Employees do not love this company anymore.

And the e-mail didn’t get any better.

Upper management has unintentionally created an environment in which employees do not feel valued, do not feel trusted and do not have any fun.  Almost every single person (regardless of what they might tell you) has their resume out and are looking for jobs.

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I chose to fail.

If bankruptcy is synonymous with failure, then an overwhelming majority of businesses who file a bankruptcy petition are choosing to fail. Very rarely will your suppliers-turned-creditors initiate the steps to force an involuntary liquidation. Regardless of how many times they call, condemn, or harass, they are secretly rooting for you.

Rooting for you because your success is their success – you’re on the same team.

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Though seemingly counterintuitive to start at the finish, the end is important. The end gives us answers. The end gives us insight. And this end is actually the beginning – first chapter over, next chapter eagerly waiting to be drafted. These are the conclusions drawn from the experiences. The costs of those experiences totaled just over $14M; but more importantly were the collateral damage costs on relationships, health and sanity. My name is Ryan Hogan, and these are my stories…

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