Let's Grow Leaders
JULY 17, 2023
As we talked, I posed a leadership and culture question that has confounded me for decades. A couple of weeks ago, I found myself in front of a pair of toe socks at REI. Your Turn Are you ready to unlock the next level of your leadership potential? I’ll save the question itself for another time.) The socks were on sale.
Modern Servant Leader
NOVEMBER 8, 2012
Dear Opponent of Servant Leadership , No, I’m not naive. You think Servant Leadership doesn’t work “in the real world” I guess organizations practicing servant leadership like Southwest Airlines, Vanguard, REI, U.S. This, in essence, is what most leadership books boil down to. Cowardice.
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Let's Grow Leaders
JULY 7, 2023
So many leaders feel the need to be right to demonstrate competence or to feel like they have all the answers, but in most leadership positions this doesn’t fly anymore and leaders need to be wrong from time to time. So last week I was at my favorite store for such things, REI, and REI is not a sponsor.
In the CEO Afterlife
APRIL 1, 2012
Monster entered the market after Red Bull, discounted their product, proliferated the hell out of the brand, and committed a boatload of sins that would give marketing pundits Al Reis and Jack Trout migraine headaches.
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?
In the CEO Afterlife
MARCH 26, 2012
My original premise for this blog was to share a variety of leadership and branding principles with the current generation of business leaders. With forty years in the saddle, hundreds of dusty trails and a few fistfights along the way, I have an oasis of management insight in which to draw.
Modern Servant Leader
JULY 24, 2019
I was living in New York City when I first sought opportunities to work with companies focused on servant leadership. He went on to explain his experience turned up few – if any – companies that were serious about servant-leadership in the greater New York area. It is clear the servant-leadership times they are changing.
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