Book review - any dumb-ass can do it, garry Ridge

Any Dumbass Can Do It

By: Garry Ridge

 

Leadership Behavior are the essential building

 Blocks of the day-to-day culture experience

of the entire

community.

 

 

Short Video (2 m):  https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qBLqg_i5ev0

Detailed Video (36 m):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfC7wfU945E

What it’s about: This book is the journey of a legendary, people first leader, Garry Ridge. Garry shares his insights, successes, failures and tips to create a business culture that people Love to be part of all while generating incredible financial and traditional business success. He proves and shares how WD-40 achieved this with him as the head coach! He shares these experiences with incredible humility, just look at the title of the book,

Key Take Aways:

·         The book is loaded with engaging stories, sound recommendations and lessons for success all directly connected to caring for people.

·         Each chapter ends with a simple to follow and understand list of actions, the bast thing to do, worst things to do and first thing to do

·         The company understood and was intentional about defining the unifying attributes that everyone could enthusiastically align with.

·         They share the purpose of their business, which one might assume to be making a great lubricant, but it’s not, WD-40 is in the business of making memories.

·         They call their employees the tribe, leaders are called coaches not managers and there are very valid reasons for that.

·         Garry shares the 4 pillars of a friction free culture, Care, Candor, Accountability and Responsibility. He also shares how to foster and develop success in those areas.

·         They had a goal to create a cultural environment that allows people to have what they needed to actually succeed.

·         There is a chapter called, “make your workplace a mental health refuge”, which is an amazing and impactful different way of thinking.

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