The GaryVee Audio Experience The Former CEO of Best Buy Shares His Definition of Winning
Mar 21, 2024
Hubert Joly, the former CEO of Best Buy and a Harvard Business School professor, shares his profound insights on leadership and business. He discusses redefining success through empathy and purpose-driven capitalism, emphasizing the importance of meaningful connections over competition. Joly also dives into the emotional challenges of firing employees and advocates for a human-centered approach in business decisions. His experiences highlight how curiosity and emotional intelligence can empower leadership and foster a thriving workplace.
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Winning in Business
- The best leaders don't climb to the top, they are carried to the top.
- Reject the idea of zero-sum games where one person must lose for another to win.
Selfishness as a Path to Good
- Embrace selfishness as a path to selflessness in business.
- Build a lasting legacy through business and capitalism as engines for good.
Redefining Winning
- Define winning as becoming the best version of yourself or your company, not just being number one.
- Build something unique instead of focusing on beating competitors.
