Doug Conant
21 statements across 1 episodes · 8 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 24, 2021 by Doug Conant · across every show →
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Conant: Most business leaders lack an intentional leadership plan
“Most of the leaders I encounter, they lead by the seat of their pants. They create great business plans, you know, and financial plans, and then you say, what's your leadership plan? I have no idea. And it's like, wait a minute, leading your people is the most…”
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Conant: Hand-delivering same-day thank-you notes transformed his job search
“When I was done, I would walk next door to the coffee shop, and I would handwrite each one a note, And I would walk it back over to the receptionist before I left and ask them to deliver it that day to the people that I had just met. And I would make sure to t…”
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Conant: Leaders must define core convictions before facing high-pressure decisions
“I believe you've got to tend to your own foundation so that when you get put in the thick of thick things and having to make tough decisions about people and performance and every day where you're pushed to the edge,
You have to be incredibly well anchored and…”
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Conant: Slow initial pacing in turnarounds enables faster subsequent execution
“I find if you go a little slow at first, you can go fast later on because everybody's felt heard and been part of the process. If you go real fast out of the gate, it's your idea and nobody owns it. And you're off leading the team only to turn around and see t…”
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Conant: Leaders must maintain positive emotional bank accounts to survive mistakes
“The key to making hard decisions at the top, you have to be in the black with your emotional bank account with the culture. As a leader, you have to build that bank account. You have to be making deposits every day into that account to build trust and to build…”
Aug 24, 2021
Conant: Life is managed across five core cylinders anchored by early mornings
“You sort of need to figure out what matters most in my life, and my work was part of it, my family was another part of it, and my own personal well-being. Those are three of my five cylinders. The other two were, ah, my community, And my faith. So I have five …”
Aug 24, 2021 positive
Conant: Nabisco Foods outperformed every US food company for five years
“Ultimately, we performed well one year, we performed well the next year, and the next year I was made president of Nabisco Foods, and for five years we outperformed any other food company in the United States, which is how I ultimately ended up getting the Cam…”
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Conant: Taking care of people directly drives corporate performance
“There are two things that matter here in, in all the corporate world. It's performance in people. It's not just performance. It's performance in people. In fact, you take care of the people and they'll take care of the performance.”
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