Wisdom From The Top with Guy Raz

Foot Locker: Ken Hicks

Feb 15, 2023

45:25

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Episode notes

What's the Turning Point in Your Leadership Journey?

03:02

How Did You Become a Tutor?

02:28

What I Learned From David Farrell

02:34

Introduction

3min

Did You Ever Think of Making a Career Out of It?

2min

How Did You Become a Tutor?

2min

What I Learned From David Farrell

3min

You Can't Micromanage and You're Not Capable

3min

How to Be More Intense When You're Down

3min

Payless Shoes - Is That a Good Idea?

2min

Payless - What Should You Have Done Differently?

3min

What's the Turning Point in Your Leadership Journey?

3min

10.

Retail Is Like an Ice Cream Sundae, Right?

4min

11.

Footlocker - The CEO of Pennies

4min

12.

What's the Difference Between Footlocker and Foot Action?

2min

13.

Footlocker Branding Strategy - How Do You Start to Do That?

2min

14.

You Need Nike?

4min

15.

Foot Locker - What's Going On?

2min

16.

How Did Foot Locker Survive the Financial Crisis?

2min

17.

The Nike Store Would Attract More People Than the Competition

2min

18.

Do You Have the Skills of a Leader?

2min

19.

Are You Still Learning How to Be a Leader?

3min

When Ken Hicks became CEO of Foot Locker in 2009, the company didn't have a leg to stand on: the economy was in a recession, sales were down almost a billion dollars, and the brand was widely expected to collapse along with indoor shopping malls themselves. How Hicks used a commitment to better storytelling to help Foot Locker get back on the right foot. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.