
Mentor Meeting: Mr.Howard - former CEO of Starbucks
-What our mission as parents? What value do we want to give this child?
-The Water's already in the well, and you have to drink it.
-Your culture, your values, your guilding Principles, you have to take steps inculcate them in the organization early in it's Life -> Decision, hire, strategic opjective you set
- Establishing the Right tone at the inception of an enterprise, whatever its size, is vital to its long-term success.
-Ideal person came to me, just when I need him most
-Comunicating the vision, inspirings investors, Raising money, Finding Real estate, Designing the stores, building the brand, and planing for future growth.
- I can Fire up a room Full of people because of my heartfelt commitment to the future of the company.
-Share your mission with Like-minded souls, it will have a far greater impact.
- You can never prepare for such events but how you react to them is crucial. Be bold, but be fair, don't give in.
- Treating people with Respect and Dignity
-If I sense that a person lacks intergaity or principles, I cut off any dealings with him. In the long Run, it's not worth it.
-Every step of the way, I made it a point to underpromise and ovendeliver.