Kem Krest: A Case Study of Resilience & Rebuilding

As Pres­i­dent of Kem Krest, Amish had seen remark­able year-on-year growth. But when the com­pa­ny con­front­ed a rut, he found it was hard to rise above the sit­u­a­tion to get an unbi­ased per­spec­tive. And yet, this would be exact­ly the per­spec­tive he need­ed to keep the team account­able and face the bru­tal facts with a results-ori­ent­ed mindset. 

Turn­ing a New Leaf

It was at this point, in turn­ing to his CEO group that he faced unan­i­mous advice: get a coach. It wasn’t some­thing that had crossed Amish’s mind before, but as he took the first step to reach out to Lawrence & Co. things start­ed to fall into place. This is where a co-pilot is critical.

“I’m a moun­tain climber, so I think about the per­spec­tive of the peak. Say you’re climb­ing Kil­i­man­jaro, on the first day, it’s a switch­back. It takes a few days to get per­spec­tive, to be the trail­head at the top. An advi­sor stand­ing at a dif­fer­ent per­spec­tive can help you see where you’re going. I think it’s phys­i­cal­ly and emo­tion­al­ly impos­si­ble with­out that per­spec­tive,” says Amish. 

A Bal­anced Perspective

With some per­spec­tive, Amish could see the real­i­ty — busi­ness­es go through cycles, they ebb and flow. The CEO often feels that they have to do it alone. But hav­ing an advi­sor can help you reach your full poten­tial. Amish found that much to be true for Kem Krest. 

The keys to his suc­cess were: 

• A cul­ture of strate­gic thinking
• Atten­tion to detail
• Dis­ci­pline
• Humil­i­ty
• Will­ing­ness to do the work

Lawrence & Co. brought an objec­tive out­side view, a man­age­ment sys­tem, and a mis­sion to keep things sim­ple and ensure success.

To learn more about how Amish turned around his team into a C‑suite of A‑players or rebuilt his strat­e­gy, read more here. 

The Chal­lenge

• How can you put your sup­ports in place in advance, so that if you ever run into a low spot, you know exact­ly where to turn?

Addi­tion­al Blogs 

• Are You Try­ing to Moti­vate Your Team?
• A Process-First of Peo­ple-First Company?

Old­er Podcasts

• Pod­cast Ep. 139: What’s More Impor­tant: Right Peo­ple or Right Strategy?
• Pod­cast Ep. 47: Mak­ing Hard Decisions