Influential Woman · Flooring Manufacturing

Amanda Worth

Territory Manager, Happy Feet International Flooring

Frisco, TX

Her Story

About Amanda

I've been in the flooring industry for 20 years, and I started out on the procurement side of things in the multifamily field. Then I jumped to selling flooring in multifamily for a number of years and ran hard, selling a lot of flooring - I sold half a million dollars a month where the average invoice was only $600. Just recently, I moved to the manufacturing side, so now we make the floors. I'm the biggest flooring nerd I know - I truly enjoy the engineering of the flooring and work for a great company. I think my most notable achievement is building the relationships I've built and really focusing on those, because everybody knows somebody somewhere, often at the most unexpected times. I think it's a relationship-based business, and I'm the most honest salesperson you'll ever meet. I'm not for everyone, and I think that's fair to say - I will tell you if I'm not for you or if this is not something you need, and I think that honesty will get you a long way. Looking ahead, I want to get more into the A&D firms and design companies, and I want to be a well-known flooring manufacturer simply because of the quality of our flooring - we're offering a good product that performs well.

Her Interview

Ten minutes with Amanda

01What do you attribute your success to?

I think, obviously I'm going to give my parents the credit that they deserve. But I think it's been my journey in life. Unfortunately, I've had things happen where it knocks me off of - we all have this idea of what life's going to look like for us, we have it all planned out, and things happen, and life happens, and at any given moment it can knock you out of your path. But as long as you keep that goal in mind and keep pushing, you'll be fine. I had a fiance who passed away, and that made me just dive hard into my career. But I think it's about keeping that goal in mind and continuing to push forward no matter what life throws at you.

02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?

The best piece of advice I've ever gotten is when no one believes in you, that doesn't matter - you just have to believe in you. I think about that a lot, and not that no one believes in me, because of course they do, but it doesn't matter. It's a total thing within yourself that you have to have, that fight in you to keep going.

03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?

Don't stop. As a female in a male industry, there have been challenges, obviously, and you keep your moral and ethical code, and you keep going, and don't let anybody tell you no. There's only one way to find out, and life - people overcomplicate things, and things aren't complicated. They're not. So just, if you have a dream, dream bigger, and just don't let anybody tell you no. And take care of yourself. For all the girls out there hustling and doing what it takes, trying to make it in a man's world, I have nothing but the most respect for them. It's so tough, but keep going.

04What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?

I think everything stems down to respect, honestly, because if you have respect, all the other things that one word carries go a long way. And be honest, and just be yourself, because we've created this very business, corporate world, but we're all just human and trying to do the best we can and do our jobs. People see that, so just be your authentic self and go about business honestly and respectfully, and you'll eventually win. Family is also incredibly important to me - I'm all about my family. I'm a daddy's girl with three brothers, and when we have nothing, we have our family. At the end of the day, that's what it's all about at the core.

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