“ Starbucks has a role and a meaningful relationship with people that is not only about the coffee. ”
People want guidance, not rhetoric. They need to know what the plan of action is, and how it will be implemented. They want to be given responsibility to help solve the problem and authority to act on it.
~ Howard Schultz
One of the fundamental aspects of leadership, I realized more and more, is the ability to instill confidence in others when you yourself are feeling insecure
To be an enduring, great company, you have to build a mechanism for preventing or solving problems that will long outlast any one individual leader.
Work should be personal. For all of us. Not just for the artist and entrepreneur. Work should have meaning for the accountant, the construction worker, the technologist, the manager and the clerk.