Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose
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| Rating | : | 4.88 (956 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0446576220 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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Pay brand-new employees $2,000 to quit Make customer service the responsibility of the entire company-not just a department Focus on company culture as the #1 priority Apply research from the science of happiness to running a business Help employees grow-both personally and professionally Seek to change the world Oh, and make money too Sound crazy? It's all standard operating procedure at Zappos, the online retailer that's doing over $1 billion in gross merchandise sales annually. Fast-paced and down-to-earth, DELIVERING HAPPINESS shows how a very different kind of corporate culture is a powerful model for achieving success-and how by concentrating on the happiness of those around you, you can dramatically increase your own.. Now in trade paperback, the hip, iconoclastic CEO of Zappos shows how a different kind of corporate culture can make a huge difference in achieving remarkable results -- by actually creating a company culture that values happiness --and then delivers on it. After debuting as the highest-ranking newcomer in Fortune magazine's annual "Best Companies to Work For" list in 2009, Zappos was acquired by in a deal valued at over $1.2 billion on the day of closing. In DELIVERING HAPPINESS, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh shares the different lessons he has learned in business and life, from starting a worm farm to running a pizza business, through LinkExchange, Zappos, and more
"UB Student Review" according to Amazon Customer. I am currently a student at the University of Baltimore enrolled in an Entrepreneurship class and this book was given as a recommended reading for a select amount of students in my class. Delivering Happiness is about Tony Hsieh and his life path, the Zappos Company, and how a company culture can shape the whole company from its fundam. Jaz Erenberg- ENTRE300- Book Essay Delivering Happiness was recommended reading for a survey Entrepreneurship course at the University of Baltimore. I am a student at UB and was assigned to read this book. Overall I liked it. It begins by introducing the reader to Tony's personality, it is obvious from his childhood that he was basically born to be an entrepreneur. Natu. Delivering happiness, a insightful book that I had to read Delivering happiness, a insightful book that I had to read for my Entrepreneurial Class 300 in University of Baltimore. I thought Tony Hsieh provides a unique approach to how to be successful without the typical corporate environment and how he found the balance between making profit and still provide customer and employees with happin
Help employees grow both personally and professionally. You describe your way to happiness starting with profits, then going through passion and finally getting to purpose. In the book you say, "I've been an entrepreneur for most of my life." Do you think people are born entrepreneurs or do they become them?I think usually by the time you're 12 years old, you either have the entrepreneurial spirit or you don't. Could you name one particular experience that inspired you to create a company devoted to customer happiness?For me, it's really been driven by daily examples of bad customer service in my everyday personal life.3. (edited by author) Exclusive Author Q&A with Tony Hsieh, Author of Delivering Happiness1. For most of us, w