From the course: Leadership Stories: 5-Minute Lessons in Leading People
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Never work with strangers again
From the course: Leadership Stories: 5-Minute Lessons in Leading People
Never work with strangers again
- Starting a new job is one of those rare opportunities to remake yourself into a better you. Working with people who don't have any preconceived notions about you is a real gift. Everyone's got some part of themselves they think could be better. And that's exactly what Jamie Johnson was thinking in 2008 when he took a new job at a consumer research company in Cincinnati. Now, Jamie's a nice guy, but by his own admission, he was somewhat robotic in the office. He didn't like mixing business with his personal life. It's probably not a surprise that the relationships he did have at work were cordial but superficial. His hallway conversations were shallow, the weather or the football game last night. Well, on his first day at the new company, he vowed to himself that he was gonna change that. Now, he wanted to have more meaningful connections to his coworkers, so with the best of intentions, he started his new job with a friendly attitude and a welcoming personality. How did it work? A…
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Customer versus employee focus4m 40s
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Find passion for the customer3m 23s
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How to remove passion drains3m 47s
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How to finish the race3m 46s
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Build perseverance4m 2s
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Stop people pleasing3m 16s
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Overcome past failures2m 53s
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Overcome fear4m 57s
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Find common values2m 17s
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Use competition for collaboration3m 43s
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Never work with strangers again4m 41s
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Build company values through story3m 45s
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