Christine Hernandez is the CEO and a Leadership Impact Coach at Bold Leader Collective. She describes her parents as the original owners of Champion Carpet.
Her father arrived in America from France at age ten. She says he built wealth in one generation, asked for help, took risks, and worked hard to create a business with impact and legacy.
Hernandez says her father's example shaped her ambition. She wanted to help people with difficult beginnings build a legacy without the level of sacrifice her family experienced.
She says she learned the value of real-world problem-solving and honest work growing up. She believes hard work, past knowledge, technology, and innovation can achieve more together.
Bold Leader Collective has developed a mentorship and coaching program for owner-operators in construction. The program is meant to help them attract, hire, manage, retain, and enjoy the teams they want.
Hernandez says the great resignation, declining labor interest, remote and hybrid work, boomer retirements, toxic work environments at big corporations, and DIY culture are changing the industry.
She views these changes as an opportunity for companies that want to stand out through education and innovation.
She says companies that give people purpose, mentorship, and community can build a loyal workforce.
Hernandez says she stays inspired by her vision for her life and business. She believes she was put here with a purpose and must actualize it.
She says her commitment to her team motivates her. She wants to empower them to make the impact they were created for, even if that means helping them launch onto another path.