domain and be the best possible assistant manager you can find. The part that he forgot about is that five years have to be dedicated to improving yourself.
That is where Lorenzo made a horrible investment decision by believing that just being present in the physical was enough to help him grow and achieve his goals, both professionally and personally.
This mentality caused Lorenzo’s career growth and development to stagnate. He also experienced complacency in relationships.
Lorenzo was also complacent when it came to having financial goals. He just lived day by day, week by week, assuming that this is life now. And so for Lorenzo, those...