26: Authenticity in the Workplace with Fran Tarkenton

In and of itself, being authentic may feel challenging in today’s hyper influenced environment. Further, authenticity in the workplace has become a major of concern for employees and employers alike.  On this episode, I welcome Fran Tarkenton to this conversation as one who has started and run over twenty companies and further, helps small businesses succeed.  He is also a former National Football League (NFL) quarterback and television personality. During and after his NFL career, he started more than 20 successful companies, which now include GoSmallBiz, Tarkenton Financial, and SmallBizClub, a content-rich website for entrepreneurs that he founded with Office Depot. Fran gives inspiration in bringing in a diversified and authenticity-driven culture in his company. He embraces, loves and highly respects each team member’s personality and differences that tend to manifest in decades of employment and strong working relationships with him. Know the rules that Fran implements in his workplace that don’t look and feel like rules at all. Also, learn from this serial entrepreneur as he gives a dose of his great advice for other business owners to level up their work ethics and culture.