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Topic: Sam Walton

  
SUSTAINABILITY   |  5 comments

Going Green to Get Your Green?

BY Kevin Ohannessian
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Mar 19, 2007 at 3:42 PM

Word has come out that Wal-Mart will be asking electronics suppliers to keep track of the environmental impact of their products. Manufacturers will fill out sustainability scorecards that the mega-retailer will distribute to ...READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

Bigger, Better, Faster

BY Jim Collins
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:41 AM

If current growth rates hold up, the company that Sam Walton built will become the world's first trillion-dollar business within a decade. Far-fetched? Perhaps. But if you understand how Wal-Mart keeps growing, you'll know what it takes to keep your company moving in the right direction.READ»

BLOGJAM 2006   |  Comment

Lodestars of Breakthrough Success

BY Thomas Lee
Relevancy Score: 91
Tue Aug 15, 2006 at 8:26 AM

Nothing of much significance has ever been achieved, and nothing of much value has ever been created, that wasn't, at some time the point of someone's single-minded focus, the object of someone's intense curiosity, the subject of ...READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

Developing and Building Leadership Know-how

BY Jim Sideras
Relevancy Score: 90
Sat Jan 26, 2008 at 11:01 PM

How to manage and encourage Leadership 1. The 21st century is different from other times a. Transparency- one can’t hide their performance from either outside or inside activists b. They demand performance 2. Many people ...READ»

LEADERSHIP MENTORING   |  Comment

Alpha Phyla

BY Fast Company Staff
Relevancy Score: 56
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:09 AM

Alpha males and females come in four high-achieving flavors, each with dangerous weaknesses that can overpower its strengths.READ»

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Shopping Our Way to Perdition

BY John A. Byrne
Relevancy Score: 54
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:44 AM

This month's letter from the editor.READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

Fast Talk: Smarter Moves for Tougher Times

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 48
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:33 AM

A roundtable of seasoned business leaders assembled in Dallas to come up with short-term tactics for surviving the downturn and long-term strategies for winning in the future.READ»

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Is Your Boss An Alpha Type?


Relevancy Score: 35
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 9:20 AM

New York, April 25, 2006 – Ambition, self-confidence, even a little bloodlust have pretty much been prerequisites for success in American business. Yet, while these alpha characteristics help execs rise to the top, their ...READ»

STARTUPS   |  4 comments

Built to Flip

BY Jim Collins
Relevancy Score: 34
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:10 AM

A battle is under way for the new economy. Which side are you on?READ»

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The Wal-Mart of Persuasion


Relevancy Score: 31
Tue Feb 28, 2006 at 12:58 PM

Another sign bad PR is getting to Wal-Mart? The giant retailer recently tapped former Atlanta mayor and United Nations ambassador Andrew Young to head its new Working Families for Wal-Mart committee -- a group charged with defending ...READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

What's Selling in America: part 2 of 5.

BY Bill Breen
Relevancy Score: 21
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:38 AM

"How Does a 900-Pound Gorilla Get to Be an 1,800-Pound Gorilla?" Wal-Mart Thinks Outside the Big Box Dear Wal-Mart: Was it something I said? You don't call, you don't write -- and you give me the brush-off when I call you. Too bad, ...READ»

Kenan Samms
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT   |  23 comments

Ten Steps to Turn Around Wal-Mart

BY Adam Hanft
Relevancy Score: 19
Fri Dec 2, 2005 at 1:24 PM

Wal-Mart has succeeded as a highly-evolved culture of the tangible by creating a dazzlingly efficient logistics operation, shaving cent-splinters off an item, and driving down overhead. This is the whole relentless apparatus that ...READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

Ten Steps to Turn Around Wal-Mart, Part 1

BY Adam Hanft
Relevancy Score: 19
Tue Jul 8, 2008 at 5:44 PM

Wal-Mart has succeeded as a highly-evolved culture of the tangible by creating a dazzlingly efficient logistics operation, shaving cent-splinters off an item, and driving down overhead. This is the whole relentless apparatus that ...READ»

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Multilogue

BY Mark Albion
Relevancy Score: 19
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:35 AM

"What I do best is share my enthusiasm." -- Bill Gates Missy Woodruff rarely said a word about the Coca-Cola Co. After all, as the niece of the late Robert Woodruff -- arguably the person most responsible for constructing this ...READ»

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Reggie Who?

