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Business Leader of the Year (Family business) Chris Coghlin, President, CEO, & chief culture officer, Coghlin Cos. At Coghlin Companies, our goal is to drive the most positive, fun, energetic, accountable, engaged, and empowered culture imaginable. We apply our collective talents in a unique and purposeful way to exceed client expectations and commercialize life-saving and life-changing medical devices and capital equipment products for some of the most innovative companies in the world. We ALWAYS prioritize kindness, collaboration and transparency, and consciously promote Caring Associate growth, development, and advancement, knowing retention is essential to the success of all growing companies, and never forgetting that "customers will never love a company until the employees love it first" (Simon Sinek). As a passionate leader focused on creating exceptional experiences for our customers and Caring Associates, I share below some of the key quotes and principles integrated into my being. I find each to be uniquely inspiring, motivational and core to the heart and soul of our culture and success. 1. Do your best every day to make somebody else's day! The little things are the BIG things...find a way to lift someone's spirits each day through a compliment or small act of kindness. 2. Surround yourself with people that push you to do better. NO DRAMA or NEGATIVITY. Just higher goals and higher motivation. - Warren Buffet 3. You never get a second chance to make a good first impression. - Will Rogers Do your homework, know your audience, and always be prepared. 4. Say it straight so it won't come out crooked. Always tell the truth, state the facts and be prepared to courageously deal with whatever may follow. 5. Do the thing you fear most, and the death of fear is certain. - Mark Twain Try new things and never delay courageous conversations. 6. Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch Learn from your experiences and try not to make the same mistakes twice. 7. It doesn't make sense to hire smart people and then tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do. – Steve Jobs Paragus makes I.T. work for small to medium-sized businesses in Central Mass. Join us in the Doughnut Garden and dig into an amazing selection of doughnuts. 8. Invest in next-generation talent and leadership and provide them with opportunities to try different things. 9. Always treat people the way you want to be treated. Do your best to put yourself in other people's shoes, never judging or making assumptions. 10. Always believe that THE BEST IS YET TO COME! 11. WORK HARD and PLAY HARD. Everything at Coghlin Companies is done with purpose, passion and intention. We do our best to be authentic in everything we do and take great pride in a present leadership style that applies to our home, workplace and community…always choosing to walk the walk.