Williams: Treat Everyone Respectfully Because Junior Workers Eventually Become Industry Leaders
Brandon Williams · Scaling Global Media Empires with Brandon Williams of LawCorp | The Innovators & Investors Podcast · Feb 10, 2026 · at 52:15
Brandon Williams, General Counsel and COO of Steve Harvey Global, reflects on career longevity and the importance of treating colleagues and junior staff with respect.
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“What I have found is you're gonna run into the same people. You're gonna see people in life, 10 years down the road, That, you know, whatever may be, the person that was serving coffee at 23 is gonna run a studio at 37. And so, if you don't treat people kindly, nicely respectfully, no matter what their position is, don't assume that you are ahead of them, you're ahead of them, I guess, in your own mind today, but that same person May, at some point, be ahead of you, and did you treat them nicely?”
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