Monday, November 14, 2016

Life experiences


I’ve often been amazed at how much we really learn when we take what we read or study and try to place it in our own personal lives.  This past week we got an offer on our home in Washington and now I sit in a hotel room in Atlanta, GA getting set to go house hunting this week here.
In going through this process I’ve been able to look at a lot of service industry business.  I’ve watched the TSA, Delta, Hertz, Extended Stay America and many restaurant businesses as they try and serve my wife and me.  I’ve been very impressed with many of them.  Things that are so small such as Hertz programming my GPS to say, “Good Morning Greg Buchanan” when I get in the car.  These things really make such a big difference in my overall happiness with the company, even if I’m not thinking it.

Having taken this course makes me see that even large companies want to embrace that small company, personalized feel so that we have a good experience.  Often what falls through the crack is although the company wants that, does each and every employee?  If and when I ever run a company my people development will be my biggest focus.  I loved the example this week of Jet Blue.  There are many other companies that you come across that you know people just love working there.  It shows in everything they do.

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