An idea becomes great when it becomes tangible.
BILL CAPODAGLIOne 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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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 is the desire to transform our knowledge into skills and ultimately into habits.
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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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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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Productivity starts with doing the right things.
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Values must be demonstrated through behaviors, but they are truly significant when they represent the beliefs of an entire organization.
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The best ideas can come from anyone within an organization. Leaders must remember that if they want employees to embrace a new organizational “Dream” or strategy, they need to include them and seek their ideas. Creativity is NOT just for the R&D department.
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Today, with social media, thousands of potential customers can learn about horrible service within hours, minutes or even seconds after it happens.
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Write down your Dream or story; create your own unique Values, Believe in them, and use them to make all decisions; Dare to take some risks; and Do the planning, revisions and details to realize the Dream.
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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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Often we will learn more from our failures than we do from our successes.
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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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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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