BY Tim Manners
Relevancy Score: 19
Tue Jul 8, 2008 at 5:45 PM

Unless you're an avid gamer, you've probably never heard of Reggie Fils-Aime. But if you are a member of the brand cult otherwise known as Nintendo, Reggie is nothing less than a demigod. Actually, his title is "chief marketing ...READ»

CUSTOMER SERVICE   |  1 comment

A Letter to Walmart

BY Donald Converse
Relevancy Score: 18
Mon Jul 7, 2008 at 9:23 PM

It has been a while since I published a letter from one of my readers. I get several comments via email concerning typical customer service problems we experience daily, but this letter goes into much detail describing a particular ...READ»

INNOVATION   |  2 comments

Desire: Connecting With What Customers Want

BY Bill Breen
Relevancy Score: 17
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:39 AM

There's too much of everything: a head-spinning array of products, an eye-glazing gaggle of ads, a mind-numbing barrage of information. So what are the most desirable ways to reach your customers? Melinda Davis and her Human Desire Project have developed five answers. Marketers with a desire to succeed are paying attention.READ»

PHILANTHROPY   |  1 comment

The Next Big (Legal) Thing?

BY Chuck Salter
Relevancy Score: 16
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:40 AM

Brad Seligman is spearheading a lawsuit against America's largest private employer, charging it with discrimination against its female workers. Wal-Mart never bargained for this.READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION   |  Comment

Fast Talk: The Innovation Conversation

BY Polly LaBarre and Alan M. Webber, moderators
Relevancy Score: 13
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:28 AM

Start with a conversation. Bring together 10 forward-looking business leaders -- visionaries in technology, video games, retail, hospitality, finance, and design. Add pressure and limit time to 90 minutes. What do you get? Instant innovation!READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION   |  Comment

Bank of (Middle) America

BY Linda Tischler
Relevancy Score: 13
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:39 AM

Kerry Killinger and his colleagues at Washington Mutual Inc. don't model themselves after Citigroup or Bank of America. Instead, they look for inspiration to Wal-Mart, Target, and Southwest Airlines -- giant companies that somehow manage to keep costs low and service high and meet the needs of the middle class. The strategy is minting money -- and WaMu's share price is up more than 150% during the past three years.READ»

WAL-MART   |  45 comments

The Wal-Mart Blog, Weekend Edition: What Would You Ask CEO Lee Scott?

BY Charles Fishman
Relevancy Score: 11
Fri Mar 10, 2006 at 10:46 AM

Last fall, addressing a conference of American magazine editors in Puerto Rico, Scott finished his speech with a little story. He said Wal-Mart staff members who travel on business for the company -- literally thousands are on the ...READ»

CUSTOMER SERVICE   |  4 comments

eBay’s Chaos Theory

BY Chuck Salter
Relevancy Score: 10
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:24 AM

With its buyers swamped by a sea of choices-and its growth rate slowing-the online giant gambles on helping shoppers find what they want.READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

Verne Harnish

BY Anni Layne
Relevancy Score: 10
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:31 AM

Founder of the Association of Collegiate Entrepreneurs, the Young Entrepreneurs Organization, the Birthing of Giants, and the Master of Business Dynamics. Moderator for the Fast Growth Network. Washington, D.C.READ»

The Wal-Mart You Don't Know
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT   |  62 comments

The Wal-Mart You Don't Know

BY Charles Fishman
Relevancy Score: 8
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:44 AM

The giant retailer's low prices often come with a high cost. Wal-Mart's relentless pressure can crush the companies it does business with and force them to send jobs overseas. Are we shopping our way straight to the unemployment line?READ»