Built to Serve: How to Drive the Bottom Line with People-First Practices

In Built to Serve, Dan Sanders, CEO of the award-winning, service-oriented United Supermarkets, makes this bold claim: the prevailing business culture is broken and a radical transformation is required-a paradigm shift that reshapes our understanding of the true purpose of work.

Leaders have a choice-continue to chase a broken price-profit model and suffer the consequences or build a culture committed to servanthood and discover the fulfillment evident when people see their work as a ministry. The choice leaders make will not only determine economic success and failure but also will determine their organization's long term impact on humanity.

The time is now. Sanders reveals how your people can adopt United's mission of “Ultimate Service, Superior Performance, Positive Impact.” He distills valuable lessons from nine decades of a people-centered culture that consistently delivers outstanding customer service and reveals how you can develop a fully engaged, productive workforce.

  • Treat your customers like partners
  • Create a people-centered culture in a numbers-focused world
  • Communicate your organization's vision
  • Focus on strengths, not weaknesses
  • Tie performance to the success of your mission
  • Reduce your employee turnover
  • Build communities connected by an emotional bond
  • Ensure sustainability and growth-with an eye on the principles that allowed your success in the first place

When you're built to serve, employees come to work because they want to, not just because they have to. Built to Serve is your hands-on guide to seeking this higher purpose.

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Built to Serve: How to Drive the Bottom Line with People-First Practices

In Built to Serve, Dan Sanders, CEO of the award-winning, service-oriented United Supermarkets, makes this bold claim: the prevailing business culture is broken and a radical transformation is required-a paradigm shift that reshapes our understanding of the true purpose of work.

Leaders have a choice-continue to chase a broken price-profit model and suffer the consequences or build a culture committed to servanthood and discover the fulfillment evident when people see their work as a ministry. The choice leaders make will not only determine economic success and failure but also will determine their organization's long term impact on humanity.

The time is now. Sanders reveals how your people can adopt United's mission of “Ultimate Service, Superior Performance, Positive Impact.” He distills valuable lessons from nine decades of a people-centered culture that consistently delivers outstanding customer service and reveals how you can develop a fully engaged, productive workforce.

  • Treat your customers like partners
  • Create a people-centered culture in a numbers-focused world
  • Communicate your organization's vision
  • Focus on strengths, not weaknesses
  • Tie performance to the success of your mission
  • Reduce your employee turnover
  • Build communities connected by an emotional bond
  • Ensure sustainability and growth-with an eye on the principles that allowed your success in the first place

When you're built to serve, employees come to work because they want to, not just because they have to. Built to Serve is your hands-on guide to seeking this higher purpose.

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Built to Serve: How to Drive the Bottom Line with People-First Practices

Built to Serve: How to Drive the Bottom Line with People-First Practices

Built to Serve: How to Drive the Bottom Line with People-First Practices

Built to Serve: How to Drive the Bottom Line with People-First Practices

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Overview

In Built to Serve, Dan Sanders, CEO of the award-winning, service-oriented United Supermarkets, makes this bold claim: the prevailing business culture is broken and a radical transformation is required-a paradigm shift that reshapes our understanding of the true purpose of work.

Leaders have a choice-continue to chase a broken price-profit model and suffer the consequences or build a culture committed to servanthood and discover the fulfillment evident when people see their work as a ministry. The choice leaders make will not only determine economic success and failure but also will determine their organization's long term impact on humanity.

The time is now. Sanders reveals how your people can adopt United's mission of “Ultimate Service, Superior Performance, Positive Impact.” He distills valuable lessons from nine decades of a people-centered culture that consistently delivers outstanding customer service and reveals how you can develop a fully engaged, productive workforce.

  • Treat your customers like partners
  • Create a people-centered culture in a numbers-focused world
  • Communicate your organization's vision
  • Focus on strengths, not weaknesses
  • Tie performance to the success of your mission
  • Reduce your employee turnover
  • Build communities connected by an emotional bond
  • Ensure sustainability and growth-with an eye on the principles that allowed your success in the first place

When you're built to serve, employees come to work because they want to, not just because they have to. Built to Serve is your hands-on guide to seeking this higher purpose.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780071595964
Publisher: McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date: 09/17/2007
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 272
File size: 422 KB

About the Author

Dan J. Sanders is CEO of United Supermarkets, the first supermarket to win the prestigious National Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics. Sanders is also cofounder of The Center for Corporate Culture, which challenges and coaches CEOs and their teams to build corporate cultures focused on leadership, ethics, wellness, and execution. In addition to his business endeavors, Sanders is also a former Air Force U-2 reconnaissance pilot and a highly decorated officer.

www.danjsanders.com

Table of Contents


Foreword: Dr. Stephen R. Covey     xi
Preface     xix
Introduction     1
Building a People Culture in a Numbers World     17
Understanding Higher Math     19
The Emerging Career Model     37
Making Winners Fail     53
Knowing Players from Fans     73
Executing First Things First     89
Defining the Who: See the Vision     91
Defining the What: Know the Mission     109
Defining the When: Keep the Faith     125
When Things Go Bad (and They Will)     143
Intangibles Drive Tangibles     161
People, Not Profits     163
Decision-Making: More Than a Spreadsheet     181
The 4P Management System     197
Humility Trumps Pride     215
Conclusion     227
Afterword: Ken Blanchard     233
Index     237
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