Growing Your Business
“The Sam Walton & Wal-Mart Way”©

“Wal-Mart is a Logistics, Distribution and IT driven company that also has Retail Stores.”

THE SPEECH: When he died, Sam Walton was the wealthiest man in the world with an estate worth over US$100 billion dollars! How did he achieve such phenomenal success in just over 30 years? How does Wal-Mart focus its 2 million employees, 7100 stores and 120 massive distribution centers? What were Sam Walton’s secrets for growing Wal-Mart to become the world’s largest company?

Wal-Mart’s successful growth is a result of specific strategies and tactics put in place long ago by the company founder, Sam Walton. Sam Walton had a vision, a specific game plan, and rules upon which he focused his team to grow his business. In this speech Bergdahl discusses the success strategies and tactics of “The Sam Walton and Wal-Mart Way.”

Audience members will learn the success secrets of the world’s most successful merchant, Sam Walton, and the best practices of the world’s largest company, Wal-Mart. The focus of this program is to help audience members transfer the knowledge gained into action to grow their own businesses, through innovation, risk taking, and thinking outside the box “The Sam Walton & Wal-Mart Way.”

MODERATOR/PANEL DISCUSSION: Bergdahl is available to supplement this speech by either moderating a panel discussion or participating in a panel discussion.

BOOK SIGNING: This program can be supplemented by providing conference participants with a copy of one or both of Michael Bergdahl’s books:

Book #1 - What I Learned from Sam Walton: How to Compete & Thrive in a Wal-Mart World

Book #2 - The 10 Rules of Sam Walton: Success Secrets for Remarkable Results

Note: Bergdahl is available to personally sign copies of his books!

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