Disney’s secret strategy for having great employees

Human resources secrets weapon
Screen shot from LinkedIn

 

No one outside of Disney wants to believe it’s this simple.

Do you want happy, friendly, outgoing employees serving your customers?

Then hire happy, friendly, outgoing people.

You can tell if they are in the first 10 seconds you meet them.

PS. You can hire people who are not outgoing, and their place in your organization will be better suited for back-of-the-house (no-Guest-contact) positions. You want people in front of your customers and patients who are a natural, unforced, fit.

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The greatest manifestation of leadership is simplicity

Old advertising
An example of real advertising back in the day when money controlled things.

 

If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t know it well enough.

To be intimate and comprehensive, only then can you point to the thesis.

Make sure every Guest has the best vacation of their entire life.

Every Guest.

All day.

Every day.

Oh, and about the ad (a real ad from long ago), big money can no longer hide the truth.

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The thesis for Disney Leadership

Disney Leadership Keynote Speaker
Great leaders never start their day unprepared.

 

The list of things i learned about leadership during a 30-year career at Disney is a mile long.

However the thesis statement is simple:

We judge ourselves on our intentions, others judge us on our behaviors.

Profoundly simple. Simply profound.

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The next book project begins today

jeff noel Disney book on The Disney Way
The next book will have “Disney” in it’s title. No, i’m not smoking anything.

 

The next book project begins today.

Had been waiting for a milestone date to begin writing the next book, featuring what i learned (and taught) from a lifetime at Disney.

Only recently did i target our son’s birthday, August 12.

However, after what was revealed yesterday, August 3, i am beginning today.

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Great Disney leaders are never satisfied

Mobile apps
It’s easy to read on a mobile device.

 

You know that feeling when you discover (what you thought was) your best work really isn’t?

Have a handful of potential clients that are at various stages of engagement. As i re-read the jeffnoel.com landing pages, something happened yesterday.

i became disenchanted.

While it is decently written and flows logically, it’s too long.

The reality is executives need clear, concise, and compelling.

Back to the drawing board.

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