Leadership Case Study

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Leadership Case Study Introduction The leader chose in this case study is Mr. Samuel Moore Walton (March 29, 1918 – April 5, 1992). He was an American businessman and entrepreneur born in Kingfisher, Oklahoma in USA and the founder of American retailers Wal-Mart and Sam's Club.[1] Sam Walton began his retail career when he started work at a J.C. Penney store in Des Moines, Iowa in 1940. In 1945, he met Butler Brothers, a regional retailer that owned Ben Franklin chain stores and that offered him one in Newport, Arkansas. That store was running very successful by Walton and far exceeding expectations. Walton continued his retail business that he loved by overcoming many ups and downs. He opened the first Wal-Mart Discount City Store…show more content…
Lighten up [3g]- Walton believed having fun sometimes also kept workers, customers, and shareholders happy and shows enthusiasm. Sometimes, he would have surprise visitors or singer in Saturday morning meetings to keep managers’ interest, and business still got done. He also turned the public meetings into events, featuring river float outings, tennis and golf, lots of attendance joined. Do what you love [3h]- If you love your work, it is easy to show enthusiasm. Walton loved retailing and he believed if you love your work, you would do it as best as you can, and your passion will influence the people around you like a fever. That passion also generate you the energy to recover from setbacks. Conclusion: Due to Walton’s positive attitudes, ethusiasm on the business he loved, learned from competitors and went his own way, he became very successful and rich and it change the face of retailing. It is still the world's largest public corporation by revenue, according to the 2008 Fortune Global 500. [4] The traits and experience of Sam Walton are really inspire us and it is worth a lot for us to learn how to turn out negative situation to positive opportunities, and change our conservative behaviors and thinkings to control the people and environment around us. Reference: [1] Sam Walton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Walton (accessed on 02 Oct, 2008) [2] Wal-Mart
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