Episode Details

This week we sit down with longtime Mattress Firm leader Maurice Edwards, now with Katapult, for one of our most entertaining conversations yet.

Maurice started at Mattress Firm at just 17 years old and eventually worked his way up to Senior Vice President of Enterprise Risk Management. Along the way, he built a career filled with leadership lessons and some unbelievable loss prevention stories.

Maurice takes us behind the scenes of going undercover in Mattress Firm warehouses, investigating theft and organized crime, conducting undercover store shops, and helping build a loss prevention operation as Mattress Firm grew across the country.

But this episode is about much more than catching the bad guys. Maurice talks about the mentors who shaped his career, learning from failure, staying out of company politics, developing people, and why taking care of your people is ultimately what matters most.

Plus, Maurice shares a great lesson about why there really are no bad days, just bad hours.

Lots of laughs, some crazy Mattress Firm history, and plenty of lessons you can use in your own career.