Tom Vazzo

And then the other is, to be a great leader, is listen. Just listen. You don't always have to have the answer. You don't always have to rule the room. You don't always have to sort of do it. If you want to build a culture and have people kind of take the responsibility and run with it, listen. And I'm older now. It's easy for me to say. But also the dynamic.

And then the other is, to be a great leader, is listen. Just listen. You don't always have to have the answer. You don't always have to rule the room. You don't always have to sort of do it. If you want to build a culture and have people kind of take the responsibility and run with it, listen. And I'm older now. It's easy for me to say. But also the dynamic.

Homeboy is a very diverse population, right? It's a gang population, right? And so for me, when I took on the homeboy role, It was different. Like Father Greg, our founder, Jesuit priest, the mission was strong, but the organization was failing because management didn't know the strategy, didn't know people in the right positions, all that stuff. So I come in and listen.

Homeboy is a very diverse population, right? It's a gang population, right? And so for me, when I took on the homeboy role, It was different. Like Father Greg, our founder, Jesuit priest, the mission was strong, but the organization was failing because management didn't know the strategy, didn't know people in the right positions, all that stuff. So I come in and listen.

Homeboy is a very diverse population, right? It's a gang population, right? And so for me, when I took on the homeboy role, It was different. Like Father Greg, our founder, Jesuit priest, the mission was strong, but the organization was failing because management didn't know the strategy, didn't know people in the right positions, all that stuff. So I come in and listen.

I'm not coming in to improve how to get gang members out of gangs. I'm coming in to actually see how the organization goes along. So it's a part about listening and piecing it all together and Same thing in the for-profit world. All the great leaders I've worked under, they've listened. They don't come in and start telling. It's sort of listening and thinking, listening and thinking and probing.

I'm not coming in to improve how to get gang members out of gangs. I'm coming in to actually see how the organization goes along. So it's a part about listening and piecing it all together and Same thing in the for-profit world. All the great leaders I've worked under, they've listened. They don't come in and start telling. It's sort of listening and thinking, listening and thinking and probing.

I'm not coming in to improve how to get gang members out of gangs. I'm coming in to actually see how the organization goes along. So it's a part about listening and piecing it all together and Same thing in the for-profit world. All the great leaders I've worked under, they've listened. They don't come in and start telling. It's sort of listening and thinking, listening and thinking and probing.

Yeah. Thank you for giving me that pitch. So Homeboy Industries, we have a Facebook page. We have a website, homeboyindustries.org. We have a lot of content on there. What's amazing is how our folks have changed our life, the transformation, and they tell their story in the first person. And look, we are blessed with donors. We need more donors, so please donate.

Yeah. Thank you for giving me that pitch. So Homeboy Industries, we have a Facebook page. We have a website, homeboyindustries.org. We have a lot of content on there. What's amazing is how our folks have changed our life, the transformation, and they tell their story in the first person. And look, we are blessed with donors. We need more donors, so please donate.

Yeah. Thank you for giving me that pitch. So Homeboy Industries, we have a Facebook page. We have a website, homeboyindustries.org. We have a lot of content on there. What's amazing is how our folks have changed our life, the transformation, and they tell their story in the first person. And look, we are blessed with donors. We need more donors, so please donate.

But people donate to us because they see, because every one of us, and I think in our world, have some type of brokenness in us. And And if our folks who have massive amount of brokenness can kind of get through that and not transmit that pain, but transform that pain, move that forward, it is sort of something to learn by and to sort of invest in.

But people donate to us because they see, because every one of us, and I think in our world, have some type of brokenness in us. And And if our folks who have massive amount of brokenness can kind of get through that and not transmit that pain, but transform that pain, move that forward, it is sort of something to learn by and to sort of invest in.

But people donate to us because they see, because every one of us, and I think in our world, have some type of brokenness in us. And And if our folks who have massive amount of brokenness can kind of get through that and not transmit that pain, but transform that pain, move that forward, it is sort of something to learn by and to sort of invest in.

So through all that, on the business side, I wrote a book, The Homeboy Way, where I kind of take the things I've learned at Homeboy and apply that back to the business world. So please buy the book along the way. And then we have social enterprise businesses, you know, buy some cake and And if you're in Los Angeles, come for a visit. We have 8,000 people visit us each and every year.

So through all that, on the business side, I wrote a book, The Homeboy Way, where I kind of take the things I've learned at Homeboy and apply that back to the business world. So please buy the book along the way. And then we have social enterprise businesses, you know, buy some cake and And if you're in Los Angeles, come for a visit. We have 8,000 people visit us each and every year.

So through all that, on the business side, I wrote a book, The Homeboy Way, where I kind of take the things I've learned at Homeboy and apply that back to the business world. So please buy the book along the way. And then we have social enterprise businesses, you know, buy some cake and And if you're in Los Angeles, come for a visit. We have 8,000 people visit us each and every year.