HM-ism Spotlight: If You See Something That’s Not as Good as It Could Be & Choose Not to Discuss It, You’re Helping Us Lose

Hughes Marino | HM Blog
July 9, 2025

At Hughes Marino, our award-winning culture and team performance thrives on continuous improvement, knowing that EVERY detail matters. This includes identifying things, both big and small, that may not be running as smoothly as they could be and having the courage to speak up when challenges might arise. As part two of our HM-ism series, we wanted to focus on a motivating phrase centered around teamwork, that follows our last HM-ism spotlight in always striving to get 1 percent better, because improvement stops when silence begins.

Horses, Wolves, Scouts and Seals

John Jarvis | HM Blog
May 22, 2025

It is my pleasure to serve on the Board of Advisors for YMCA Overnight Camps, where we oversee three great year-round resident camps: Camp Surf, Camp Marston and Raintree Ranch. It was in a conversation about Raintree Ranch, a camp where kids learn to ride and care for horses, where I learned something interesting. A dominant stallion will typically lead its herd from the back of the group. I knew this was true about wolf packs, and I’ve always thought it was cool and that it makes a lot of sense in the right circumstance. And what is the right circumstance to lead from the back? Let’s dig in.