Alan Newman
9 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 25, 2021 by Alan Newman · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2026 · across every show →
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Jan 25, 2021 positive
Newman: Hollender was brilliant in turning Seventh Generation around
“I think what Jeffrey did with the business after I left was in many ways, brilliant, you know, certainly deserves a lot of credit for taking this concept and this fledgling business who was really down on its luck and finding the way”
Jan 25, 2021 neutral
Hollender: Seventh Generation never put Newman's sabbatical terms in writing
“One of the things we could have done that we didn't do is put things in writing when Alan left. So,
A written document that says Alan's taking six months off, and he will return at the end of six months and fulfill the position he had before.
I mean, that wasn…”
Jan 25, 2021 positive
Hollender: Seventh Generation gave a weekly prize for the biggest employee mistake
“One of my fondest memories is that in our staff meetings, we would actually give a prize out to the person who made the biggest mistake that week, and they would get a coupon to go out to dinner with their friend or their wife.”
Jan 25, 2021
Jan 25, 2021
Jan 25, 2021 positive
Newman: Creating a culture where employees share fears makes businesses more productive
“What I learned was that the greatest obstacle to success was fear, fear of people that they didn't know what they were doing and somebody was going to find out. And so what I discovered was that if I could get people To share their fears and realize that we're…”
Jan 25, 2021 negative
Newman: My co-founder fired me by letter while I was on sabbatical
“I didn't know until I sent an email or a letter or however we communicated in those days
Saying, okay, getting ready to come back, why don't we get together and let me talk about some of the ideas that I have put together that I'd love to start implementing, a…”
Jan 25, 2021
Newman: Eco-friendly products must sell on personal benefit, not just environment
“And this is really where I personally learned that you really need to sell from benefit, not feature. You know, the feature that you're saving the environment, yeah, that was nice, but it was only good after you passed the what's in it for me.”
Jan 25, 2021
Hollender: Seventh Generation co-founders saw a counselor to reconcile differences
“We went to see a third party to try to reconcile our differences. And we had a series of meetings with a sort of marriage counselor type person to see if we could mend the relationship, which I don't think happened very successfully.”