When I look back on my years of working with Brian, I am reminded of the adage of the tent posts that are required of a viable tent; not a pup tent mind you, but a large tent; the kind the circus’s of old had to put up, take down, travel to the next town and do it all over again. The bigger the tent, the more posts that are needed to hold it up. We are all responsible for our own tent, whether at home or at work. The analogy of those posts are Respect, Empathy, Fairness, Accountability. However, the post in the center of the tent is critical, without which the rest of the posts will see the tent fail. That post is Integrity. Brian Phelps made sure that all five posts were securely in place and secured it all with integrity. I know this because there were several occasions when our business relationship was being challenged by others and Brian responded each time with all five posts soundly in place.