From the course: Leadership Stories: 5-Minute Lessons in Leading People
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Build company values through story
From the course: Leadership Stories: 5-Minute Lessons in Leading People
Build company values through story
- You might know Sam Walton, the guy who founded Walmart in 1962 in Arkansas. But you probably don't know Florence Butt, the woman who founded H-E-B Grocery Stores in San Antonio, Texas, all the way back in 1905. So for much of the 20th century, H-E-B was the biggest grocery store chain in Texas. That is, until Walmart came along. All right, within a couple of decades, Walmart became the biggest grocery retailer in Texas, so it'd be fair to say that Sam Walton and Charles Butt, H-E-B's current CEO and the grandson of the founder, were fierce competitors, and that's a fact that makes the following story all the more impressive. So in an effort to learn from his now larger competitor, Charles Butt once asked Sam Walton if he could bring his leadership team to Walmart's headquarters on a learning mission. Now, Sam said that he wasn't sure if he could help, but he'd be happy to try. So on the scheduled day, Charles Butt and his senior executives arrived in Arkansas and met Sam at one of…
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Customer versus employee focus4m 40s
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Find passion for the customer3m 23s
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How to remove passion drains3m 47s
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How to finish the race3m 46s
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Build perseverance4m 2s
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Stop people pleasing3m 16s
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Overcome past failures2m 53s
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Overcome fear4m 57s
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Find common values2m 17s
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Use competition for collaboration3m 43s
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Never work with strangers again4m 41s
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