Another person that I have been learning about is Howard Schultz of Starbucks. His journey has shown how you can do well by your employees and investors at the same time and that do you can do good and still become wealthy beyond your wildest dreams.
His journey also shows how important it can be to stick to your vision and convictions even if it may be doing something the hard way. He calls his employees partners and tries not to do top down management.
During the 2008 financial collapse he stuck by his employees by fighting tooth and nail with his own board to keep the healthcare benefit when he had the perfect excuse of the great recession to drop ot saving Starbucks millions. He still closed stores to help stop the bleeding even though it was hard for him to do so.
During the great recession he fixed Starbucks not allowing the economy as an excuse.
I don’t know other things about him that I’m sure people would love to point out so they can feel superior, but there are some great takeaways from his story and the story of Starbucks.
FYI, I don’t drink coffee or go to Starbucks more than twice a year but this little journey inside the brand has been enjoyable.