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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.

Bill Capodagli

When values are deeply embedded within an organization, they seldom change.
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Embedded Organization Values
Productivity starts with doing the right things.
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Doing Productivity Right Thing
Innovate, don’t imitate. Set out to create a culture that is right for your organization, then work at making it happen.
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Culture Happens Organization
Often we will learn more from our failures than we do from our successes.
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Failure Learn Success
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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Careers Long Passion
Organizational culture begins in HR. This means to hire for attitude and train for skill.
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Attitude Mean Skills
People are over 20 times more likely to remember a story than a series of facts and figures. A good story touches our hearts.
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Heart People Stories
My mother’s work ethic, her attitude, and the way she treated each and every customer as if they were her best friend were better lessons than could be found in all the text books in the world.
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Attitude Book Mother
Attitude is the desire to transform our knowledge into skills and ultimately into habits.
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Attitude Habits Skills Transformation Ultimately
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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Answers Habit Two
In the best organizations, love is the real “pixie dust.”
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Dust Love Real
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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Factor Love Organization Self
The results of “engaged” companies vs “disengaged” companies are staggering. Getting workers to be more engaging with their coworkers and customers can produce huge results.
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Coworker Produce Results
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.
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Dream Greatness Organization
Walt Disney said everything he had ever accomplished was a result of Mickey Mouse. Mickey was Walt’s alter ego and he was originally modeled after Charlie Chaplin’s Little Tramp character. So without Chaplin, who knows what Mickey would have become!
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Character Ego Littles
Twenty years ago if you provided someone with horrible service, it may take weeks or even months for the word-of-mouth message to get out to 15-20 potential customers.
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Media Mouth Years

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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