73: Leaders With Heart Help Their People Step Into The Best Versions of Themselves

In this episode, Heather speaks with Garry Ridge, CEO of WD-40 about his leadership journey, a time when he was not the nest leader he could be and what he did to come out of it, how he transformed a company from good to great by focusing on people first and maintaining a learning culture. Garry co-authored a book with Ken Blanchard and moved his organization from $200 million in revenues to $2.2 billion all with focusing on growing people and helping them step into their best selves. Key takeaways: We must take care of people to move from success to significance Micromanagement is not scalable We can be both tough-minded and tender-hearted Be open and curious Educate yourself to streamline the conversion to the leader with heart Enjoy listening in to Garry’s genious!