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May 9, 2008
Harold Taber's Baker's Dozen
Filed under: Inspiration
I was invited by a Personality client to UCLA last night for a small gathering of business professionals from the SoCal area. The topic was "doing business as mission" and the room was loaded with people right in the middle of it. Although I was asked to come and lead one of the round tables, the real highlight was getting to know some of the people there.
One of those guys was 69-year-old Harold Taber. After being the group president for Coca-Cola Bottling of Los Angeles and selling it back to Coke in 1987, he bought Hansen's and took it public in 1992. Harold's life story is pretty amazing, including beating cancer twice. In addition to being on the board for Hansen's, Harold is also the director of mentoring for the MBA program at Biola.
Harold shared with me his "Baker's Dozen."
1. Employees are an organization's greatest asset.
2. Develop people through work rather than getting work through people.
3. Organizational values drive behavior.
4. People leave managers, not organizations.
5. Servant leadership is focusing on those to be served.. customers, clients, etc.
6. Leader insurance... Mentoring.
7. Focus on strengths, not weaknesses.
8. Attitude is not something you can teach or train.
9. Ethics trump law.
10. Focus on character, not image.
11. Accountability > Responsibility > Authority
12. Efficiency, doing things right vs. Effectiveness, doing the right things (Drucker)
13. Investors bet on management, not the product.
After last night, I was definitely re-energized about my desire to get an MBA and the impact that could have on so many people.
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