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The packaged food business environment is very Darwinian. You're fighting for survival every year; you evolve and grow or you die. It's really that simple.

~Douglas Conant

Topics: Business Darwinian Die Environment Every Evolve Fighting Food Grow Packaged Really Simple Survival Very Year You

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On a personal level, I send out about 20 thank-you notes a day to staffers, on all levels. And every six weeks I have lunch with a group of a dozen or so employees, to get their perspective on the business, to address problems and to get feedback.

~Douglas Conant

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Learning to celebrate success is a key component of learning how to win in the market.

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Topics: Celebrate Component How Key Learning Market Success Success Is Win

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I've met so many leaders who realize that telling your colleagues something that is on your mind is so much easier than keeping it in. Sometimes the things we make up in our heads are not nearly as big a deal as we think.

~Douglas Conant

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Extroverts may get places faster, but for introverts it's all about working at the pace you need and, at the end of the day, performing at your best.

~Douglas Conant

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Most people think of leaders as being these outgoing, very visible, and charismatic people, which I find to be a very narrow perception. The key challenge for managers today is to get beyond the surface of your colleagues. You might just find that you have introverts embedded within your organization who are natural-born leaders.

~Douglas Conant

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Leadership does take work. And it should. If you aspire to be a leader, you ought to treat leadership as a craft, you ought to become a student of it, and you ought to work at it. And if you're not willing to work at it, well, you get what you give.

~Douglas Conant

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If you're a wounded company, the other companies that have been around for a hundred years will smell it, and they will take advantage of you in a heartbeat. It takes a long time to get back in fighting form.

~Douglas Conant

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You have to talk about mistakes and then talk about what you have learned and how to move forward. You acknowledge missteps right away, you deal with them, and you move ahead.

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When providing people with the direction and expected behaviors, you need to be alert to the fact that they will hold you accountable. People want to know if you are walking the talk. They will be watching your every move and you need to be one in the same... every minute of every day.

~Douglas Conant

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: Unknown

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