Jimmy's Stories: Preaching What I Practiced at Chick-fil-a (Creative Followership)
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| Rating | : | 4.54 (891 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1929619669 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 170 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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A real success story. His stories are those of a boy learning, an adult practicing, and an old man reminiscing on how he found and used this pathway to success and satisfaction in his career. I used these principles to demonstrate my absolute loyalty to Truett Cathy, founder and CEO of Chick-fil-A, Inc., and as a result, I received Truett's unwavering support, and the recognition and reward that followed.". Retired president and chief operating officer of Chick-fil-A, Jimmy tells these stories at speaking engagements and on his website, creativefollowership. A gifted storyteller, he uses real events from his personal experience to paint a vivid picture of the practice of Creative Followership, the fascinating career approach that he advocates. They are now conveniently packaged together. From the Inside FlapJimmy's Stories are Jimmy Collins's own stories, from his personal experiences. Jimmy says, "The practice of Creative Followership was my pathway
An Amazing Storyteller + a Savvy Businessman = A Book You MUST Read! Jimmy’s Stories: Preaching What I Practiced at Chick-fil-a is a collection of stories from Jimmy Collins, retired president and COO of Chick-fil-a. Each story delivers a valuable business lesson, spanning from the first day of your career through your first day of retirement. Concepts like being original and managing a staff, as well as risk taking, taking responsibility and doing more than is expected are all relayed through short stories and anecdotes. Don’t have a lot of time? You can literally pick up this book, open to any page, and learn something that will help you in your career. These lessons will ap. "An Excellent Look Into A Quite Successful Mind: Excellent For The Forward Thinking Executive" according to Maxwell P. Barber. Each story has a great takeaway. This is a phenomenal read for any young executive. The advice is all there in print. Consider this an excellent look into a quite successful mind.You'll remember these stories. You'll recall them to colleagues. I highly, highly recommend.
A real success story. A gifted storyteller, he uses real events from his personal experience to paint a vivid picture of the practice of Creative Followership, the fascinating career approach that he advocates. Retired president and chief operating officer of Chick-fil-A, Jimmy tells these stories at speaking engagements and on his website, creativefollowership. Jimmy’s Stories are Jimmy Collins’s own stories, from his personal experiences. He says, “My mission is to use my life experience to motivate others to venture out on a journey of discovery and adventure.” Starting at 12 years old, delivering groceries on a bicycle, Jimmy ultimately retired as the president and chief operating officer of Chick-fil-A, Inc., a $1 billion restaurant chain. Jimmy’s stories clearly reveal how he learned and practiced his principles of Creative Followe
Born in an unpainted sharecroppers’ house in the middle of cotton fields, Jimmy Collins dreamed of becoming an executive. The pathway he discovered for the realization of that dream is called Creative Followership, and it took him from his first job, delivering groceries on a bicycle at age 12, to establishing his own business as a commercial kitchen design consultant, to his thirty-two-year career with Chick-fil-A, Inc., where he retired