Unavailable
Unavailable
Unavailable
Audiobook (abridged)3 hours
The Wal-Mart Way: The Inside Story of the Success of the World's Largest Company
Written by Don Soderquist
Narrated by Don Soderquist
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
4.5/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this audiobook
Since Sam Walton's death in 1992, Wal-Mart has gone from being the largest retailer in the world to holding the top spot on the Fortune 500 list as the largest company in the world. Don Soderquist, who was senior vice chairman during that time, played a crucial role in that success. Sam Walton said, "I tried for almost twenty years to hire Don Soderquist . . . But when we really needed him later on, he finally joined up and made a great chief operating officer." Responsible for overseeing many of Wal-Mart's key support divisions, including real estate, human resources, information systems, logistics, legal, corporate affairs, and loss prevention, Soderquist stayed true to his Christian values as well as Wal-Mart's distinct management style. "Probably no other Wal-Mart executive since the legendary Sam Walton has come to embody the principles of the company's culture-or to represent them within the industry-as has Don Soderquist," Discount Store News once reported.
In The Wal-Mart Way, Soderquist shares his story of helping lead a global company from being a $43 billion company to one that would eventually exceed $200 billion. Several books have been written about Wal-Mart's success, but none by the ones who were the actual players. It was more than "Everyday Low Prices" and distribution that catapulted the company to the top. The core values based on Judeo-Christian principles-and maintained by leaders such as Soderquist-are the real reason for Wal-Mart's success.
In The Wal-Mart Way, Soderquist shares his story of helping lead a global company from being a $43 billion company to one that would eventually exceed $200 billion. Several books have been written about Wal-Mart's success, but none by the ones who were the actual players. It was more than "Everyday Low Prices" and distribution that catapulted the company to the top. The core values based on Judeo-Christian principles-and maintained by leaders such as Soderquist-are the real reason for Wal-Mart's success.
Unavailable
Related to The Wal-Mart Way
Related audiobooks
The Burger King: A Whopper of a Story on Life and Leadership Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Enlightened Capitalists: Cautionary Tales of Business Pioneers Who Tried to Do Well by Doing Good Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Self-Made Billionaire Effect: How Extreme Producers Create Massive Value Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Harder You Work, the Luckier You Get: An Entrepreneur's Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Mean Business: How I Save Bad Companies and Make Good Companies Great Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Deal Maker: How William C. Durant Made General Motors Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The High-Speed Company: Creating Urgency and Growth in a Nanosecond Culture Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Make It in America: The Case for Re-Inventing the Economy Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Partnership: The Making of Goldman Sachs Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Capital One Story: How the Upstart Financial Institution Charged Toward Market Leadership Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5JPMorgan's Fall and Revival: How the Wave of Consolidation Changed America's Premier Bank Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Many Lives of Michael Bloomberg: Innovation, Money, and Politics Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Winners Dream: A Journey from Corner Store to Corner Office Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Science Success: How Market-Based Management Built the World's Largest Private Company Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hershey: Milton S. Hershey's Extraordinary Life of Wealth, Empire, and Utopian Dreams Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Who Says Elephants Can't Dance? Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Perseverance: Broke to Billions: Barriers in Business and Strategies to Remove Them Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5My Years With General Motors Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Autobiography of John D. Rockefeller Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Zappos Experience: 5 Principles to Inspire, Engage, and WOW Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Reengineering the Corporation Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Leave Something on the Table: And Other Surprising Lessons for Success in Business and in Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good Company Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Where Have All the Leaders Gone? Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft's Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Leading the Starbucks Way: 5 Principles for Connecting with Your Customers, Your Products, and Your People Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Alibaba: The House that Jack Ma Built Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Business For You
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money - That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Anthem Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism (Intl Ed) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5You Will Own Nothing: Your War with a New Financial World Order and How to Fight Back Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Sociopath Next Door: The Ruthless Versus the Rest of Us Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The TenX Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How To Win Friends And Influence People Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You're Put on the Spot Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Silva Mind Control Method Of Mental Dynamics Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Elon Musk Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How To Lie With Statistics Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Catalyst: How to Change Anyone's Mind Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Company Rules: Or Everything I Know About Business I Learned from the CIA Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The End of the World is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Seeing What Others Don't: The Remarkable Ways We Gain Insights Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Win Every Argument: The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How to Manage Your Money When You Don't Have Any Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets Of Americas Wealthy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Essentialism by Greg McKeown - Book Summary: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Artist's Way at Work: Riding the Dragon: Twelve Weeks to Creative Freedom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The Wal-Mart Way
Rating: 4.266666666666667 out of 5 stars
4.5/5
15 ratings1 review
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I love how the author tells the Walmart story. It's a really great book