Thomas Ajspur

For Thomas Ajspur, everything comes down to empowerment. “Thomas has redefined the concept of leadership,” said his staff. “The results are clear in the company’s rapid growth and high employee satisfaction, even as the economy sunk in the last year.”

Ajspur, a two-time Titan, serves as the founder and CEO of Enavate, a firm offering ERP consulting, cloud services and managed services. Under Ajspur’s leadership, the firm’s Glassdoor rating skyrocketed from 1.6 stars in 2015 to 4.9 stars in 2021, with an expansion of the team from 240 to 375 and $50 million in sales in 2020.

It’s Ajspur’s vision and willingness to empower others that propels the company’s success. “For us, this vision is real,” he said. “As the company has grown rapidly over the past year, we learned that in addition to building more structure around empowerment for greater understanding among our newest team members, we needed to make sure that the entire company is dreaming our vision, believing in it and owning it.”

The pandemic taught Ajspur that the firm must continue to take the time to ensure that every person hired aligns with the company’s core values, especially during a time of growth. “And just like we do a culture fit on a candidate, they should be doing a culture fit on us,” he said. “Even as we grow, we want to maintain this focus on our team and be recognized as a great place to work globally – a sought-after destination for passionate and talented people seeking to realize their full potential.”

He sought out unique ways to empower and inspire his team members during the 2020 pandemic, including creating a fund for team members’ families who were negatively affected by COVID in some way, a weekly group workout, online cooking class and book club, as well as educational sessions with coaching on how to deal with uncertainty and fear.

“With transparent leadership and a focus on employee empowerment, Thomas and the Enavate organization strengthened communications internally and continued to serve customers in meaningful ways in 2020,” said his staff. “Thomas has taken pains to weave deep-seated values of empowerment into the company culture from day one.”

For Ajspur, as a leader, it’s important to take each day as an opportunity to learn something new and create momentum amongst team members. “I work for the team – not the other way around,” he said. “My job is to understand their needs and goals while unblocking the obstacles for the collective mission of our company.”

For his unwavering commitment to empowerment as a leader, Ajspur has been named a two-time Titan of industry.

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