Last updated on September 9th, 2014 at 10:39 pm
It took me 22 hours to come up with something inspirational that I wanted to share with you today, but I eventually came across it when Sarah asked me to watch an episode of “Undercover Boss” with her. In it was Scott Sibella, the President/COO of the MGM Grand casino in Las Vegas, and man! It was INSPIRING.
- Donn, Roulette Dealer
- Angelina, Front Desk Agent
- Eddie, Blackjack Dealer
- Sandy, Guest Service Representative
- From Donn, he learned about how a Vietnam war vet learned not to sweat the small stuff and made a donation to a veteran’s society and sent Donn and his brothers to a football game in a private box
- From Angelina, he learned about how employees were working so hard that they had no time to invest in their family lives, so he sent her and her husband on a week-long paid romantic getaway
- Eddie is a single father with five boys, so Scott helped him out with $10,000, and since his boys mean more than the world to him, Scott arranged to fly Eddie and his five boys to a UFC game with VIP treatment, so they could all be reunited one last time before the eldest went off to join the Air Force
- And with Sandy, he learned about the struggles to excel at one’s job with no incentives — she also delivers flowers to a nursing home each and every Monday, but often feels constrained because of lack of funds and volunteers; so Scott volunteered HIS family and gave a donation to help her along — he also paid for her and husband to take the cruise they always wanted
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Yup, it was a great episode. I don’t often find reality TV touching, but this episode was. Its always great to see a leader humble themselves enough to learn from the folks at the bottom of the organization.