There is an old Indian saying, “When legends die, dreams end. When dreams end, there is no more greatness.” Leaders like Walt Disney inspire their organizations to keep their legends and stories alive.
BILL CAPODAGLIThe key is to make sure you are doing the “right things” before you worry about doing things “right”.
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Love for coworkers, love for customers, love for the product and love for self. Walt Disney instilled all of these “loves” in his company. Each of these factors is critical to achieving success in any organization.
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When you focus on results, you will very seldom see a change in your culture. But, if you focus on a customer-centric culture, you will realize long-term results.
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Attitude is the desire to transform our knowledge into skills and ultimately into habits.
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Walt’s major passion was to provide the finest in family entertainment. For the most part, for nearly a century, the Company has stayed true to that legacy, and has set the standard for the entire entertainment industry.
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Knowledge is the understanding of what, how and why we need to do something. Skill is applying that knowledge in a practical situation.
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The two critical questions to ask are: “Who is my customer?” and “What value am I adding?” Unfortunately, many workers cannot answer these questions. They tend to blindly do things, and develop bad habits of doing things over and over for no good reasons.
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One of the reasons for The Walt Disney Company’s long- term success is really the first of Dr. Deming’s famous points, “create constancy of purpose.” In his professional career,
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An idea becomes great when it becomes tangible.
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Often we will learn more from our failures than we do from our successes.
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Vision without execution is like a plane without wings, or Dumbo without ears, it just won’t fly.
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Habits grow from obtaining knowledge, attitude and skills.
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The two greatest role models in my professional career were Walt Disney and Dr. Deming. Dr. Deming was the Father of Total Quality Management and the person who redefined quality for the entire world.
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In the long run, it costs more to provide poor rather than good service.
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In the best organizations, love is the real “pixie dust.”
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When values are deeply embedded within an organization, they seldom change.
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