FEBRUARY 23RD, 2010
By LIZ WALZ
By LIZ WALZ
Why you should go undercover
Sunday night, I watched an episode of Undercover Boss, the new “reality TV show” that takes a company’s leader and puts them “undercover” on the front lines with the employees. The show featured Joe DePinto, the president and CEO of 7-Eleven, Inc., who spent a week disguised as “Danny,” a guy starring in a documentary on entry-level jobs. During this period, he spent time at several 7-Eleven stores and a factory, working alongside employees while investigating the challenges they faced and successes they accomplished. Read more >>
I can be a bit of an idealist sometimes. And one of my ideals is a united recreational marine industry, all of us working together to deliver a boating experience that exceeds customers’ expectations every time and to create a business environment that everyone wants to work in. When I see evidence of that, it makes my day. That’s why I had to share a recent press release I received. 