VALDOSTA — The Quality of Life Association celebrates black history month with a narrated living timeline showcasing many famous Black history figures of yesterday and today. The fundraising event titled, “All Shades Art Exhibit and…
Curt Fowler | The Servant as Leader
By Curt Fowler Robert Greenleaf coined the term “servant leader” as it relates to business in his 1970 essay titled, “The Servant as Leader.” But the concept of servant leadership has been around much longer.…
Curt Fowler | How Conscious Businesses Outperform the…
Curt Fowler | Fowler & Company Last week, we talked about the reasons conscious businesses should underperform their peers. All those reasons make a strong argument that these businesses should underperform, but they don’t. They…
Curt Fowler | Why Conscious Businesses “Should” Underperform
By Curt Fowler Conscious businesses should underperform their peers because they spend money on so many things their competitors do not. If you look at business as a “zero-sum” game, then this extra spending must…
Curt Fowler | Three Reasons Your Capitalism Should…
Curt Fowler | Fowler & Company Conscious capitalism is a movement based on the belief that business is good because it creates value, it is ethical because it is based on a voluntary exchange, it…
Curt Fowler: How to Be Results Driven and…
Curt Fowler | Fowler & Company I had the privilege of leading a strategic planning retreat recently and had a great conversation with some leaders about how you can be a “transformational” leader and still…
Curt Fowler: Three Steps to Create a Transformational…
Curt Fowler | Fowler & Company I’ve written about the power of transformational workplaces to attract and retain great people and to drive powerful results for the organization. This week I want to show you…
Curt Fowler Column: Training for Emotional Intelligence at…
Curt Fowler | Fowler & Company “At best, IQ contributes about 20% to the factors that determine success, which leaves 80% to other forces; these forces are Emotional Intelligence” – Daniel Goleman Starbucks doesn’t sell…
Curt Fowler: Three Ways Starbucks Attracts and Retains…
Curt Fowler | Fowler & Company Three Ways Starbucks Attracts and Retains the Best Employees “The easiest way to ensure your employees smile when they greet a customer is to only hire employees who smile…