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15 Nuggets of Wisdom From 15 Entrepreneurs

Terry Starbucker

“You don’t build loyalty with the ‘what’, you build it with the ‘why’” - Ryan Kirkpatrick , CEO of Shwood. . “Know what you don’t know” – Dave Farrell , founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Gamma Therapeutics, Inc. ,

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3 Factors That Make Costco America’s Best Employer

Michael Lee Stallard

I’ve spoken with Jim Sinegal, Costco’s co-founder and CEO from 1983 to 2011, and interacted with Ryan Watkins, a young Costco warehouse manager across the country in Oregon. The level of customer loyalty Costco has developed with its members is the envy of every retailer. Value People.

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Salespeople have questions. Jeffrey has answers.

Strategy Driven

Ryan, The answer is neither. Jeffrey Gitomer is the author of The Sales Bible , Customer Satisfaction is Worthless Customer Loyalty is Priceless , The Little Red Book of Selling , The Little Red Book of Sales Answers , The Little Black Book of Connections , The Little Gold Book of YES! You have an email magazine. About the Author.

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What Great Companies Know About Culture

Harvard Business Review

Competitiveness, customer loyalty, innovation, and productivity — while critical to daily operations — trailed behind with each under 20 percent. Research was led by Brigid Milligan and Ryan Wells of Burson-Marsteller's Corporate Practice in collaboration with the Great Place to Work Institute.

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You're Probably Wrong About Millennials

Harvard Business Review

"Just because someone is younger doesn''t mean they can''t complete at a high level," says Ryan Brown, a Twitter employee. This isn''t entitlement — it''s being personally accountable for your own career.

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U.S. Health Care Reform Will Require Politicians to Change Their Attitude

Harvard Business Review

Speaker Paul Ryan has said that the law has “failed.” Certain changes can be forced into the system from on high, but the essential goodwill, commitment, and voter loyalty that political will is derived from cannot be commanded. ” In the campaign debates, Donald Trump said it was “destroying our country.”

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If Democrats Want to Challenge Trump, They Need a New Strategy

Harvard Business Review

The loyalty Trump has earned from some of his supporters may be virtually unbreakable, resulting from appeals that Democrats cannot and should not seek to match. These are ideas that a Republican like Paul Ryan would support and that have broad traction with voters, not just major donors. Understanding Trump’s Pillars of Support.