Return on Relationships

Though economists talk only of Return on Investment (ROI), bestselling author Tommy Spaulding argues that profit and relationships go hand-in-hand. “Return on Relationships” (ROR) is the currency we should focus on, not just solely ROI — because if we are truly focusing on relationships, the bottom line goals come more easily.

About Tommy

Tommy Spaulding is president of the Spaulding Companies LLC, a national leadership development, speaking, training, consulting and executive coaching organization.  A world-renowned speaker on leadership, Spaulding has spoken to hundreds of organizations, associations, schools, and corporations around the globe. His new book, It’s Not Just Who You Know (Transform Your Life and Your Organization by Turning Colleagues and Contacts into Lasting, Genuine Relationships), published by Random House, is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today national bestseller.

Spaulding rose to become the youngest president and CEO of the world-renowned leadership organization, Up with People (2005-2008).  In 2000, Tommy Spaulding founded Leader’s Challenge, which grew to become the largest high school civic and leadership program in the state of Colorado. He is also the founder & president of the Spaulding Leadership Institute, a non-profit leadership development organization.