Episode 11: At The Heart of Business with The Former CEO/Chairman/President of Best Buy Hubert Joly
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Chapter Markers: 0:00 Introduction 1:30 How He Got Started 2:52 Why Best Buy? 5:27 The REVIVAL of Best Buy 10:03 Why Businesses NEED People 13:09 Challenges & Accomplishments of Best Buy 16:40 How to be a Good Leader 17:45 Principles to Follow for Success 22:47 How to Find YOUR Meaning and Purpose 25:51 Why Passion Leads to Happiness and Success 29:44 4 Elements to Find Meaning in a Job 34:11 Aim for Perfection → FAILURE 35:55 How to be a Great Leader 41:04 What Drives Hubert Joly? Hubert Joly is the Former CEO of Best Buy, often credited for saving Best Buy from bankruptcy.  In the 2010s he took on Jeff Bezos and Amazon, trying to defeat them in the retail industry. He's widely considered as one of the best CEO's of all time, being ranked the 10'th best CEO in 2018 by the Harvard Business Review, Glassdoor, and Forbes.  He's also the former CEO and chairman of Carlson Companies, a privately owned international conglomerate in the hotel, restaurant, and travel industries. Carlson Companies employs over 175,000 people in over 160 countries worldwide. He was elected a Global leader for tomorrow by the World Economic Forum and received the French National Order of the Legion of Honour, the highest decoration in France for civil merit. Hubert has been praised by the CEOs of Amazon, Adobe, Burberry, Nike, Kohl’s, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, Thrive Global, AXA, Ulta Beauty, Zoox, TIAA, KKR, Ralph Lauren, Vanguard Group, Ford Motors, Pepsi, IBM, and the McKinsey Group. In addition, Hubert Joly has been featured in such publications as Fortune, CBS News, Inc., CNN Business, and CNBC. Hubert also serves on the board of directors for Johnson & Johnson and Ralph Lauren. In addition, he's currently a professor/lecturer at Harvard Business School.  He just recently released his new book "The Heart of Business" which is now a New York Times and Wall Street Journal Best-Seller.