“During the last five years, those four advantages-costs, products, people, goodwill-have been the salvation of Interface during a recession that saw our primary marketplace shrink by 38% from peak to trough-38%! As a heavily leveraged company with over $400 million in debt, we might not have made it without the sustainability initiative and, especially, the support of our customers. This revised definition of success-this new paradigm-has a name: "Doing well by doing good". It is a better way to bigger profits.” PeopleWayYearsWellsHas BeensMadeMightLastsNamesBusinessCompanyMillionsSupportFiveSawsFourProductsCostAdvantageBiggerSalvationDefinitionsProfitDebtCustomersMade ItPrimariesFive YearsSustainabilityInitiativeShrinksMarketplaceParadigmDoing GoodBetter WaysGoodwillRecessionsInterfacesDefinition Of SuccessLast Five YearsTrough Author:Ray Anderson
“Each Wal-Mart store should reflect the values of its customers and support the vision they hold for their community.” ShouldValuesCommunityBusinessVisionSupportCommitmentEducationalCustomersStoresWalmart Author:Sam Walton
“I support transitioning from the progressive tax to a flat tax system - both individual and corporate/business.” IndividualBusinessSupportTaxesCorporateFlatsProgressiveTax SystemFlat TaxProgressive Tax Author:Allen West
“I used to use business to make money. But I've learned that business is a tool. You can use it to support what you believe in.” BelieveUseUsedBusinessSupportToolsMaking MoneyI've Learned Author:Po Bronson
“Think, for a moment, about our educational ladder. We've strengthened the steps lifting students from elementary school to junior high, and those from junior high to high school. But, that critical step taking students from high school into adulthood is badly broken. And it can no longer support the weight it must bear.” ThinkingInspirationalMomentsSchoolStrongChallengesBusinessStepsSupportStrengthStudentsBrokenBearsHigh SchoolWeightEducationalCriticalAdulthoodLaddersJuniorsLiftingElementary SchoolJunior High Author:Melinda Gates
“The basic prescription for preventing deflation is therefore straightforward, at least in principle: Use monetary and fiscal policy as needed to support aggregate spending, in a manner as nearly consistent as possible with full utilization of economic resources and low and stable inflation. In other words, the best way to get out of trouble is not to get into it in the first place.” WayFirstsUseBusinessPrinciplesSupportEconomyTroubleEconomicPolicyNeededLowsResourcesEconomicsSpendingBest WayFinanceConsistentStableInflationStraightforwardMonetaryPrescriptionsPreventingUtilizationDeflationFiscal PolicyEconomic Resources Author:Ben Bernanke
“Enthusiasm is the way you trigger other people's emotions so they instinctively help and support you.” PeopleWayInspirationalHelpingBusinessEmotionSupportEnthusiasmTeamworkTriggersSupport YouHelp And Support Author:Paul Meyer