Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 17, 2023

Feet Gloves, Vulnerability, and Being Wrong One more example: in the last two years I’ve fallen in love with trail running. A couple of weeks ago, I found myself in front of a pair of toe socks at REI. Avoiding the vulnerability of others’ answers and keeping the question to myself was selfish. In fact, they gave me the creeps.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 22, 2012

You can learn from Recreational Equipment Incorporated , better known as REI -- an outdoor gear and apparel co-op. As described in Amy Lyman's new book, The Trustworthy Leader , REI concisely articulates its core values in this series of statements: Authenticity -- We are true to the outdoors. So what makes it different at REI?

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Curious Cat

JUNE 3, 2015

In the current ASQ Influential Voices post , Laurel Nelson-Rowe, ASQ managing director, asks: What’s the Future of Quality? But it is a good example of the failures to adopt well known, decades old recommended practices. But it is a good example of the failures to adopt well known, decades old recommended practices.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Here are some examples of different ways to craft such a message : Use a familiar slogan in a fresh way: After a company has spent millions to make a slogan familiar, skew it in a new direction for your intended meaning. Jenny Kruger finds out that even the finest four-star restaurant is no match for one with 4 million stars.".

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2011

Microsoft managers probably shouldn't bring iPhones to business meetings. For example, Wal-Mart is making an enormous push into sustainability. Shouldn't organizations living up to their sustainability promise inherently mean having their management and employees being as green as they reasonably can be?

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Loyalty Brand Reis Metrics 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

And recognizing the demand-generating power of physical engagement, numerous online retailers have opened up their own bricks-and-mortar stores; examples include Warby Parker stores, Bonobos Guideshops (bought by Walmart), and mass customizer Indochino Showrooms. Consider what I think is the best new retail format in ages: Eataly.

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Merchandising Retail Reis Discount 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2017

They shared five key insights for employers looking to improve retention and engagement, including how to improve manager training, diversity and inclusion, and scheduling. Train frontline managers to support people and process. How can companies help their managers become more effective?

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