The
Sam Walton Way is the ultimate insider’s course
in business success. Each of the 50 individual Best
Practices of Sam Walton are still in use at Wal-Mart
today. Whether in good times or today’s tough
economic times, you’ll find Bergdahl’s lessons
from America’s greatest retail genius are not
only relevant, but may be just what your business—and
your life—needs in order to see you reach your
goals.
 “Michael
Bergdahl has taken what he learned from years of working
with Sam Walton and has produced a sharply written,
inspirational book about reaching your goals, succeeding
in business and life, and beating the competition.”
- Kathie McGuire, director of Brighton Publishing
LLC
""I just picked
up "The Sam Walton Way: 50 of Mr. Sam's Best Leadership
Practices" and I want to recommend this short read
by Michael Bergdahl. When I took the Walton Institute
of Retailing class, I saw that he is one of the suggested
authors for further study. However, I've also gotten
to know him through LinkedIn and was impressed at the
way he leveraged not only his Walmart experience, but
the experiences of current leaders and associates from
his "Sam Walton's Best Practices" group to
create a new, to the point, fresh take on Mr. Sam's
leadership practices.
If you don't have a lot of
time to read I'd still suggest picking this up, it breaks
the best practices down into a "What Would Sam
Do" format. Section one almost looks like a blueprint
for our current stated focus: bench strength, accountability,
empowerment, budget, focus. The "Focus" best
practice reminds us to have one shared agenda: the customer.
I think this is a book I'll keep around especially if
I start to drag and need a 'pep talk'."
- Clinton Plunkett, Supervisor Health & Wellness
Center, Walmart
"Fast, excellent read
that serves as a reminder of what we should be doing!"
- Clinton Plunkett, Supervisor Health & Wellness
Center, Walmart
Michael Bergdahl says: On July 2, 1962, Sam
Walton opened his first Wal-Mart Store in Rogers, Arkansas
and in 2012; Wal-Mart will celebrate its 50th anniversary
of that accomplishment. In recognition of Mr. Sam’s
fifty year leadership legacy I felt it was important
to recognize this milestone by capturing his best practices
for posterity. I was fortunate to have had the opportunity
to work with, and around, Sam Walton, the founder of
Wal-Mart. That’s how I learned that “THE
SAM WALTON WAY” IS “THE WALMART WAY!”
In this book, The
Sam Walton Way, as a tribute and to commemorate
Mr. Sam’s 50 year leadership legacy, I have captured
50 of his Best Leadership Practices. It is the foundation
of his leadership that has led Wal-Mart to become what
it is today, the World’s Largest Company.
Mr. Sam’s leadership philosophies, values, strategies,
and tactics have remained the foundation of the Wal-Mart
culture for fifty years! Amazingly, Mr. Sam, a small
town retailer from Arkansas, transformed the way business
is conducted around the world with his paradigm busting
leadership strategies and tactics.
In The
Sam Walton Way: 50 of Mr. Sam’s Best Leadership
Practices, based on my first hand observations
and discussions with others who worked with Mr. Sam,
I review 50 of what I consider to be his most important
“What Would Sam Do (WWSD), Best Leadership Practices.”
You might say, this book is “one stop shopping”
for everything you ever wanted to know about The Sam
Walton Way!
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